All The Monitor's View
Bring back youth sports better than beforeThe pandemic’s hiatus for sports is a time to lift up opportunities for kids in low-income homes.
For whistleblowers, an honest day’s payWith trillions spent to rescue the U.S. economy, corporate tipsters are stepping up. One just received the largest reward ever from the SEC.
With new crises, the world’s change agents embrace changeBoth the pandemic and the George Floyd killing have brought activist groups together, forcing new directions for the givers and doers in society.
Peacemakers rescue the protestsNonviolent activists like George Floyd’s brother put love into action against the rioters and looters.
Justice for George Floyd, one trial at a timeThe lead prosecutor in the case sees justice as individual – for an act of homicide. That is a basis for systemic reforms.
What U.S. protesters can learn from FergusonThe Missouri city’s long-term response to a 2014 police killing shows a different way to confront racial inequities.
A grand cleansing in governanceThe pandemic’s economic fallout is forcing governments to shape up quickly. First demands: accountability and transparency.
An opening for softer diplomacy?As Iran ships petroleum to Venezuela, the U.S. looks the other way, cracking a door for better ties with both regimes.
China puts GDP target on history's ash pitThe ruling party abandons the material growth standard of gross domestic product. Now, like many nations, it struggles to define progress in alternative ways.
The nuts and bolts of integrity in the US electionThe 2020 campaign and the vote itself are challenged by the fallout from COVID-19. What’s needed to raise public trust?
A knight in shining kindnessWhat better model is there than Capt. Sir Tom Moore for being charitable during the COVID-19 crisis?
Africa’s cathartic moment for reformCOVID-19 forces the continent to confront the need for deep change in both government and the economy.
Back to the future officeThose able to work remotely during COVID-19 may find bosses have already rethought the workplace – and their relationship with employees.
Europe’s Marshall Plan for its neediest countriesA proposed $545 billion in grants for economic recovery reflects a renewed identity for the EU – after a humbling neglect of its weakest members.
In Afghanistan, peace starts in democratic unityThe peaceful mediation used by Afghans to end a dispute over a presidential election helps set a norm that the Taliban cannot defeat.
The world's two-wheel futureWith less traffic and a need for outside activity, people are biking more, bringing a shift to city planning and climate change.
An overlooked answer to COVID-19A global day of prayer on May 14 reflected an upsurge of prayer as a healing response to the coronavirus.
The power of honesty about COVID-19China’s suppression of the truth about the coronavirus’s origins has led many Chinese to demand freedom of speech. Their honesty could lead to honest governance.
Iraq's generational shift beginsThe early actions of a new leader hint that youthful protests for a secular, clean, and independent Iraq are bearing fruit.
Behold Greeks bearing up betterAfter a decade of economic hardship, Greece used its newfound resiliency to tackle the coronavirus well. It is now a lesson in the nature of resiliency itself.
