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January 08, 2024
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Today we’re highlighting shifts in perspective that could influence how two major stories play out in 2024. The first concerns Black U.S. voters, a bedrock of Democratic support. In South Carolina, political reporter Story Hinckley explains why noticeable cracks are emerging in that coalition – and interest in Donald Trump is ticking up.

Pivot to Israel, where the military announced further reductions in troops in Gaza. Outside pressure is surely a factor, but there’s another concern: navigating a war that is likely to grind on. As correspondent Neri Zilber points out, that means calibrating what the nation of nearly 10 million people can handle not only militarily, but also economically and socially.


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Today’s stories

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U.S. President Joe Biden listens to an anthem during a campaign event at the Mother Emanuel AME Church, the site of a 2015 mass shooting, in Charleston, South Carolina, Jan. 8, 2024.

Today’s news briefs

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Ruben Ramirez Sr. (left) and his son Ruben Ramirez Jr. stand behind the counter at their family-owned business, Ruben’s Bakery and Mexican Food, Inc., in Compton, Calif., Jan. 5, 2024.

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A bull giraffe walks through herds of springbok, oryxes, and zebras at a watering hole in Etosha National Park, Namibia, July 16, 2023.

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The "Computer Village in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos.

A Christian Science Perspective

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Young women in vibrant kimonos leave a venue after their Coming of Age Day celebration ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 8, 2024. A national holiday, Seijin no Hi (pronounced “say-jin no hee”) marks a young person’s entrance into adulthood, with its responsibilities and privileges, at age 20. While coming of age celebrations date to the eighth century, the current Seijin no Hi became a national holiday in 1948.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Karen Norris. )

A look ahead

Next week, the Iowa caucuses will kick off a U.S. election season unlike any in history. Check out our on-the-ground report tomorrow by the Monitor’s Story Hinckley. 

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