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What can prompt a desire to ditch an unsatisfactory status quo?

Another 鈥渆nough鈥� moment on gun violence arrived at a Texas high school late last week. For some it seemed like a moment to lean on the early and hard-won that has been deeply affected of late (if not as deeply as at ). It鈥檚 a generation that鈥檚 becoming known not only for activism but also for tolerance of differences, a form of love.

An African-American preacher spoke with conviction at last weekend's British royal wedding about , offering assurance of its omnipresence 鈥� and that 鈥渨hen we discover [it] we will be able to make of this old world a new world.鈥�

Redemption can be about many things, including clearing debt. A report saying that, despite all sorts of upward-pointing economic signs, more than 50 million US households 鈥� 43 percent of households 鈥� to cover basic necessities may spark a critical look at how our expectations may have driven us into silos. One possible path out of those: consideration of different forms of intentional community, partnering with others who share values, even around areas like housing.

Laura Rozza, who helped create such a sharing arrangement a decade ago, spoke to Yes! Magazine . 鈥淚t was the idea,鈥� she said, 鈥渙f sort of creating a new world we want to live in.鈥�

Now to our five stories for today, highlighting compassion in the opioid fight, ingenuity in countering an effect of climate change, and the cultural broadening of a popular literary genre.聽