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Monitor Daily Podcast

February 22, 2024
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Clayton Collins
Director of Editorial Innovation

Responsible political leadership matters everywhere, and never more so than when a society feels immobilized by anger or hurt. 

Leadership’s top job? 

“Not necessarily to change minds, but to reopen ears,” says Ned Temko, whose latest Patterns column appears today. In Israel, where Oct. 7 trauma remains fresh, it’s also “not necessarily to deliver a final peace,” he adds, “but to revive that possibility,” he told me. 

As frustration with the war in Gaza mounts, can leaders persuade citizens (and other world leaders) that some postwar vision exists? It’s a necessary first step for a viable path to progress.


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Today’s stories

And why we wrote them

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Natalia Patrashku holds a portrait of her son during opening of the memorial to Russian service members killed during the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Yevpatoriya, Crimea, Feb. 22, 2024.

Today’s news briefs

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Trump supporter Debbie Barton gathers signatures on a petition calling for one-day voting and the eradication of voting machines, ahead of a "Team Trump" event in Beaufort, South Carolina, Feb. 21, 2024.

Patterns

Tracing global connections
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Joseph, who like many in Myanmar has only one name, was a law student before he joined the Chin National Army to fight Myanmar's military junta. The war is entering its fourth year.
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Film

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In “Io Capitano,” Seydou (Seydou Sarr) envisions himself helping a woman (Beatrice Gonoko) who has fallen in the Sahara Desert. The Italian film is an Oscar nominee for best international feature.

The Monitor's View

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Palestinians walk through Gaza City amid destruction from the Israel-Hamas war, Feb. 10.

A Christian Science Perspective

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Beekeepers perched on a forklift shout slogans during a demonstration in Athens, Greece, Feb. 22, 2024. Beekeepers from around the country rallied in Syntagma Square with demands that include cracking down on imported honey that is labeled Greek. Cheap imports are undercutting the domestic honey industry.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Karen Norris. )

A look ahead

Thanks for reading. You’ll want to come back tomorrow. Scott Peterson has been producing remarkable work (including photos) from Ukraine on his current reporting trip there. Tomorrow, in advance of the Russia-Ukraine war’s second anniversary this weekend, he’ll set the scene for the start of its third year. We’ll support that with an accompanying explainer, including graphics. 

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