Gas is high. Groceries are high. Rent is high. Healthcare costs are high. Evictions are rising. Unemployment is rising. Food insecurity is rising. Homelessness is rising. Poverty is being criminalized. The wealth gap is increasing by the day. Mental health needs are growing by the day. Exhaustion is everywhere. And somehow, people are being asked to carry all of this while pretending everything is normal. This is not normal. This is a public health crisis. It way more than a pandemic