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Monitor articles for December 20, 2018

• First LookTrump administration uses USDA to tighten SNAP requirements
• In a Word‘Merry’ versus ‘Happy’ Christmas
• [special project]Are Greek and EU officials illegally deporting migrants to Turkey?
• A Christian Science PerspectiveStep out of the echo chamber
• Amid injustice, unforgettable images
• First LookTogether, artists and engineers bring 'color and beauty' to cities
• First LookPutin blames US on negating treatises, pursuing nuclear proliferation
• Difference MakerWant to get rid of classroom bullies? Just add babies.
• Meanwhile in … Nairobi, Kenya, the first beauty pageant for those with albinism took a step against stigma
• The Monitor's ViewFacebook’s terrible, horrible year
• How one state gives foster kids a better path to jobs
• ‘It’s complicated’: Facebook users’ fraught relationship with social giant
• How to break up with Facebook
• Policy or politics? Trump’s sudden Syria move kicks up a storm.
• The ExplainerTwo years, and counting: Why Congo’s long wait for elections matters
• Yes, you can discuss politics at the holiday table. Here’s how.
• First LookDays before Bangladesh election, Facebook shuts down fake news sites
• First LookUS sanctions against Iran unravel Persian rug industry
• Podcast: The Christian Science Monitor Daily Podcast December 20, 2018 – The Christian Science Monitor Daily