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Monitor articles for October 13, 2021

• A love of Black literature animates every page
• Podcast: The Christian Science Monitor Daily Podcast Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
• Debt crisis averted, but at what cost?
• The ExplainerCurious how systemic racism works? Check out your neighborhood.
• The Monitor's ViewA World Cup to melt Middle East tensions
• Finding resilience: Para rowers upend notions of ability
• First LookHoliday holdout: Jobs are open but workers aren’t interested
• First LookAfter 19-month freeze, US land borders to reopen in November
• First LookIslamic State attacks test Taliban's control in Afghanistan
• Russia breaks the (polar) ice on its Northeast Passage aspirations
• A Christian Science PerspectiveFinding freedom from character flaws
• Set among the stacks: Four enchanting novels for bibliophiles
• First LookWhy U.S. food insecurity still looms, even amid recovery