Coronavirus restrictions have worked much better in Asia than in the West. One of the main reasons is the difference in how they are viewed.
Protests against police violence in Nigeria have forced the president to disband a squad known for corruption and torture.
President Trump鈥檚 coronavirus diagnosis was an unprecedented election 鈥淥ctober surprise.鈥� But amid sharply polarized views, it has changed little.
Here we are, at a moment when mutual miscalculations have in some ways put both the U.S. and China on the back foot. But reason can still prevail.
Tonight鈥檚 presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden might not change many minds. But that doesn鈥檛 mean it鈥檚 unimportant.
By the time you read this, we will have made a change aimed at both unifying the Monitor and putting the Weekly magazine on the best path to thrive.
From the intelligence of trees to consciousness as a universal field, the frontiers of science are yielding fascinating findings and theories.
Societies that are more open, trusting, and collaborative have an advantage. Could the United Nations be the key to establishing those conditions?
California fires are pushing local and state resources beyond the breaking point. Neighbors are stepping in to help in remarkable ways.
The best educational reform might be putting more money in parents鈥� pockets 鈥� not through a government program but through higher wages.
Just as an RV can reveal the largeness in a Rocky Mountain vacation, a pandemic can also reveal the largeness of the human spirit.
When sports teams paused last week after the Jacob Blake shooting, the Indianapolis Colts had a conversation that caught some by surprise.
Republicans and Democrats have had to dramatically change their presidential conventions in response to the pandemic. But that hasn't been all bad.
For more than a century, prosperity has come from coal in Wyoming. But what happens when there isn鈥檛 any left, or people don鈥檛 want it anymore?
To mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the Monitor brought together three women leaders to discuss progress and the way forward.
As the pandemic shines a spotlight on conditions in prison, it鈥檚 time to reconsider how we think about incarcerated people, reform advocates say.
The Beirut explosion has left 300,000 people homeless. Residents are responding by opening their homes to neighbors.
The Lebanon explosion in Beirut Tuesday may have been an accident, reports say. But it speaks to the problems of a country defined by its divisions.
Historically, wealth has come from natural resources, and such economies have been subject to corruption and colonialism. But a new model is emerging.
How do you have the Olympics and activism? The pressure for change is significant, and the way forward might be in the athletes themselves.
