All The Monitor's View
Europe’s big influencer on UkraineThe Dutch have played an outsize role in aiding Ukraine. Now they might set an example against Russian-style ethnic nationalism.
Chile’s light of truth on a dark pastThe first official plan to search for those Chileans who disappeared during the country’s dictatorship strengthens the role of truth in how post-conflict nations seek reconciliation.
The other war reporting from UkraineThe country’s progress in ensuring equality before the law and curbing graft is as critical as the military counteroffensive.
College admissions become more probingThe U.S. Supreme Court ruling against racial preferences forces schools to look deeper into an applicant’s character traits.
Finding love in ChinaYoung people, who tend to shy away from getting married and raising children, are forcing the ruling party to look deep into non-material incentives for relationships: love and shared values.
The wisdom behind Zimbabwe’s election calmVoters in the southern African nation have confronted fraud and threats with a quiet confidence in their right to honest self-government.
China tries freewheeling scienceAs surveillance tightens in Chinese society, the ruling party pushes more freedom for researchers in basic science. The faltering economy needs free thought for scientific breakthroughs.
Argentina reinvents itselfThe sudden rise of an outsider presidential candidate reflects how ordinary people have reacted to economic malaise with an entrepreneurial spirit of creativity, community, and self-reliance.
After shootings, Serbia looks for peaceWeekly street protests since last May’s double mass killings reflect a society seeking solutions to the root causes of violence.
‘Honesty will win’Despite violence and election interference, voters in Ecuador and Guatemala show they demand integrity over fear.
Baseball’s diamonds of youthful joyEmbracing Cuba for the first time in its top international tournament, Little League fosters bonds of affection across lingering diplomatic divides.
Welcome the stranger, win the war in UkraineEurope’s hospitality toward the war’s refugees prevents political divisions and is preparing them to rebuild their country.
Africa’s pushback against coupsIn one response to the military takeover in Niger, civic activists show that demands for accountability and honesty are the best path for restoring democracy.
The Swedish way of truth-tellingA target of foreign disinformation campaigns, Sweden has become a model for dispelling lies with facts.
A cool poise after Maui’s fireThe community’s response to the Lahaina inferno points to a new focus worldwide on individual attributes needed to prepare for and respond to disasters.
Hollywood strikes an opening chord for unityWriters and studios are starting to talk again. They may script new bonds of honesty in business and appreciation for the unlimited range of human creativity.
Degrees of value in higher educationConcerns about high tuitions and student debt, a new study suggests, obscure consensus on nonmaterial benefits of college to individuals and societies.
In Ohio, civic bridges over cultural dividesState ballot initiatives on abortion rights show an arc bending toward empathy and a shared embrace of democratic principles.
Where voters in Guatemala put their trustA presidential runoff election focused on corruption strengthens public confidence in the virtues of self-government.
India’s high court draws a line for equalityEthnic violence in the state of Manipur stirs new demands for the safety and appreciation of women and girls.
