All From the Editors

The best educational reform might be putting more money in parents’ pockets – not through a government program but through higher wages.

Just as an RV can reveal the largeness in a Rocky Mountain vacation, a pandemic can also reveal the largeness of the human spirit.

For more than a century, prosperity has come from coal in Wyoming. But what happens when there isn’t any left, or people don’t want it anymore?

As the pandemic shines a spotlight on conditions in prison, it’s time to reconsider how we think about incarcerated people, reform advocates say.

I value, and miss, nondirected conversations. A lot of good ideas can come from them. But how do you replicate them in a videoconference?

We wanted to tell the story of the hard-won victory for women’s voting rights in 1920, along with the evolution of women into global leaders.

How do you have the Olympics and activism? The pressure for change is significant, and the way forward might be in the athletes themselves.

The desire to recognize and address the deeper foundations of racial prejudice is surfacing in community dialogues across the United States.

In better cherishing the Black experience in America, we recognize its unique role and seek a firmer footing for genuine equality and freedom.

The impetus of this moment is a primal cry for an expanded sense of love for all – a truer “us.” That idea of progress must be defended.

Even as images of shattered glass have spread, another narrative has emerged: of people hearing each other, and of the power that imparts.

After leaving her counterinsurgency career, Euphrates Institute founder Janessa Gans Wilder has worked to support peace builders worldwide.

Just because something is hard does not mean that it is unnecessary, and our families give us ample evidence of that every day – especially now.

Journalism can inform, advocate, and entertain. Yet there is something greater journalism can do: it can enlighten and illumine.

Travel experts say many summer vacations this year will be local and outdoors. Close to home may not be exotic, but the unexpected abounds.

The Monitor is often asked to both support and condemn various political figures and movements across the world. Editor Mark Sappenfield responds.

Globalization is shaping the coronavirus, and that’s reason for hope. The best defense we have against pandemics is the knowledge we share, after all.

We’re the bran muffin of journalism. But we change lives because we force open that too-small box that most human beings think they live in.

Can itinerant preachers be part of a revival – a reimagining of American mainline Christianity that brings people back to pews?