All The Monitor's View
Sunshine on a shakedown cultureTo break its culture of corruption, the former Soviet state has put a light of transparency on private companies and corrupt low-level officials. One result: a welcome spurt in economic growth.
Why corporations redefine progressThe influential Business Roundtable鈥檚 new purpose for corporations reflects the global search for less-material definitions of progress. The search itself is progress.
Saving the academic integrity of student-athletesNCAA鈥檚 attempts to prevent academic fraud and safeguard amateur sports are not working. Time to consider fresh ideas.
Hong Kong鈥檚 countermessage to ethnic patriotismThe long and popular protests have helped forge a civic identity in contrast to Beijing鈥檚 imposed 鈥榙ream鈥� of cultural unity around a racial stereotype of Chinese subservience.
In presidential race, sharp elbows or big hugs?Biden and Booker speak of kindness in politics but have pivoted from it. Yet love can be a winning strategy.
Why the sudden challenge to autocracies?Pro-democracy protests from Hong Kong to Moscow may indicate a reversal in the decline of liberties and rights.
A seed for society鈥檚 safety: Gun buybacksNew Zealand鈥檚 program to buy guns after a March massacre may be a lesson for the U.S. in how to conduct a dialogue with gun owners.
For frictions in global commerce, the world tries a new greaseDozens of countries signed a treaty this week that will boost the use of neutral mediators in disputes between companies. At a time of high global tensions, this harmony-inducing approach is a welcome alternative.
Climate gloom and innovation bloomThe latest global report on carbon pollution is yet another source of inspiration for nations eager to build an innovation economy. Climate necessities have become the mother lode of green ideas.
In Dayton and El Paso, the potential power of forgivenessAs in Charleston after its 2015 mass shooting, some families speak of forgiving the shooters even as they denounce their actions and motives.
The latest lesson in how to end a conflictIn a mark of what international mediators have learned, much of the agreement ending Mozambique鈥檚 conflict was already in the works before the signing ceremony. Peace is more than good intentions.
Safe spaces for young men adrift (and with guns)The mass killings in Texas and Ohio, like so many before, demand that all of society help people who are looking for belonging in violent ideologies.
As bullying revives, so must solutionsAfter a decline in youth bullying, incidents may again be rising. Adults have wise approaches to fix it.
Generation gap in the presidential race?Democratic contenders defy stereotypes about age and point to cooperation across generations.
The sheltering shade of tree plantingEthiopia claimed a record tree planting this week to stem erosion and climate change. Yet trees also play into a new leader鈥檚 imagery to remake the nation.
Why the protests in Russia are differentTwo weekends of protests for a fair election in Moscow reveal a moral intensity rarely seen in Russia. They also reveal Kremlin fears over losing power.
Puerto Rico鈥檚 liberation momentMass protests helped oust a scandalous governor. But it is an awakening to constitutional principles that has really changed the U.S. territory.
An Arab template for peaceful handovers of powerWith the passing of its first freely elected president, Tunisia quickly planned to elect a new leader, again setting a model for a region badly in need of democracy.
Mueller鈥檚 best advice to AmericansHis testimony before Congress came alive when he warned of further foreign meddling in elections and 聽the need to counter it.
For Ukraine, it鈥檚 no-joke cleanup timeA president鈥檚 anti-corruption party sweeps into power by riding on an upsurge in demand for clean governance. First task: Make it easy to remove corrupt officials.