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Worried, frazzled, indifferent: Processing the shutdown in a divided America
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According to a recent poll, a large majority of Americans now believe the country cannot mend its deep political rifts.
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Audra D.S. Burch
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WASHINGTON - At a church on Oct 5 in a suburb of Washington, DC, where the pews are filled each week with dozens of active and retired federal workers, the weight of the government shutdown hung in the air.
Reverend Krishnan Natesan, pastor of Hemingway Memorial AME Church in District Heights, Maryland, delivered a sermon about holding on to faith and hope amid uncertain futures.
