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The Monitor's View‘Black Panther’ challenges limits on identityThe blockbuster action movie illustrates the potential for infinite expression, not the limits of one racial identity.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveTake your prayers to the finish line
In today’s column, a woman shares how she prayed – and was healed – after she experienced a frightening pain in her side.
Reconciliation’s process and promiseThe stories by Stacy Teicher Khadaroo in Louisiana and Fred Weir in Russia in this week’s issue are about the search for reconciliation. They are about injustice and inhumanity on two different continents and on a scale unthinkable.
Global NewsstandHoping American values will outshine the confusing Trump era, While the West focuses elsewhere, Africa should take advantage, Britain hopes to hedge its way out of ‘Brexit’, The world should awaken to Romanian corruption, Beware of bitcoinA roundup of global commentary for the Feb. 19, 2018 weekly magazine.
Readers RespondReaders write: Hope for the future in St. Louis, politics in Peru, insightful review of ‘Paddington 2,' perspective on current eventsLetters to the editor for the Feb. 19, 2018 weekly magazine.
The Monitor's ViewAfter large-scale killings, aid groups find new ways to comfortFrom Florida to post-ISIS Iraq, incidents of mass violence have pushed humanitarian groups to offer care for trauma and ways for communities to rebond.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveThe irrepressibility of life
Today’s column explores how an understanding of God as indestructible, eternal Life itself brings renewal.
The Monitor's ViewAn antidote to despair over yet another mass shootingProgress to prevent large-scale violence in the US can seem slow. Yet any exasperation can be countered with gratitude toward humanity’s progress over many ills.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveLiving together in harmony
Today’s column touches on what it means to follow the golden rule and love one’s neighbor.
The Monitor's ViewSouth Africa’s struggle for honest leadersThe ruling African National Congress turned on President Zuma in response to the same kind of civic activism that ended white rule, only this time the cause is honest governance.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveSignificant other, or significant one?
Today’s column explores the idea that everyone is precious in the eyes of God, who knows us as the cherished reflection of divine Love.
The Monitor's ViewBending the arc toward national serviceFrance and Canada have each proposed ways for young people to engage in national service. The US, meanwhile, has seen a drop in volunteering. A special panel could help reverse that trend.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveAn expanded view of prayer – that heals!
Today's column includes an exploration of how prayer can – and did – bring quick and complete physical healing to a woman suffering from the flu.
The Monitor's ViewIndia links women’s safety and economic growthEven as its economy spurts ahead, India cites a need to end violence against women, girls, and female fetuses in order to maintain growth.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveGoodbye, self-condemnation
Today’s column comes from a young athlete who shares how identifying himself as God’s spiritual, capable, and valuable child enabled him to stop fixating on mistakes and instead experience more joy, confidence, and progress on the baseball field.
Why truth is under fireStudies have long shown that human beings are resistant to information that upsets their worldview. But why do we appear so prone to that temptation now?
Global NewsstandPakistan’s responsibility as terrorism in Afghanistan intensifies, UN’s fresh resolution on the Rwanda genocide matters, Milos Zeman’s election is an EU alarm bell, Africa has a major inequality problem, Roger Federer’s late career renaissance continuesA roundup of global commentary for the Feb. 12, 2018 weekly magazine.
The Monitor's ViewA veiled truth in Iran and the USIn Iran, women protest a law imposing the hijab while in the US many Muslim women oppose the stigma against headscarves. The common demand is to recognize an individual’s dignity and freedom of choice.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveA 'graceless age,' or God-given grace for all?
Today’s article explores the idea that there’s a God-given law of good that we can all discern – that the grace of God, divine Love itself, is bestowed on everyone.
