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Yale professor resigns: Can 'civil dialogue' share space with student rage?
A Yale professor resigned after a student uproar over her e-mail about offensive Halloween costumes. While critics have called students coddled and naive, observers say there's more going on than political correctness run amok.
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Chicago has tried police reform before. How it can do better this time.
Videos of two police shootings have roiled Chicago, with many critics pointing to the need to reform one agency, in particular.
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After No Child Left Behind, will shift to states help or hurt students? (+video)
The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on the Every Student Succeeds Act. It shifts power from the federal government to the states.
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Putin-Erdogan clash leaves Turkey's merchants holding the (unsold) bag
After Turkey downed a Russian bomber along the border with Syria, the clash between the two leaders has become personal. Russian sanctions are already biting.
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Can Israel halt the stabbings? Hard right and military disagree on how.
Palestinians in the southern West Bank are facing severe travel restrictions, but hard-line members of Israel's government are seeking tougher measures. The military disagrees.
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Change Agent In a dry region, crowd-funding comes to a lake's rescue
An innovative citizen-led action in India has become a model for what's possible to protect water supplies, backers say.
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Global News Blog Understanding ISIS: Leaked document reveals nation-building plans
A state-building manual for Islamic State administrators confirms the complexity and breadth of the group's efforts to create a functioning state, albeit one ruled by terror. In life under Islamic State, however, many civilian services seem to be suffering.
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An epic legal battle pays off for trafficked workers
The lessons learned from a landmark US lawsuit by hundreds of oil workers from India sent to the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Part 7 in a series on ending human trafficking.
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A glimpse of how Supreme Court could reshape US elections
The Supreme Court takes up a major Texas redistricting case Tuesday. But it's Yakima, Wash., that shows the stakes most starkly.
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Obama's Islamic State address marks shift in war on terror (+video)
President Obama talked about efforts to defeat the Islamic State in his Oval Office address Sunday. But for success, the US might have to fight very differently.
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To avenge or not? At funeral in Bekaa Valley, it's not really a question.
The funeral followed a prisoner swap in Lebanon with Syria-based jihadists in which 16 Lebanese soldiers were freed and Mohammed Hamiyeh’s body repatriated.
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Paris climate talks: US energy chief says solution lies in innovation
In an exclusive chat with The Christian Science Monitor on Sunday, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz stressed the importance of innovation in driving down the cost of clean energy and enabling countries to make bolder climate pledges.
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The man behind two blockbuster Supreme Court cases this week
Edward Blum of Austin, Texas, will see his fifth and sixth litigation projects reach the US Supreme Court Tuesday and Wednesday – an impressive tally for any appellate attorney. Blum isn't even a lawyer.
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Monitor Breakfast Without naming names, John McCain frets about top of GOP ticket in 2016
Sen. John McCain didn't go after Donald Trump explicitly, but he warned Wednesday that a weak Republican nominee could jeopardize GOP control of the Senate.
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Monitor Breakfast McCain: Americans now more likely to support US troops in Iraq, Syria
Since the Paris attacks, Sen. John McCain said Wednesday, Americans are more likely to back calls for a more aggressive role in the fight against the Islamic State.
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Passcode Pentagon's top IT official: My money buys Silicon Valley's trust
"I spend $36.8 billion a year. That buys a lot of potential trust," said Terry Halvorsen, chief information officer for the Department of Defense, at a breakfast hosted by The Christian Science Monitor on Thursday.
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Passcode Tech sector denounces bill requiring firms report terrorist activity
In the wake of terrorist attacks in California and Paris, Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Richard Burr are reviving a controversial proposal requiring social media sites report terrorist activity to federal authorities.
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Passcode Experts question China's promise to curb cybercrime
Reports that China arrested several people in connection with the Office of Personnel Management surfaced during cybersecurity talks between Beijing and Washington this week. But experts worry the arrests are more show than substance.
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Passcode Voices Opinion: Cybersecurity collaboration needs a toolkit. So we built a prototype
Instead of drafting yet another report saying collaboration is important for improving cybersecurity, we built a prototype, Web-based toolkit that provides cybersecurity pros a way to start more multidisciplinary cooperation.
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Change Agent In a dry region, crowd-funding comes to a lake's rescue
An innovative citizen-led action in India has become a model for what's possible to protect water supplies, backers say.
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Change Agent From hairdresser to hero, a Syrian woman forges a new path for women
Om Khaled has emerged as an inspirational leader, running five centers in northern Syria that provide education and hope to thousands of women.
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Change Agent A lawyer leads a life on the wild side – rescuing those sold into slavery
Van Ngoc Ta rescues Vietnamese women and girls trafficked to China for the sex trade as well as victims of forced labor.
December 8, 2015
Photos of the day 12/08
A light installation is projected onto the facade of buildings on the banks of the Saone river in Lyon, France, Tuesday to pay tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks.
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