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World
Facing economic collapse, Afghanistan is gripped by starvation
Nearly four months since the Taliban seized power, Afghanistan is on the brink of a mass starvation that aid groups say threatens to kill 1 million children this winter — a toll that would dwarf the total number of Afghan civilians estimated to have been killed as a direct result of the war over the past 20 years. Continue reading →
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Metro
Now we’re getting somewhere with free public transit
For those of us who believe in the transformative potential of at least some fare-free transit, Wednesday's approval of fare-free bus routes in Boston was a red-letter day. The idea looked pretty pie-in-the-sky a few years ago. Now it’s happening, faster than even its fans expected. Continue reading →
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Visual Arts
Two quilts. One shared grief
Over three decades ago, a quilt honoring the scores of people lost to AIDS was displayed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. This year, the arts organization SPOKE crafted a new quilt to honor the ways we've been touched during the "multiple pandemics" we face today. Continue reading →
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