Pope Francis announced this week that Catholic Church priests can bless same-sex couples. The debate over the move points to larger trends in society.
Texas is ramping up border security efforts with an aggressive new law, and former President Donald Trump continues to use highly charged rhetoric.
The Monitor鈥檚 Climate Generation series has explored the young people across the world most affected by climate change but busy changing the future.
Chile will vote on a new constitution this weekend. A previous attempt was rejected for being too leftist. This one might go too far to the right.
The Netflix series 鈥淎ll the Light We Cannot See鈥� gives a caricatured view of Nazis and evil. 鈥淶one of Interest鈥� is more chilling, and more relevant.
Facing the climate crisis surely requires individual sacrifice. But regenerative farmers see it differently 鈥� instead of austerity, sustainability practices seed resilient and flourishing farms.
The United Nations COP28 climate summit has ended. Now attention turns to whether nations keep their promises. Young people are leading the way.
How you see the Israel-Hamas war is likely shaped by the forces around you. Today, we take a closer look at a few factors in Israel and the United States.
The president of the University of Pennsylvania resigned after congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus. How can campuses move forward?
There are many reasons for Taylor Swift鈥檚 huge success, from her songs to her sincerity. But perhaps most, she feeds hearts needing something good.
Articles about the Israel-Hamas war seem the opposite of children鈥檚 stories. But the push for a solution draws on lessons we learned as children.
The NCAA president on Tuesday proposed allowing universities with top sports programs to pay athletes, a potentially seismic shift.
The Israel-Hamas war has seen unthinkable brutality. Yet there is also profound humanity on both sides, and it illuminates a different view.
A new study looks at how redwoods survived a fire in which flames destroyed even the canopy. The answer: draw on 1,000-year-old buds.
The Monitor talked to Mia Schem鈥檚 family when she was being held hostage by Hamas. On Thursday, she was freed.
Henry Kissinger died Wednesday. The Nixon-era U.S. secretary of state was one of the most influential figures of the Cold War era.
Indian miners working on a road tunnel were freed Tuesday, 17 days after the tunnel collapsed. The final part of the rescue was the most dangerous.
IDs can be essential for jobs, housing, and voting. But so many Americans don鈥檛 have one. Colorado is making strides to address that.
The Israel-Hamas war has caused rifts at Carnegie Mellon University, too. So two faculty members used Thanksgiving to help build community.
Abraham Lincoln established the first national holiday for Thanksgiving in 1863. In recognition, we offer a poem of his words arranged for the needs of today.
