All From the Editors
CommentaryA reporter鈥檚 鈥榝ull investment of head and heart鈥�Reporter Martin Kuz sees potential for Ukraine to find a kind of positive transformation known as post-traumatic growth on the other side of the war.
CommentaryA father鈥檚 sunny smile on Ramadan morningsMy siblings and I grew up as first-generation Muslims in the United States, far from the decorated streets and festive atmosphere overseas.
CommentaryWhy Ehud Barak sees hope in Israeli unrest
CommentaryProgress is a marathon, not a sprintGreg Berman and Aubrey Fox, authors of 鈥淕radual: The Case for Incremental Change in a Radical Age,鈥澛爉ake the case for moderation.
CommentaryAn American鈥檚 daily art prayers for UkraineThe daily exercise has also had an impact on the painter. On a deeper level, for the first time that she can remember, she鈥檚 praying every day.
CommentaryA big change to our websiteThe goal of our new navigation is to be one-stop shopping for a different way of looking at the news.
CommentaryGoverning wiselyAllegations of fraud and stolen elections did not begin in 2020. Yet refusing to accept election results 鈥� at least at the presidential level 鈥� did. What happened?
CommentaryA discovery bigger than archaeologyThe Middle East is full of groundbreaking archaeological discoveries.聽What intrigued our correspondent wasn鈥檛 what this team uncovered, but who uncovered it.
CommentaryA fresh take on SomaliaA trip to Somalia helped launch our war correspondent鈥檚 career. Some three decades later, he returns聽鈥� this time with his photojournalist son.
CommentaryThree questions about police reformBoston police commissioner Michael Cox is running the department he once sued, after being beaten by his fellow officers while he was in plainclothes.
CommentaryThe hardest story to tellHow do you ask people who lost family and friends in a deadly crash to talk about forgiveness? With patience and compassion.
CommentaryA Monitor newsroom debate: Is democracy a 'value'?- CommentaryOcean Atlas: The girl who carries the ocean
CommentaryMartin and Coretta: A love storyA tribute to the couple鈥檚 love 鈥� for each other and for humanity 鈥� has arisen on Boston Common in the form of a 22-foot-tall bronze sculpture.聽
CommentaryWhat is progress, anyway?Points of Progress writer Erika Page reflects on lessons learned during her year on the Monitor's progress beat.
CommentaryThe Christmas that didn鈥檛 come from a storeMy mother loved giving gifts, and her generous heart just expanded every December. The family budget, however, did not.
CommentaryArt that honors women鈥檚 strength鈥淥f Rope and Chain Her Bones Are Made鈥� celebrates the handiwork that underlies the often invisible work associated with womanhood.
CommentaryAn appreciation of former Monitor Editor John HughesJohn Hughes won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting in Indonesia and went on to a career that spanned Voice of America and the Reagan administration.
CommentaryIn high court case, a delicate web of emotions"It鈥檚 about children, about child welfare. It鈥檚 about historical injustice and trauma,鈥� our reporter tells the Monitor's Why We Wrote This podcast.
CommentaryMaking kindness a visible priorityDavid Clark Scott favorite stories were of people taking the time to help one another. On his last day of work, he was working on such a story.聽We picked up where he left off.