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Skip to next paragraphThe Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, is a powerful story about an honest man who is a successful writer. He has an unusual boyhood, spends his youth in Mexico working for Diego Rivera and Trotsky, and is hounded in the US by the FBI and the House Un-American Activities Committee.
This Memorial Day the Iraq war is over and the Afghanistan war is winding down, but they're weighing heavily on post-9/11 veterans, 33 percent of whom said they weren't worth the cost.
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Pastor Jean Enock Joseph (c.) visits one of his projects in Croix-des-Bouquets, just outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital.
Jean Enock Joseph teaches self-help to lift Haiti
Pastor Jean Enock Joseph doesn't shy from Haiti's toughest problems. His message: Haitians have the ability to help themselves.
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