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On War and Redemption. Home Fires features the writing of men and women who have returned from wartime service in the United States military.

On War and Redemption

When I returned from Afghanistan this past spring, a civilian friend asked, “Is it good to be back?” It was the first time someone had asked, and I answered honestly. Haiti Doesn't Need Your Yoga Mat. Here Comes Solar Energy. In Famine, Vouchers Can Be Tickets to Survival. Fixes looks at solutions to social problems and why they work.

In Famine, Vouchers Can Be Tickets to Survival

Phil Moore/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesMothers sat with their children in a compound for internally displaced persons in the Somali border town of Dhobley, Somalia, where aid organizations have begun distributing vouchers for food. The town of Dhobley, Somalia, sits at the gateway of hell. Just west of Dhobley is the border with Kenya, and the road to Dadaab, which hosts a giant complex of refugee camps; Dhobley has become the last stop in Somalia for a growing stream of desperate, starving people in flight from famine. In Dhobley, as well, drought has ruined crops and felled cows.