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Monitor Daily Podcast

November 07, 2023
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Mark Sappenfield
Senior global correspondent

Today is Election Day in the United States. No, not that Election Day, but an important one. Perhaps most interesting is voters in solidly red Ohio leaning toward adding abortion protections to their state constitution. 

If that passes, it will be a huge win for abortion rights. But polls show that Americans have complex views on abortion. Our “Looking Past Roe” series explored this masterfully. Ohio voters are trying to define those complex views in law. That won’t end today. “Win” or “lose,” finding a way to talk respectfully and listen honestly will help chart the way forward.


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Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords speaks outside the Supreme Court, Nov. 7, 2023, in Washington. She was seriously wounded in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, in 2011.
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Gary Pinkerton stands by Hendricks Lake near Tatum, Texas. The legend of a treasure at the lake is the subject of Mr. Pinkerton's second book. His first was about Trammel’s Trace, an old smuggler’s trail turned migration path for Americans journeying to Texas before it was part of the United States.
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The campus of Rondine is immersed in the woods outside the Tuscan city of Arezzo. Rondine is a unique school in Italy, where students from opposing sides of wars and conflicts live and study together.

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A technician in Nairobi, Kenya, examines solar panels.

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Britain’s King Charles III sits beside Queen Camilla during the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London, Nov. 7, 2023. Charles reads out the King's Speech, a list of planned laws drawn up by the Conservative government and aimed at winning over voters ahead of an election next year.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Jacob Turcotte. )

A look ahead

We’re so glad you could join us today. Tomorrow, Linda Feldmann will look back on the elections across the United States and see what they might be saying about political trends. The ballot measure on abortion rights in Ohio is top of the list.

Our team working from Gaza and the West Bank will also analyze developments from the past week and what they might suggest about the future of the Gaza Strip once the fighting stops.    

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