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Monitor articles for February 01, 2021

• Joan Didion commands the essay form in ‘Let Me Tell You What I Mean’
• ‘American Baby’ focuses light on the dark history of US adoption
• Reopen public schools? How Chicago became ground zero for debate.
• The ExplainerConfused by pandemic data? Here’s some help reading it.
• Podcast: The Christian Science Monitor Daily Podcast Monday, February 1, 2021 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
• First LookHow a rise in Americans gardening helped a small Mexican town
• First LookAs freedom erodes in Hong Kong, thousands leave for the UK
• Difference MakerHe grew up wanting for nothing. Now he gives other students a leg up.
• Monday Sunrise Briefing: Military coup after Myanmar election
• As Ethiopia fills its Nile dam, regional rivalries overflow
• Cover Story30 years after Soviet collapse, breaking up is still hard to do
• The Monitor's ViewWhy Myanmar coup shows military's limits
• A Christian Science PerspectiveBlessings of a no-blame mindset
• First LookAfter deliberation, Wine challenges Ugandan election in court
• First LookReport: Some hate groups disband, others move to online networks
• First LookThe military has taken over in Myanmar. Why now?