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  RNS OPENING BUDGET — THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2023</p>
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RNS-EastPalestine-Hope: Amid crisis and political feuds, hope abounds in East Palestine<br />
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (RNS) — In the weeks since a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, the town’s residents have faced initial evacuations, uncertainty and economic fallout. But alarmist headlines and opportunist political spins aside, hope is alive in East Palestine at makeshift distribution centers, church-hosted health clinics and front yards dotted with Easter decorations. By Kathryn Post. 1250 words. (category: a)</p>
<p>COMMENTARY<br />
RNS-Moss-Oped: Practicing prophetic grief<br />
(RNS) — Anger, fear, and the fantasy of vengeance chain us to our enemy, and in that hellish struggle, we drag them with us wherever we go. It is exhausting. If we choose to fight in that kind of conflict, we have already given victory to the darkness, because fighting our war becomes our whole world. By Otis Moss III 1,386 words. (category: k)</p>
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