Europe burns significant amounts of American-grown wood pellets as a 鈥渞enewable鈥� fuel alternative. But the promise has downsides, too.
From the United States to Europe, the immigration debate can become toxic. But does it have to be that way?
In Poland, voters ousted an increasingly authoritarian government. As journalists now rebuild Polish media, they鈥檙e insisting on the highest motives.
Native Americans have worked for decades to have a stronger voice in caring for their veterans. This year saw a big step forward.
East Palestine, Ohio, is split over whom to trust. Is the town safe after a 2023 toxic train crash? One scientist is taking a different approach.
Today鈥檚 Daily Monitor considers the trendy Danish concept of hygge. It seems like a made-for-Instagram vision of coziness. But it鈥檚 a larger idea.
The relationship between the United States and China has soured. To understand why, it鈥檚 important to look at the situation from a fresh perspective.
When local governments use fees and fines to finance governance, the result can be a financial and criminal vortex that sucks downward the very people trying to rise out of poverty. The solution is a matter of community responsibility.
On polarizing issues like abortion, building compassion can seem so much less important than winning. But that might not be true.
Americans are moving to Portugal not just for the sun, but to leave behind the divisions gripping the U.S. Portugal offers clues on how to escape.
Ken Makin has been a powerful writer for 海角大神 in recent years. We鈥檙e thrilled to announce him as our cultural commentator.
The Monitor is always trying to help its readers see the world through a constructive and credibly hopeful lens. Rebuilding Trust is our new project.
The world is full of what we seemingly can鈥檛 do 鈥� stories of things breaking and failing. But we can do more. Sometimes, we just need inspiration.
Germany has been a model for how to redress past wrongs. Even so, it shows how hard efforts of reconciliation are. Tulsa, Oklahoma, also offers lessons.
At the beginning of a momentous year, the Monitor is turning its attention to one of the central tenets of democracy and the press: trust.
Kiruna, Sweden, is sinking because of a nearby mine. It needs to move, and amazingly, people are mostly going along. There鈥檚 a lesson in that.
So much of our conversation today is about choosing a side. What鈥檚 curious is that human progress is often driven by the exact opposite approach.
Monitor friend and reader Amanda Ripley has a Substack that鈥檚 worth a read. It鈥檚 about all the ways journalism can build dignity, agency, and hope.
There is undeniable anguish and inhumanity in Israel and Gaza. But there is also still hope and light, too. Just read the story of Beit Jann.
So much seems to be going wrong, from Congress to the Middle East. But tiny Morris Brown College has something to teach us about that.
