All From the Editors
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?
CommentaryThe recipe for changeNone of the problems facing the world are unsolvable. A program supported by Melinda Gates is transforming a society鈥檚 view of women in Senegal.
CommentaryProtecting people, protecting natureWestern environmentalism has been built on the concept that humans and conservation are incompatible.聽But聽malama 鈥榓ina聽offers a different perspective.
CommentaryWhy the world needs India to winCan a country be too diverse for democracy to work? India鈥檚 only path to superpower status lies in proving that the answer is no.
CommentaryHow America鈥檚 conversation on race is changingThe 1619 Project from聽The New York Times, AfricanAncestry.com, and more: Our Sept. 9 cover story tracks the new American conversation on race.
CommentaryWhy the world needs isersarneqIn this week鈥檚 cover story,聽staff writer Harry Bruinius looks at the Queens borough of New York, the most linguistically diverse spot on the planet.
CommentaryThe Woodstock I never knewA moment聽when the veil of the everyday world was drawn back,聽Woodstock revealed what its attendees hoped the world could be.- CommentaryThe Monitor鈥檚 participation in the Poynter-Koch FellowshipThree Monitor staffers are enrolled in the program, which helps young journalists develop their skills.
CommentaryDoes responsibility extend beyond borders?The Monitor hosted two journalists through聽the Mandela Washington Fellowship; it was聽a reminder of the connection the Monitor had with Nelson Mandela.
CommentaryThe new frontier of rural AmericaModern life often seems to encourage the pursuit of meaningless goals. Could a return to small-town life bring a deeper joy to Americans?
