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People in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya watched the bi-weekly distribution of food rations just after sunrise on Jan. 4, 2001.

OpEds

How Americans can sponsor refugees — and why they should

At its heart, America is a land of welcome. The beauty of this new program is that it gives Americans the opportunity to further this fundamental national moral value. 2:55 p.m.

Letters

Gen Z is coming for corporate-speak

No one will miss "let’s circle back" or "synergy." Since we’re on a roll, could younger speakers also finally end the uptalking? 2:30 a.m.

Since opening a little over a year ago, A Call for Change has received 450 calls — vastly outpacing the initial 50-call target.

Ideas

A new domestic violence prevention hotline — for abusers

Massachusetts is the first state in the nation to offer such a service. Proof that it’s needed? Calls are coming in from around the country — and the world. 11:45 a.m.

The Halifax Congregational Church on Plymouth Street was reflected in the raindrops on the windshield of a car from heavy rains on Dec. 16.

Letters

A thousand words

The image because it manages to be both historic and timeless and both abstract and concrete. 2:30 a.m.

An American flag waved in the wind at a Hy-Vee grocery store in Marion, Iowa, on Nov. 8.

Letters

The citizenship test — hint: It’s about a lot more than just voting

It is reasonable to understand participation can take many forms, including protest and dissent. Demanding full membership by these means is a form of participation in civic life. 2:30 a.m.

Former car dealership manager Dan Leahy has close to 1,200 neckties, some of which he has hanging on his bedroom closet door.

Letters

Neckties don’t hold quite the same place in the fabric of our lives

When I changed careers decades ago, my mother asked me what I was going to do with all my neckties that I no longer needed, and she proposed weaving them into a rug. 2:30 a.m.