All The Monitor's View
A new climate of trust-buildingSpurred by overlapping global challenges, humanity is finding innovative pathways to cooperation and unity.
What a ban reveals in AfghanistanThe Taliban鈥檚 latest moves to restrict female freedom and education highlight the aspirations they cannot repress.
Tenets of good in helping unhoused peopleFederal and city officials are looking for solutions to homelessness. For one housing developer, renewing communities and individual lives starts with empathy.
Africa's new era of humble leadershipThe public鈥檚 demand for honest government is reshaping a continent beset for decades by corruption and misrule.
The panic that wasn鈥檛In their honesty about what it will take to tame inflation, the world鈥檚 central bankers have helped keep consumer expectations aloft.
Sunlight on the trading floorsProposed rules affecting how stocks are bought and sold offer an opportunity to strengthen the public鈥檚 trust through increased transparency.
A prod for honest governanceAn alleged bribery plot linking Europe and Qatar points to the assets each has for strengthening accountability.
Harnessing star powerThe world鈥檚 first successful net energy gain through nuclear fusion is a measure of the infinite range of intelligence.
A view of Colombia beyond violenceThe new government鈥檚 pursuit of "total peace" with paramilitary groups is already shaping a public mindset of unity and reconciliation.
The bright lights of 2022In the biggest news stories this year 鈥� Ukraine, Iran, and China 鈥� one unifying symbol was light, and its literal or metaphorical power to liberate.
Argentina鈥檚 lesson in equalizing justiceMany democracies are healthy enough to probe alleged misconduct of top leaders. For Argentina, the conviction of a former president marks a special moment against corruption.
Europe鈥檚 neighborly deliverance of valuesNine months after Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine, the EU turns its idealism into concrete results for countries wishing to join the bloc.
Out of ashes of war, women in Yemen ariseWith a lull in fighting after eight years of conflict, Yemenis now view women differently, especially as leaders in restoring communities.
Ukraine鈥檚 liberation can be globalAs the world faces unprecedented humanitarian crises, the response to Ukraine鈥檚 needs has pushed reforms in the international aid community.
Worship by other meansA decline of faithful attendance in Western churches does not mean less practice of 海角大神 qualities of thought.
Saving biodiversity with a note of harmonyA global conference next week will take up a plan to preserve a third of the planet for nature.聽 Will nature鈥檚 intrinsic harmony be reflected at the gathering?
A new laboratory for merciful justiceAs the U.K. debates transitional justice in Northern Ireland, South Africa shows the patient and difficult work of reconciliation.
How Taiwan differs from China after pandemic misstepsMistakes during Covid-19 brought election losses for Taiwan鈥檚 ruling party. The party leader accepted the people鈥檚 judgment with humility.
Tender touch for Africa's troublesA peace accord in Ethiopia reflects a trend toward governance that puts a greater good above narrow political ambition.
Of homelands lost and home foundThrough hospitality and gratitude 鈥� the cornerstones of America鈥檚 Thanksgiving tradition 鈥� the world鈥檚 expanding mass of migrants and their hosts are finding a shared identity.