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North Korea
Food aid for hungry North Koreans?
csmonitor.com - AP
For a young leader – with a nuclear arsenal at the ready – North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has enjoyed the high prestige of meeting an American president …
Abortion
Abortion wars: In Louisiana, softer tone paves way for sharp restrictions
csmonitor.com - Ann Hermes/Staff
Most Saturdays, college freshman Taylor Gautreaux rolls out of bed just after 6 a.m., puts on something carefully neutral – no slogans or religious …
Florida Politics
Florida voters gave ex-felons right to vote. Then lawmakers stepped in.
csmonitor.com - Chris O'Meara/AP
Coral Nichols estimates she will have to live to 188 to be able to vote again in her home state of Florida. For the devoted “duty, honor, country” …
Trump Administration
Trump lowered tensions with Iran: why he had to step in
csmonitor.com - Leah Millis/Reuters
As Venezuela appeared last month to be on the brink of a momentous political shift, President Donald Trump’s national security team assured him that …
College & University
Is ‘free college’ really free?
csmonitor.com - Ann Hermes/Staff
Tufayel Ahmed is leading an ordinary college life with an extraordinary price tag for tuition: $0. The first in his Bengali-immigrant family to attend …
China
As US-China trade war ramps up, how will it affect you?
csmonitor.com - Eric Risberg/AP
American trade complaints against China aren’t new, but tensions over them could rattle the world economy as never before. President Donald Trump …
World News
As southern Spain dries up, its farmers get inventive
csmonitor.com - Dominique Soguel
Finding wild asparagus sprouting at the feet of his almond trees puts a smile on the face of Juan Garcia Chacon, a Spanish farmer. The natural …
World News
In Tokyo rice shop, loyalty to a sacred staple
csmonitor.com - Lenora Chu
These are the driving motivations behind Koichi Ogawa’s tenacity as a Tokyo shopkeeper. “I’d be very sad if I had to close – I’ve grown up with this …
I.M. Pei
I.M. Pei, designer of Louvre Pyramid, leaves behind iconic landmarks
csmonitor.com - Pierre Gleizes/AP/File
I.M. Pei, who died Thursday at age 102, was a versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with a giant glass pyramid and captured the …
Taiwan
First in Asia, Taiwan approves full marriage rights for same-sex couples
csmonitor.com - Chiang Ying-ying/AP
Taiwan's legislature voted Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, a first in Asia and a boost for LGBT rights activists who had championed the cause …
Extremism
Points of Progress: Preventing extremism, and more
csmonitor.com - Kham/Reuters/File
Rural Vietnam is becoming more accessible. Some of the country’s poorest and most rural areas in its northwestern provinces have had limited access …
U.S. State Department
The start of a great decoupling of nations?
csmonitor.com - Reuters
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The end of the Cold War and of a …
Andrew Yang
Why Andrew Yang will give you $1,000 a month if he’s elected
csmonitor.com - Gabriela Bhaskar/Reuters
Move over, MAGA hat. MATH may be the next big thing in political headgear. Yes, as in mathematics. Or as 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang …
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Trump’s trade stance shaped by deep convictions – and political instincts
csmonitor.com - Ng Han Guan/AP
Donald Trump is railing against a foreign power “dumping” its products in the United States. He calls the U.S. a “debtor nation.” He insists other …
College & University
How free is ‘free college’?
csmonitor.com - Ann Hermes/Staff
Tufayel Ahmed is leading an ordinary college life with an extraordinary price tag for tuition: $0. The first in his Bengali-immigrant family to attend …
Native Americans
How the (North)west was won
csmonitor.com - Danny Heitman
In “John Adams,” David McCullough’s acclaimed 2001 biography, he chronicled Adams’ achievements as a Founding Father and chief executive. But one of …
Audrey Hepburn
‘Dutch Girl’ shows Audrey Hepburn’s wartime courage
csmonitor.com - Terry Hartle
Audrey Hepburn was one of the most celebrated actresses of the 20th century and a winner of Academy, Tony, Grammy, and Emmy awards. She was a style …
Statue of Liberty
What does Lady Liberty stand for? A look at changing attitudes.
csmonitor.com - Ann Hermes/Staff
When Emily Webster and her colleagues were designing the new museum for the Statue of Liberty, the logistics of ferrying 4.5 million visitors a year …
Abortion
Alabama bill marks new phase of abortion battle
csmonitor.com - Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser/AP
Dear reader: On Tuesday, Alabama’s legislature voted to outlaw abortion in their state. The bill, which the governor signed into law today, includes a …
World News
In search of a common ground: How debate is bringing Europeans together
csmonitor.com - Anna Mulrine
On the eve of the twice-a-decade European parliamentary elections, a group of Euro-optimists gathered in the continent’s capital for a speed-dating …
World News
Far-right EU candidates fan the flames of anti-immigration rhetoric
csmonitor.com - Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters
Virulent language castigating immigration and Islam is creeping from extremist fringe groups on social media and the dark web into politics, and …
Belize
Reef restored: How Belize saved its beloved coral
csmonitor.com - Chris Iovenko
A choppy half-hour boat ride from the mainland lies a narrow, ribbon-like island ringed with granular coral sand beaches. In the distance, the azure …
World News
Sabine and Daniel Röder call for Europeans to get involved
csmonitor.com - Isabelle De Pommereau
On a recent spring evening seven residents of Dresden, once known as “Venice on the Elbe,” brainstorm the kind of European Union they want to live …
Joe Biden
With ‘kindness not brutality,’ Joe Biden woos Obama Democrats
csmonitor.com - Brian Snyder/Reuters
A full hour before Joe Biden is scheduled to speak at Manchester Community College, the only parking spaces left are way in the back of the lot, …
Books
Unfiltered: This author uses humor, honesty to talk about race in the US
csmonitor.com - Sarah Huny Young
Cultural critic Damon Young is known for using his platform to demonstrate and explain the intricacies of blackness. His blog, Very Smart Brothas, …
Congo
The calm for Congo's Ebola storm
csmonitor.com - AP
The world has never faced a mental challenge quite like this. Despite a well-organized global effort to stop an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Congo, …
Alabama
Alabama GOP governor to decide on near-total ban on abortion
csmonitor.com - Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser/AP
Alabama legislators have given final approval to a ban on nearly all abortions, and if the Republican governor signs the measure, the state will have …
Climate Change
Informative climate change units for classrooms hard to find, teachers say
csmonitor.com - Sarah Blake Morgan/AP
When science teacher Diana Allen set out to teach climate change, a subject she'd never learned in school, she fell into a rabbit's hole of …
Hong Kong
Global city or Chinese city? Hong Kong fears the balance is tipping
csmonitor.com - Kin Cheung/AP
It was a sight Hong Kongers aren’t used to: legislators clambering over each other and the press corps, grabbing at the microphone as security …
Science
So 1 million species are at risk of extinction. Now what?
csmonitor.com - Ben Curtis/AP/File
The statistic is staggering. One million animal and plant species are at risk of extinction, many within decades, if humans don’t act to save them, …