All From the Editors
CommentaryRecognizing Black history as American historyDoes a monthlong focus on Black history make that material more or less likely to be recognized as聽American history year-round?
CommentaryWhy this Tennessee teacher sees value in 鈥楳aus鈥�"People don鈥檛 just walk out of a concentration camp and go back to living their lives,鈥� says Heather Green. "Maus" explains that lingering trauma.
CommentaryIn search of a truly United StatesPresident Abraham Lincoln鈥檚 answer was that the contradictions inherent in the nation were not fatal but rather the source of its transcendent value.
CommentaryWhat I learned on the progress beatIt felt like searching for a piece of hay in a pile of needles. For every hint of progress, I encountered at least 30 distressing headlines.
CommentaryPass the mic: Amplifying voices of the unheard
CommentaryFinding the hidden gems among the stacksLiterature creates opportunities for readers to discover commonalities with people who might seem quite different. Here鈥檚 how the Monitor selects what to recommend to readers.
CommentaryCan comedy help us achieve a kinder society?Cancel culture can veer from an attempt to rebalance the power dynamic to an attempt to be the new arbiters of virtue.
CommentaryWhat if we all learned to think in paragraphs?So much of political discourse happens in oversimplified slogans and labels. Longer, more nuanced discussions bring common ground.
CommentaryThanksgiving reflections on grace and growth for uncertain timesViewed through the lens of day to day, the past few years of social upheaval are disorienting. Zooming out, our society is rethinking its values.
CommentaryFinding what more we can all doIn publishing our Finding Resilience series, we鈥檙e making a statement: Out of turmoil, resilience is essential to progress.
CommentaryLessons from Nuremberg, 75 years onPhilippe Sands, the son of a Holocaust survivor, and聽Horst von W盲chter, the son of a Nazi, are both trying to understand their family history.
CommentaryAngela Merkel鈥檚 true superpower: Pragmatism.Angela Merkel's brilliance has roots in a German-style pragmatism.聽She was always in the middle, but that doesn鈥檛 mean she was always a moderate.聽
CommentaryTruth-telling and a path to healingThe聽Walnut Street Bridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was the site of a horrendous lynching in 1906. A new memorial hopes to tell the full story.
CommentaryWhat the Peace Corps meant to meOne can easily log the number of wells built or mothers trained in nutrition classes. It鈥檚 harder to measure the impact of cultural exchange.
CommentaryHow we choose to remember 9/11I have two distinct memories relating to 9/11 鈥� one from the ensuing fear, the other from emerging afterward, seeing life return to normal.聽
CommentaryFor many at the Monitor, Afghanistan is personalThe Monitor has long had close ties with Afghanistan 鈥� reporters taken with its beauty and the hospitality that so rarely makes global news.
CommentaryHow to help Haiti? Ask its citizens.Solutions will take money, yes, but also time, patience, and a willingness to recognize the agency and expertise of the Haitian community.
CommentaryVoices that defy the silenceThe voices of those pushing for justice and gender equality in Afghanistan are veritable weapons against the Taliban, whose power relies on silence.
CommentaryCoaxing trust from the tapEach time someone turns on the faucet and it fails, the social contract between citizen and government is broken a bit more. How can we move forward?
CommentaryThe things they carryFor people experiencing homelessness, grabbing a meal or attending a job interview can mean leaving valuables unattended. But solutions exist.
