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A different way of doing journalismWhat the world would most miss if the Monitor were to vanish, we believe, is its completely different way of seeing the news.
Readers RespondReaders write: Battle against graffiti, library value, finding truthLetters to the editor for the May 15, 2017 weekly magazine.
Difference MakerHe鈥檚 given at-risk young men the space to learn and growRichard Bienvenue founded Our House, which is now located on a farm in Maryland. There, male adolescents focus on learning trades that can become their careers, and they do it with a structure that has often been lacking for them.
Sagebrush renaissanceAll sides are discovering that federal lands, run well, are neither a fiefdom of Washington nor a bulwark against wrongheaded cowherds. They are the vehicle by which important but competing claims can find balance.聽
Readers RespondReaders write: Train memories, writing troublesLetters to the editor for the May 8, 2017 weekly magazine.
Difference MakerHaving trouble getting a job as an older worker? This woman has some advice.Elizabeth White herself couldn鈥檛 find work later in her career. She鈥檚 now written a book in which she identifies issues that older workers face and suggests steps for restoring what she calls 鈥榓 richly textured life.鈥�
How a city girl came to oversee a community gardenDawn Blackman Sr. saw a need for fresh food in her urban community. The Randolph Street Community Garden in Champaign, Ill., now has 72 beds, and more than 3,000 people received fresh produce last year.
Readers RespondReaders write: Israeli land claims, and a responseLetter to the editor for the Feb. 20, 2017, weekly magazine.
Progress WatchWhy fewer states are trying teens as adultsHarsh prison sentences for juveniles are a legacy of the get-tough-on-crime laws of the 1990s. New York's move to take 16- and 17-year-olds out of the adult system leaves North Carolina as the only state that considers 16-year-old offenders adults by default.
Fuel from CO2? Experiment brings it a step closer to realityIt won't immediately solve our energy woes, but does increase our control over light-induced chemical reactions.
Difference MakerShe re-created a medieval trail in Germany, drawing thousands of hikersEsther Zeiher launched the endeavor after she came across an old map. She calls the trail an 鈥榓dventure in humanity鈥� that is enabling meaningful exchanges between people.
Volunteering together: how families can plan a vacation that gives backAhead of the big summer vacation season, here are some ideas for trying something different 鈥� service.
Teen siblings raise nearly $110,000 to fight hunger in Washington StateAidan Ryan started volunteering abroad, but when he realized the challenges much closer to home, he adjusted his focus. His sister, Erin Ryan, has gotten involved, too.
India's rescued bonded laborers rebuild lives in 'dream homes'Students from a college in Chennai, India, are working with the rescued individuals as part of a project to help them get back on their feet. Without homes, among other things, it is easy for them to slip back into debt bondage, campaigners say.
Who is 鈥榰s鈥�?By some important measures, the boundaries around whom we accept as part of 鈥渦s鈥� are particularly rigid at the moment.聽
Readers RespondReaders write: Power of science, regional change, enjoying and learningLetters to the editor for the April 24, 2017 weekly magazine.
New report finds cleaner air for many, but not allThe American Lung Association, which tracks air quality in the United States, says the Clean Air Act is working.
Progress WatchAcross US, states answering cries for police reformsLargely overshadowed by the emotional protests demanding police reforms, a wave of legislation and executive orders has been enacted at the state level in the past two years.
Climate change, and common-sense politicsPeople who had almost no interest in global warming became involuntary pioneers of a green revolution, moved not by soaring rhetoric, but by common sense.
Readers RespondReaders write: Trump and journalism, terms for landLetters to the editor for the April 17, 2017 weekly magazine.
