All From the Editors
CommentaryBoston to BerlinThe Monitor can’t not cover the world. To focus only on the United States – or any other country – would be to misapply its mission.
CommentaryWe tried the ‘no plastic’ challengeWe walked into local food co-op and our jaws dropped. Even here, most of the products were wrapped in plastic, from the lettuce to the tofu.
CommentaryThe ongoing march toward a more perfect unionA sense of exceptionalism has long infused pride in the American system. That self-image took a hit with the federal indictment of Donald Trump
CommentaryCommunity and the art of repairReparations are a fraught political topic. But as the Monitor looks at the issue in depth, we look for one key element: building community.
CommentaryA grandfather’s welcome to the neighborhood kidsIt is strange to live in a time where we regard anyone knocking on our front step with suspicion – an era far removed from the time of my childhood.
CommentarySaudi Arabia, a green energy leader?When Taylor Luck, the Monitor’s Middle East reporter, first heard that Saudi Arabia was attempting to “go green,” he wasn’t sure what to make of it.
CommentaryBeyond the fortress of booksThe library visits of my youth sparked wonder and imagination, our education reporter writes. It was a privilege. Not every child is so fortunate.
CommentaryThe soccer team that serves a townAs foreign billionaires buy up more of England’s top clubs, Wrexham's story is a welcome reminder that in soccer’s roots are a timeless lesson.
CommentaryKevin McCarthy: An outside-the-Beltway viewWashington’s centripetal forces affect journalists as much as politicians, creating narratives that are hard to break out of.
CommentaryA reporter’s ‘full investment of head and heart’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’s 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 “Gradual: The Case for Incremental Change in a Radical Age,” make the case for moderation.
CommentaryAn American’s 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’s 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 – at least at the presidential level – did. What happened?
CommentaryA discovery bigger than archaeologyThe Middle East is full of groundbreaking archaeological discoveries. What intrigued our correspondent wasn’t what this team uncovered, but who uncovered it.
CommentaryA fresh take on SomaliaA trip to Somalia helped launch our war correspondent’s career. Some three decades later, he returns – 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.
