All From the Editors
CommentaryA change at the Monitor this yearBy the time you read this, we will have made a change aimed at both unifying the Monitor and putting the Weekly magazine on the best path to thrive.
CommentaryUN or not, a need for united nationsSocieties that are more open, trusting, and collaborative have an advantage. Could the United Nations be the key to establishing those conditions?
CommentaryCan education solve everything?The best educational reform might be putting more money in parents鈥� pockets 鈥� not through a government program but through higher wages.
CommentaryVistas of the heart and soulJust as an RV can reveal the largeness in a Rocky Mountain vacation, a pandemic can also reveal the largeness of the human spirit.
CommentaryThe world鈥檚 greatest natural resourceFor more than a century, prosperity has come from coal in Wyoming.聽But what happens when there isn鈥檛 any left, or people don鈥檛 want it anymore?
Commentary鈥榃ho gets redemption?鈥�As the pandemic shines a spotlight on conditions in prison, it鈥檚 time to reconsider how we think about incarcerated people, reform advocates say.
CommentaryChitchatting in the age of ZoomI value, and miss, nondirected conversations. A lot of good ideas can come from them. But how do you replicate them in a videoconference?
CommentaryA look behind the scenes of the Monitor's suffrage coverageWe wanted to tell the story of the hard-won victory for women鈥檚 voting rights in 1920, along with the evolution of women into global leaders.
CommentaryWhen athletes become activistsHow do you have the Olympics聽and聽activism? The pressure for change is significant, and the way forward might be in the athletes themselves.
CommentaryThe postwar 鈥榳e鈥�
CommentaryA rebuke to oppressionThe desire to recognize and address the deeper foundations of racial prejudice is surfacing in community dialogues across the United States.
CommentaryWhy we鈥檙e capitalizing BlackIn better cherishing the Black experience in America, we recognize its unique role and seek a firmer footing for genuine equality and freedom.
CommentaryWe loveThe impetus of this moment is a primal cry for an expanded sense of love for all 鈥� a truer 鈥渦s.鈥� That聽idea of progress must be defended.
CommentaryThe power of small gesturesEven as images of shattered glass have spread, another narrative has emerged: of people hearing each other, and of the power that imparts.
Commentary鈥業 choose the river鈥�After leaving her counterinsurgency career, Euphrates Institute founder Janessa Gans Wilder聽has worked to support peace builders worldwide.
CommentaryHumanity鈥檚 ultimate laboratoryJust because something is hard does not mean that it is unnecessary, and our families give us ample evidence of that every day 鈥� especially now.
Commentary鈥楩ake news鈥� and 鈥榬eal news鈥�Journalism can inform, advocate, and entertain.聽Yet there is something greater journalism can do: it can enlighten and illumine.
CommentaryThe Walden next doorTravel experts say many summer vacations this year will be local and outdoors.聽Close to home may not be exotic, but the unexpected abounds.
CommentaryWhat the Monitor stands forThe Monitor is often asked to both support and condemn various political figures and movements across the world. Editor Mark Sappenfield responds.
CommentaryOne way the world is changing pandemicsGlobalization is shaping the coronavirus, and that鈥檚 reason for hope.聽The best defense we have against pandemics is the knowledge we share, after all.
