Reparations are a fraught political topic. But as the Monitor looks at the issue in-depth today, we find one key element: building community.
Reparations are a fraught political topic. But as the Monitor looks at the issue in depth, we look for one key element: building community.
There鈥檚 more to the reparations discussion than what typically makes the news. Two writers 鈥� one white, one Black 鈥� found that many, on both sides of the issue, care deeply about honestly acknowledging history.
Southwest Airlines鈥� recent meltdown taught me about hub-and-spoke versus point-to-point approaches to air travel 鈥� and what those models might teach us about life.
We are publishing the winning essays of American, Israeli, and Palestinian teens on 鈥淲hat do you most want to improve about your own society and how?鈥�
A Monitor article and a chipped blue bowl took me back to my daughter鈥檚 school days and reminded me not to judge citizens 鈥� in this case Russian parents and teachers 鈥� by their leader.
Videos of brown-skinned girls鈥� surprise and delight when they see an Ariel that looks like them in the upcoming remake of 鈥淭he Little Mermaid鈥� remind our writer of learning that pilots can be Black.
Our story on kelp farming shows people鈥檚 creativity and resilience in response to climate change and demonstrates the fierceness of hope.
The Ukraine Take Shelter app, developed by two college students, matches Ukrainian refugees with people offering housing. The sincerity of the postings reveals a worldwide desire to help.
We hope you find in the Monitor鈥檚 pages opportunities year-round to connect with a wide range of people, seeking and finding humanity.
Florida kindergartners unfamiliar with snow got a special delivery package: a snowman.
Does a monthlong focus on Black history make that material more or less likely to be recognized as American history year-round?
In a 2021 survey in 17 nations, nearly 19,000 adults said family and friends give life meaning. That鈥檚 a firm foundation for building bridges.
Monitor contributor Maisie Sparks wanted to explore the idea that an extreme view of independence was threatening to unravel the need for fostering a true sense of common good. She found a promising pushback in Fellowship church.
Inclusive by design, Friendsgiving ensures that those with no place to go for the holiday still get to have a Thanksgiving-like experience.
Despite survey results finding that key differences between people often lead to conflict, most surveyed said that diversity improves society.
Americans鈥� approval of marriages between Black people and white people is at an all-time high, up dramatically over the last 60 years.
A fifth grader is trying to make people smile during the pandemic with a "PUN-demic." And he hopes to help save the oceans with art, puns, and puppets.
Covert, Michigan, wasn't founded as a utopia. Yet from the 1860s onward, Black and white residents farmed, voted, and educated their kids together.
Over a century ago, Black and white settlers in Covert, Michigan, treated each other as equals, living peacefully amid the nation鈥檚 turmoil over race.
