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Monitor articles for October 17, 2017

• How Stockton, Calif., has resisted political polarization
• How these librarians are changing how we think about digital privacy
• Grit and the gridiron rescue a town
• First LookUS-backed forces chase ISIS militants from Raqqa after three horrific years
• First LookWhen violence closes schools, Afghan girls are the most vulnerable
• First LookChinese commentators tackle the challenge of translating American football
• 'Leonardo da Vinci' may be Walter Isaacson's most unusual subject ever
• A Christian Science PerspectiveRefining the conversation through love
• History-making librarian of Congress checks in one year later
• First LookLas Vegas community creates a garden to mourn and heal
• Podcast: The Christian Science Monitor Daily Podcast The Christian Science Monitor Daily – Tuesday, October 17, 2017
• After brutal Syrian war, how ready is region to do business with Assad?
• The Monitor's ViewOne big reason ISIS lost the capital of its caliphate
• Bestselling books the week of 10/19/17, according to IndieBound
• Countering US-Russian acrimony, one dialogue at a time
• First LookAmazon, Facebook, and others see opportunity in Mexico City
• First LookUN urges family planning assistance for the world's poorest women