Ebola Healing the social wounds behind Ebolacsmonitor.com - AP Nearly a year after the second-worst outbreak of the Ebola virus began, the World Health Organization has declared an “international health …
Poverty Defining poverty to end itcsmonitor.com - AP Despite progress against poverty in the past three decades, experts still struggle to define it and measure it. Is it earning less than $2 a day? Is …
Japan The harmony that belies Japan and South Korea strifecsmonitor.com - AP When diplomats fail to end hard strife between two nations, they often turn to a soft-power solution: more exchanges of tourists, business people, …
James Madison What keeps us from expelling fellow citizenscsmonitor.com - Reuters In American democracy, the interests of particular groups are often stereotyped, even dismissed by leaders. Some groups might be called “deplorables” …
Amazon Why Amazon ‘upskills’ its workerscsmonitor.com - AP/file In Hollywood rom-coms, a frequent plot twist occurs when someone suddenly realizes a helpful friend can be a true love. Scales drop from their eyes …
Gambia To frame the good or shame the corrupt? Africa’s choice.csmonitor.com - Reuters One turnaround story to watch in Africa these days is Gambia. Three years ago, the small West African state ousted a corrupt regime. It has since …
Abiy Ahmed Quiet mediators in noisy placescsmonitor.com - Reuters These are busy days for professional mediators in some of the world’s most dangerous conflicts, from Sudan to Venezuela. You don’t hear much about …
Taliban Soft path to a hard peace in Afghanistancsmonitor.com - Reuters If forgiveness is key to ending a conflict, then the long war in Afghanistan just saw a merciful ray of hope. On Sunday and Monday, Taliban and …
Kyriakos Mitsotakis Humility wins in a Greek electioncsmonitor.com - AP With a humility rarely heard in Europe, the new Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, told voters after his election victory on Sunday, “We are …
Moon Landing 50 years on, why the moon landing still inspirescsmonitor.com - Reuters/NASA The new movie “Yesterday” imagines what the world would have missed if the Beatles had never existed. A similar question might be asked about what …
Gambling Take a cue from Britain on sports gamblingcsmonitor.com - AP In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to legalize betting on sports, at least a dozen states have rushed to pass legislation. More …
Hate Crimes Political hate crimes in Oregon: What can end such violence?csmonitor.com - AP Dueling protests between political activists have now become common in the United States. Most are peaceful, often due to effective police work. Many …
Volunteering Democracies try to boost public servicecsmonitor.com - AP What a dive! On June 15 a group of 633 scuba divers in Florida cleaned up more than 1,500 pounds of waste off Deerfield Beach. It was the largest …
Poland Europe fortifies the independence of judgescsmonitor.com - AP In a comment Thursday about the drift toward authoritarian populism in Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin said liberal democracy has become …
John Roberts It’s back to voters to curb partisan gerrymanderingcsmonitor.com - AP When the U.S. Supreme Court takes on a big case, it usually assumes it has the authority and wisdom to decide what would be a fair ruling. Yet on one …
United Nations How the world adjusts to new family formscsmonitor.com - AP In India, more parents now merely suggest a potential marriage match to their children rather than force an arranged one. In Tunisia, Muslim women …
Iran Iran’s voices that may drive peace with the U.S.csmonitor.com - AP If the U.S. and Iran can avoid violent conflict in the weeks ahead, it will mean the voices of peace have become stronger than the voices for …
Turkey A candle of civility lit in Turkey’s electioncsmonitor.com - AP In normal times, the election of a mayor in Istanbul would not be a point of inspiration. Yet with Turkey, which, like many democracies descending …
Iran What can restrain a US-Iran conflictcsmonitor.com - Reuters As Iran and the United States inch closer toward a possible military confrontation in the Persian Gulf, it is worth noting another type of …
Religion Court’s burden in keeping religious harmonycsmonitor.com - AP One strength of democracy is its ability to guide people of different faiths to live in harmony. For most religions, harmony is a core promise. Yet …
Steven Pinker A global moment for the #MeToo movementcsmonitor.com - AP The #MeToo movement may finally have found its global moment. On Thursday, world leaders at the International Labor Organization in Geneva will vote …
Money Facebook banks on a globe-uniting currencycsmonitor.com - Reuters On Tuesday, Facebook announced a project to launch a digital currency next year that founder Mark Zuckerberg hopes will help build a “common global …
Hong Kong’s quiet message to Beijingcsmonitor.com - AP On Sunday, more than a quarter of Hong Kong’s residents, or about 2 million people, were out on the streets to defend the territory’s much-cherished …
Robots: Job killers or co-workers?csmonitor.com - AP/Chinatopix Will a robot snatch away your job? Or will you learn to love intelligent machines as co-workers? In today’s quickly evolving workplace a little of …
Carbon Dioxide To clear the air, go undergroundcsmonitor.com - Nati Harnik/AP/File Trying to remove heat-trapping gases from Earth’s atmosphere to halt global warming is a huge undertaking. But big challenges can provoke big …
What's at stake in Hong Kongcsmonitor.com - Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters In Hong Kong thousands of protesters facing police tear gas, pepper spray, batons, water hoses, and rubber bullets have claimed a small victory for …
Back to the mooncsmonitor.com - AP/NASA /FILE Over the last half-century several nations have taken potshots at the moon, landing (or in some cases crashing) payloads onto the lunar surface. But …
Centering a nation’s budget on 'well-being’csmonitor.com - Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann Is a booming economy the only measure of the quality of life in a country? That question has been under intense discussion in recent years. Critics …
When rules are not enough to curb corruptioncsmonitor.com - Reuters In global rankings of the least-corrupt countries, much of Europe has long stood out, especially in the Nordic nations. They have strong institutions …
