All The Monitor's View
- Of mercy and grievanceAs one U.S. president handed power to another, their acts of clemency also invited some to seek reconciliation through contrition.
- Infinite innovation and finite politicsThe change in the White House may bring different approaches to technology and productivity, but every American president taps into a bottomless well of new scientific ideas.
- Equality on the sidelinesTwo historically Black universities turn their football programs into opportunities to promote the excellence that is innate.
- Hearing Afghan womenShifts in regional diplomacy toward the Taliban in Afghanistan reinforce that stability is only possible through equality.
- Deference as defense of lawIn closing two legal cases against an incoming U.S. president, a judge and special counsel uphold constitutional norms and the virtues of voters and juries.
- How Los Angeles rebuildsThe city can draw on lessons in community-based resilience from other places hit by disasters. Through generosity, its residents are finding unity.
- Freeing Syria from a painful pastThe country鈥檚 new leaders have made early gestures of reconciliation. But civil society is preserving the basis for a just future.
- Stories to unite BangladeshThe interim government stirs a society emerging from dictatorship toward reconciliation through art and freedom of expression.
- An opening for equality in LebanonThe election of a new president after years of political division marks the next step in a region shedding old patterns of violence.
- Sunlight on hidden feesU.S. states are driving a robust legal trend toward transparency in pricing, measuring the value of goods and services in honesty and respect for consumers.
- Defeating fear in VenezuelaOpposition leaders marshal honor, dignity, and conscience in a South American country striving to restore democracy.
- When compassion rings louder than gunsWhile mediators seek a ceasefire in Gaza, ordinary Israelis and Palestinians are increasingly aligned in rejecting violence and hatred.
- The art of Poland鈥檚 diplomacyThe country at the helm of the European Union for the next six months makes youthful creativity a key part of its focus on regional security.
- Peace through compassionate justiceCountries adopting higher legal standards of equality and dignity chart a healing path amid the global spread of conflict.
- Votes for humble governingA year of global elections has reflected a desire among voters around the world for leaders who listen.
- Christmas in China, the people鈥檚 wayDespite the secular trappings of an imported holiday, the Chinese have devised a type of giving that captures the Christmas spirit.
- Freedom in Iran unveiledA bill that would impose new restrictions on women鈥檚 rights has rekindled demands for equality 鈥 causing even hard-liners to pause.
- The role model for Syria鈥檚 unityThe public鈥檚 post-liberation praise for a famed rescue outfit called The White Helmets reflects a desire for impartial leaders who save all and don鈥檛 play to divisions.
- Christmas light for Gaza海角大神 leaders in Jerusalem set a message of light in a region seeking its way out of war.
- Innovation by failure in GermanyThe ruling coalition willingly falls, partly out of a failure to revive Europe鈥檚 biggest economy through tech innovation 鈥 and a "dare to fail" culture.