All From the Editors
CommentaryA shift in Islam 鈥� and beyondWhat is the right balance between a living faith that embraces the changing times and the religious traditions and doctrines that are often millenniums old?
CommentaryNew look, changing team for the MonitorEvery so often,聽I take this space to let you know about happenings at the Monitor.
CommentaryThe power of losingFor two consecutive American presidential elections, many of the losers have seen the winner as illegitimate. Putting aside the merit of the claims, that broad fact speaks volumes.
CommentaryCoaching humans out of static thinkingScience is one of the most reliable ways to coach humans out of narrow, static thinking and into mental channels that grow and challenge our views of 鈥� well, everything.
CommentaryMonitor grapples with gender balance in sourcingWomen have a lot to say 鈥� across business, politics, economics, education 鈥� you name it. But are their voices always heard?
CommentaryA legacy worth defendingThere is a discovery that was made in the 20th century that is often overlooked. It is the legacy of nonviolence left by Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela.
CommentaryFrom one book lover to many othersOur Monitor Facebook book group is utterly vibrant 鈥� enthusiastic readers sharing book tips with one another, asking and answering book questions of all kinds.聽
CommentaryThe marches that have shaped AmericaA wave of progressive movements, driven by decades of swelling unrest among women and minority groups, crested in 1968. It was a show of activism, both peaceful and violent, that the nation hasn鈥檛 seen since.聽At least, not until now.
CommentaryWhen the CEO lives around the cornerWhen I traveled to Wausau, Wis., where the unemployment rate is a full percentage point below the national rate, I admit a few preconceptions crept in.聽What I didn鈥檛 expect to find was the power that comes when the biggest employers are locally owned.
CommentaryThe poets who bring us something moreFrom literary prizes to at-work book clubs to poetry slams, Clevelanders are uniquely leveraging the written and spoken word as a tool for progress. To some, it offers a voice. To others, it offers a mirror for introspection.
CommentaryThe largest patriotismOn July 4, which marks Independence Day in the United States, it is worth noting how America has helped reshape the idea of what patriotism is.
CommentaryThe Monitor鈥檚 collaboration with the Energy FoundationThe Energy Foundation has given a grant to support the Monitor鈥檚 distinctive approach to climate change coverage.
CommentaryNigeria鈥檚 schoolgirl rebellionIn the borderlands of Nigeria, school attendance for girls is as much an act of war against Boko Haram as picking up a gun.
CommentaryGlobal voices on progress: a special project of the Monitor DailyThis summer, the Monitor is collaborating with more than 50 newspapers worldwide to promote solutions journalism 鈥� and a more hopeful view of the world.聽
CommentaryBreaking the cycle of absentee fatherhoodLee began to understand the true nature of fatherhood when he began to understand the true nature of marriage, even though he wasn鈥檛 married himself.
CommentaryThe costs of libertyPeng Jie came to Beijing for the same reason rural migrants have come to cities for generations 鈥� to find opportunity and a new life. And she did. The problem was that her community was seen as a blight on the gleaming vision for a modern Beijing.
CommentaryWhen a healthy environment is good businessDredging a swath through the Varadero reef would increase trade, create jobs, and drive down prices of some goods for Colombians. How do you weigh the value of a potentially unique ecosystem against the promise of greater prosperity and meaningful employment?
CommentaryHow to change WashingtonWashington isn鈥檛 working, the thinking goes.聽But what if that sentiment is wrong? What if Washington is working pretty much as it is set up to do?
CommentaryCan the Arctic teach the world to cooperate?Must exploitation and conflict inevitably accompany exploration and expansion? Or can we learn the lessons of the past and reap the benefits of expansion without falling prey to its temptations?
CommentaryFinding the good beyond the crisisBy most metrics, Puerto Rico is not a success story. Yet Whitney鈥檚 story points to why it is too simplistic to look only at the negative 鈥� or only at the positive.
