All From the Editors
CommentaryWhen gratitude feels out of reach, look to LincolnPresident Lincoln鈥檚 Thanksgiving Proclamation might have seemed absurd to many in 1863.聽Yet his focus on order and harmony is still applicable today.
CommentaryWhen conscience takes the courtThe message had always been the same: Leave your opinions outside the stadium. But this August, something changed, and the sports world erupted.
CommentaryLessons in the power of democracyThe global experiment in expanding freedom isn鈥檛 over.聽What does the world need to learn? One idea that鈥檚 surfacing: the importance of responsibility.
CommentaryFrom the editor: Where we go from hereAs a growing lead places Joe Biden near the threshold of the White House, the lessons of the past week point to how a divided nation can find a path forward.聽
CommentaryThe tales of a culture are encoded in its musicEach new star is an amalgam of all who came before; each song a single snapshot in time.聽But more than that, music is a reflection of us.
CommentaryHope for our 鈥榤ore perfect Union鈥�Building a better American democracy could take a while, if it happens at all. In the meantime, how can we as individuals be part of the solution?
CommentaryLooking past false choicesThe goal of politics, in its lowest common denominator, is to persuade you that you face a zero-sum decision.
CommentaryHow communities can battle isolation 鈥� togetherMany have become acutely aware of the bitterness of isolation. But there鈥檚 a flip side to that realization 鈥� a new appreciation for human connection.
CommentaryWhat China and the US got rightHere 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聽 can still prevail.
CommentaryIs there room for empathy in politics?Majorities of voters in both major U.S. parties say it is essential for someone in high political office to be compassionate and empathetic.
CommentaryA change at the Monitor this yearBy 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.
CommentaryUN or not, a need for united nationsSocieties that are more open, trusting, and collaborative have an advantage. Could the United Nations be the key to establishing those conditions?
CommentaryCan education solve everything?The best educational reform might be putting more money in parents鈥� pockets 鈥� not through a government program but through higher wages.
CommentaryVistas of the heart and soulJust as an RV can reveal the largeness in a Rocky Mountain vacation, a pandemic can also reveal the largeness of the human spirit.
CommentaryThe world鈥檚 greatest natural resourceFor more than a century, prosperity has come from coal in Wyoming.聽But what happens when there isn鈥檛 any left, or people don鈥檛 want it anymore?
Commentary鈥榃ho gets redemption?鈥�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.
CommentaryChitchatting in the age of ZoomI value, and miss, nondirected conversations. A lot of good ideas can come from them. But how do you replicate them in a videoconference?
CommentaryA look behind the scenes of the Monitor's suffrage coverageWe wanted to tell the story of the hard-won victory for women鈥檚 voting rights in 1920, along with the evolution of women into global leaders.
CommentaryWhen athletes become activistsHow do you have the Olympics聽and聽activism? The pressure for change is significant, and the way forward might be in the athletes themselves.
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