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Welcome to your Daily. Today鈥檚 stories explore a shift in U.S. foreign policy, a reach for power self-sufficiency amid California鈥檚 blackouts, a search for long-term water sustainability in India, the promise and perils of international trade in agriculture, and how one Marine veteran has sought meaning in war.

But first, drug addiction and homelessness are often met with judgment. Here in Boston, there鈥檚 an area that has been unofficially branded 鈥淢ethadone Mile鈥� 鈥� it鈥檚 thought of as a hub of drug activity, with clinics, homeless shelters, and drug treatment programs nearby. The Bostonians who can鈥檛 avoid the area often avert their gaze from those experiencing homelessness there.聽

But one woman goes out of her way to meet these would-be castaways with respectful compassion.

Every Sunday since June, Celsea Tibbitt has led a group of volunteers to the area to hand out bottled water, fruit, and hundreds of healthy, home-cooked meals.聽

鈥淚 know one meal a week isn鈥檛 going to do it,鈥� Ms. Tibbitt . 鈥淏ut it lets people know a group of us care. We need to take care of each other.鈥�

A public health nurse, Ms. Tibbitt hands those experiencing homelessness much more than food. She extends humanity and empathy to a group of people who are often dismissed by society.

鈥淚 know from doing this work there is so much stigma around these members of our community. I have the privilege to be able to speak and listen to their stories,鈥� she says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 about being present and not looking the other way.鈥�