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November 01, 2024
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Mark Sappenfield
Senior global correspondent

As people in the newsroom will tell you, I am a nuance fanatic. Put simply, if something isn’t nuanced, I generally don’t believe it. The desire for simplicity leads to the temptation to simplify. The results: polarization and bad policy.

So I love Whitney Eulich’s story today, for the same reasons I loved Francine Kiefer’s last week. We all must have the freedom to make up our own minds about a difficult issue like immigration. But essential to that is actually understanding the complex portrait of what is happening.


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Honduran migrant Mayra Torres hugs her sister in a shelter in Tapachula, Mexico, Oct. 28, 2024.

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Volunteers clean mud from the street in the aftermath of torrential rains that caused flooding in Paiporta, Spain, Nov. 1, 2024. Historic amounts of rain fell over a short period Oct. 29-30, clogging roads with debris and cars. Many residents saying they have lost everything. The army, as well as police and firefighters, has been deployed to help out.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Jacob Turcotte and Karen Norris. )

A look ahead

Thank you for coming along with us this week. As you might imagine, we have a trove of stories lined up for next week, including coverage of the U.S. presidential election – from swing states to vote counting. We’ll also look at the trajectory of Hezbollah, with evidence that faith in the organization is waning in some quarters.

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