All From the Editors
CommentaryAustralia鈥檚 fiery trialFor Australia and its American eco-twin, California, a realization is dawning. A warming world requires new thinking 鈥� or, perhaps, very old thinking.
CommentaryThe American dream, rezonedA rising generation of Americans wants to live differently聽鈥� more 鈥淓uropean,鈥� you might say 鈥撀燽ut they have to change the rules of U.S. housing first.
CommentaryReplacing despair with hope in rural AmericaChrista Case Bryant鈥檚 cover story on Estonia鈥檚 efforts to foil Russian hackers is a study on聽alertness. And I introduce the authors of 鈥淭ightrope.鈥�
CommentaryHow we see climate scienceAt this point, peer-reviewed science points to a significant and accelerating human impact on the climate. But聽catastrophe need not be inevitable.
CommentaryAll God鈥檚 creaturesWild horse populations are stressing the American West, yet the simplest solution 鈥� sending them to slaughterhouses 鈥� is, for many, abhorrent.
CommentaryThe power of thinking differentlyThe first step to positive change is simply being willing to do something differently. And sometimes,聽that first step can be the hardest step of all.
CommentaryOK, ChristmasJust like every other generation, millennials are figuring out life out on the fly. And they鈥檙e looking for something authentic to anchor themselves.
CommentaryA 鈥楤lueprint鈥� for better politicsDr. Nicholas Christakis鈥� research suggests that humans are hard-wired with a 鈥渟ocial suite鈥� including love and teaching 鈥� an innate desire to connect.
CommentaryWho is your 鈥榯hem鈥�?Politics fizzes and fractures along countless different lines. But democratic systems are really about finding where the 鈥渦s鈥� is on all those axes.
CommentaryFigure out your entire life now, pleaseAfter graduating college, you鈥檙e supposed to be聽thoughtful, try new things, and explore this astonishing world. But that can be a聽terrifying prospect.
CommentaryMy AfghanistanNo reporting assignment has left more of an impression than the three trips I made to Afghanistan from 2006 to 2009.
CommentaryA Monitor ThanksgivingWhy, despite all the hassle, do we love holidays? If we do it right, we鈥檙e putting others first, so we'd like to say "Thank you" to聽our readers.
CommentaryThe 鈥榪uiet fire鈥� of a Monitor readerI want to acquaint you with thinkers who are wrestling with issues close to the Monitor鈥檚 heart.聽First up: activist and minister Duncan Newcomer.
CommentaryCalifornia offers a glimpse 20 years into the futureThe rise of Latino power in California began with Proposition 187, a聽1994 ballot initiative that聽sought to deny services to unauthorized immigrants.
CommentaryWhy local news is necessaryRemember the dogged, wisecracking reporters of yore? As in 鈥淕ood Night, and Good Luck鈥� and 鈥淎ll the President鈥檚 Men鈥�? That spirit is still alive.聽
CommentaryHow to fight 鈥榝ake news鈥�Compelling readers to recalibrate their own opinions 鈥� to look at the world dynamically and flexibly 鈥� is healthy. And it鈥檚 how fake news is defeated.
CommentaryWhat color shirts are the refugees wearing?Migration is one of the world鈥檚 most pressing issues. Western democracy is being reshaped by how people live 鈥� or don鈥檛 鈥� with different cultures.
CommentaryThe 鈥榮tranger鈥� within MexicoThe world tends toward binaries. 鈥淚 am indigenous鈥� or 鈥淚 am Spanish,鈥� for instance. 鈥淚 am both鈥� seems harder to wrap our heads around.
CommentaryHow the NRA changed politicsIn exploring the reasons behind the NRA鈥檚 influence, you find a lesson on the evolution of American politics, and why the group鈥檚 clout may be waning.
CommentaryA lesson from Uganda about 鈥榩eople power鈥�Bobi Wine鈥檚 platform in Uganda is alluring, though it has no policy other than 鈥減eople power.鈥澛營s he a new kind of leader, or just another strongman?
