All From the Editors
EditorialsOK, ChristmasJust like every other generation, millennials are figuring out life out on the fly. And they鈥檙e looking for something authentic to anchor themselves.
EditorialsA 鈥楤lueprint鈥� for better politicsDr. Nicholas Christakis鈥� research suggests that humans are hard-wired with a 鈥渟ocial suite鈥� including love and teaching 鈥� an innate desire to connect.
EditorialsWho is your 鈥榯hem鈥�?Politics fizzes and fractures along countless different lines. But democratic systems are really about finding where the 鈥渦s鈥� is on all those axes.
EditorialsFigure 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.
EditorialsMy AfghanistanNo reporting assignment has left more of an impression than the three trips I made to Afghanistan from 2006 to 2009.
EditorialsA 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.
EditorialsThe 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.
EditorialsCalifornia 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.
EditorialsWhy 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
EditorialsHow 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.
EditorialsWhat 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.
EditorialsThe 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.
EditorialsHow 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.
EditorialsA 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?
EditorialsThe 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.
EditorialsProtecting 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.
EditorialsWhy 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.
EditorialsHow 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.
EditorialsWhy 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.
EditorialsThe 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.
