All From the Editors
CommentaryLessons from Nuremberg, 75 years onPhilippe Sands, the son of a Holocaust survivor, and聽Horst von W盲chter, the son of a Nazi, are both trying to understand their family history.
CommentaryAngela Merkel鈥檚 true superpower: Pragmatism.Angela Merkel's brilliance has roots in a German-style pragmatism.聽She was always in the middle, but that doesn鈥檛 mean she was always a moderate.聽
CommentaryTruth-telling and a path to healingThe聽Walnut Street Bridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was the site of a horrendous lynching in 1906. A new memorial hopes to tell the full story.
CommentaryWhat the Peace Corps meant to meOne can easily log the number of wells built or mothers trained in nutrition classes. It鈥檚 harder to measure the impact of cultural exchange.
CommentaryHow we choose to remember 9/11I have two distinct memories relating to 9/11 鈥� one from the ensuing fear, the other from emerging afterward, seeing life return to normal.聽
CommentaryFor many at the Monitor, Afghanistan is personalThe Monitor has long had close ties with Afghanistan 鈥� reporters taken with its beauty and the hospitality that so rarely makes global news.
CommentaryHow to help Haiti? Ask its citizens.Solutions will take money, yes, but also time, patience, and a willingness to recognize the agency and expertise of the Haitian community.
CommentaryVoices that defy the silenceThe voices of those pushing for justice and gender equality in Afghanistan are veritable weapons against the Taliban, whose power relies on silence.
CommentaryCoaxing trust from the tapEach time someone turns on the faucet and it fails, the social contract between citizen and government is broken a bit more. How can we move forward?
CommentaryThe things they carryFor people experiencing homelessness, grabbing a meal or attending a job interview can mean leaving valuables unattended. But solutions exist.
CommentaryA timely lesson from a tiny town long agoCovert, Michigan, wasn't founded as a utopia. Yet from the 1860s onward, Black and white residents farmed, voted, and educated their kids together.
CommentaryEnergy, wildlife, and the myth of the zero-sum gameRenewable energy projects 鈥� dams, solar panels, even batteries 鈥� sometimes harm the environment around them. But holistic approaches offer a way forward.
CommentaryClass in session, outside: The power of outdoor education.Outdoor preschools encompass more than playing. They鈥檙e about building forts, or watching turtles sun themselves; they鈥檙e about using nature to learn.
CommentaryWhat does systemic racism mean to you?Disagreements over phrases like 鈥渟ystemic racism鈥� can make it difficult for opposing sides to notice when they share common values.
CommentaryA different view of religion and politicsPolitics is often injected with a religious fervor, a winner-take-all attitude. But religion also has a different function: community building.
CommentaryA key to ending the culture wars: Respect.The difference between respecting others and enabling one鈥檚 adversaries seems a thin line. But respect is an essential agent of progress and healing.
CommentaryThe people who keep America movingTransit systems had issues before the pandemic. They're still there. But so are the employees, whose works connects people to their communities.
CommentaryWashington as a microcosm for AmericaWashington has always showcased all of the complexities United States itself 鈥� simultaneously a symbol of all its glories and its shortcomings.聽
CommentaryA year after Floyd, a teen activist takes stockAfter George Floyd's death, Mavis Rudof resolved to聽鈥渙bstruct the injustice that we are living in right now.鈥� A year later, she sees a 鈥渨indow of possibility for changes."
CommentaryGrappling with the classics: Elitist or universal?Should colleges ditch the classics to make room for more diverse literature?聽To Anika Prather, these ancient works are聽vital to understanding Black history.