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Lexington Is Kim Edwards' Old Kentucky Home

Far from her Northern roots, the best-selling novelist discovers a new sense of home amid rolling hills and Thoroughbred farms

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Colombia Dispatch 1: Revisiting Colombia

Journalist Kenneth Fletcher returns to Colombia to investigate how the government and its people hope to rise above their problematic past

Children pose for the camera in El Pozon

Colombia Dispatch 2: The Slums of El Pozon

In a vast impoverished neighborhood near the Caribbean coast, Colombians invade vacant lots hoping to become landowners

Hector Salgado and Marisol Cardales Berrio

Colombia Dispatch 3: The Pedro Romero Program

The government's attempts to battle poverty reach communities of refugees from violence in the countryside

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Colombia Dispatch 4: Palenque: An Afro-Colombian Community

Four hundred years ago, escaped slaves formed Palenque. Today, the Colombian town celebrates its African roots

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