The news overnight from Gaza was numbingly bleak. Another Israeli airstrike hit the Jabaliya neighborhood. The Wall Street Journal declares, “Israel’s New Calculus: Strike Hamas Harder Than Ever.”

But veteran journalist-turned-professor Dan Kennedy also posted about the war. He wrote that there is “so much legitimately terrible news that it’s hard to be optimistic about the prospects for peace and justice. Yet it’s important that we try.” 

Then he talked about the Monitor. He even had his class listen to our podcast and told them to look for other stories of hope. It’s worth a read.