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Federal workers who have experienced previous government shutdowns say the uncertainty is always stressful. But this one already feels worse, multiple federal employees tell the Monitor, coming after months of interagency upheaval and layoffs from the Trump administration. Many feel uneasy about not only the immediate standoff 鈥� but what will happen when it ends.

War upends ordinary life in ways large and small. In northern Nigeria, the Boko Haram insurgency has threatened a centuries-old perfume-making tradition. But some are putting their lives at risk to save it.听

Young people from one side of the world to the other, connected on social media, have created a wave of social and political protest that has swept two governments from office and threatened others. Can they achieve their goals of honest rule and fairer economies?

With the world remembering Jane Goodall, I asked my daughter again why she was so interested in the primatologist. The answer: Dr. Goodall 鈥渞ealized something true that nobody else recognized.鈥�

In an era in which devices and social media can increasingly pull us apart, one family discovers connection and togetherness in books.听