Starting From Scratch

Image from the Puppy Channel network, from the story in Act One.
People starting over—sometimes because they want to, other times because they have to.
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The Other Territory
Since October 7, Israel has intensified restrictions on West Bank Palestinians while global attention focused on Gaza. We travel to the West Bank to see these changes in person.

Lists!!!
How they organize the chaos of the world, for good and for bad.

Letters! Actual Letters!
When the best—and perhaps only—way to say something is to write it down.
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