All The Monitor's View
- Gratitude as a global change agent
Ukraine’s leader has learned that being grateful for foreign aid helps bring more aid. On other global issues, appreciation of progress has opened windows.
- Useful reckonings in Mideast conflicts
Crises in Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon prompt calls for democratic accountability of leaders.
- Chinese people lift a dark curtain
Reaction to Taiwan’s election and other steps by citizens in China hint at a hunger for accurate information and accountability.
- Worth as a measure of equality
Companies and philanthropies are redefining the metrics of diversity on the strengths and qualities of individuals.
- The Davos search for trust
This year’s gathering of global elite in Switzerland again focuses on the need for trust building. The answer may lie in the world’s entrepreneurs.
- Meekness takes over in Guatemala
The inauguration of a new president marks a turn toward honesty through civility and listening.
- Ukraine’s other resistance – against despair
Nearly two years into a stalemated war, Ukrainians take a cue from their president and clergy on biblical ways to sustain themselves.
- A final push for female equality
The World Bank plans to promote equality in all countries as a path to global prosperity. “Social norms and mindsets can change,” planners say.
- Getting real on China disinformation
An election in Taiwan may serve as a model for democracies in how to equip citizens to discern the truth about false news.
- Africa’s deep think in being an AI leader
Young people are generating advances in artificial intelligence to ensure Africa is an equal partner in the new digital innovation.
- Lifting a hurdle to a welcome home
California rescinds housing laws that discriminate against people previously incarcerated as part of a broader shift binding rehabilitation to individual dignity.
- India’s new cadres of equality
As women become a powerful voting bloc, they are instilling new democratic norms through a grassroots activism of substance over symbolism.
- A West African response to graft
Sierra Leone’s progress against corruption shows when governments pledge honesty, ordinary citizens become a force for integrity.
- Classroom lessons in discerning truth
Folding media literacy into public school curricula, U.S. states see a way to defend democracy from disinformation.
- Songs of beauty amid war
Around the world, societies are pushing back against conflict and repression through musical affirmations of innocence.
- The glue of seeing good
Surveys show a breadth of spirituality binding Americans to each other in connections of empathy and affection.
- Europe’s new wecome mat
A Continental framework seeks a more compassionate response to migrants that reinforces the rule of law and individual dignity.
- Recognitions for peace in Gaza
A rejection of violence by emerging Israeli and Palestinian leaders hints at a shared security set on renewed democracies.
- Reshaping a region with trust
The changes sweeping across Latin America reflect the work of citizens seeking equality and honest governance through democratic participation.
- Healing a river with eddies of trust
California’s new plan to decrease the water it draws from the Colorado River rests on selfless gestures for the common good.