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Monitor Daily Podcast

February 27, 2024
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Mark Sappenfield
Senior global correspondent

You know the Monitor thinks trust is vital to solving today’s challenges. That’s what our Rebuilding Trust project is about. But look around. Trust stories are everywhere, and I wanted to highlight one. 

It’s a news story in Christianity Today about the distrust that has shredded the social fabric of East Palestine, Ohio, since a train derailment dumped toxic chemicals in 2023. Is the town safe or not? No one knows whom to trust. 

Enter a scientist whose approach is not just facts, but also healing. Says one observer, “Knowledge comes through unfolding relationships and is based on love.”


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President Joe Biden poses for a selfie during a visit with voters at CJ's Cafe in Los Angeles Feb. 21, 2024.
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Principal Lorraine Zapata welcomes a student to Joshua Elementary School on the morning of Jan. 31, 2024, in Lancaster, California. She is trying to reduce the number of students who arrive late to ensure they’re in class for reading instruction.

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Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, for talks about progress that Poland's new government has been making in restoring rule-of-law principles as it seeks to have its EU funds unfrozen, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday Feb. 23.

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Workers hang on ropes as they clean an advertisement board in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 25, 2024.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Karen Norris. )

A look ahead

Thank you for joining us today. Please come back tomorrow when Henry Gass and Sarah Matusek look at how Texas law enforcement and immigrant communities are preparing for the state’s tough new law to crack down on immigrants crossing the U.S. southern border.

We also invite you to check out an additional feature in today’s story about the Texas power grid. Author Henry Gass does a full read of the story and offers brief remarks about his approach to reporting. Click the “deep read” option to see the audio player.

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