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March 13, 2024
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Mark Sappenfield
Senior global correspondent

Here’s something I’m sure you’ve noticed. The media covers something comprehensively when it goes bad. Not so much when it shows signs of turning around. Take violent crime. Many Americans think it is much worse than it is because of how we talk about it – often in a distorted or negative way.

Today, we’re taking on U.S. housing prices, which are high and don’t tend to turn on a dime. But there are some signs of a nascent shift. And you should know that. Potentially good news is still news.   


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Francesca Lampert sits on the porch of her new home with her dog, Finn, in Redwood City, California, July 2022.

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Yekaterina Duntsova speaks to journalists after filing to run in Russia's presidential election as an anti-war candidate, in Moscow, Dec. 20, 2023.

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Keith Haring’s carousel and mural are part of Luna Luna, a restored art carnival in a Los Angeles warehouse, Jan. 17, 2024. The original park opened in Hamburg, Germany, in 1987 with 30 original works; 16 are on display in the LA exhibit this spring.

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A child watches from a security gate as residents flee their homes due to gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Amish men size up the offerings at an auction of farm equipment during the 56th annual Mud Sales to benefit the local fire department in Gordonville, Pennsylvania, March 9, 2024. The tradition began about 60 years ago in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Amish country, and takes its name from the early spring, when the ground begins to thaw but it’s too early for most farm work. Amish people make and donate many of the items for sale, and make up most of the buyers for horse-drawn farm equipment and buggies. But many outside the Amish community attend as well, looking for deals on everything from quilts to used fencing.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Karen Norris. )

A look ahead

Thank you for joining us today. Tomorrow, Ned Temko will explore an old rule of Mideast peacemaking in his Patterns column. U.S. diplomats have always had a golden rule: “We can’t want peace more than they do.” But what does that mean when Israelis and Palestinians cannot contemplate even speaking to each other?

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