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Difference Maker
Kathy Eldon overcame tragedy by helping others tackle challenges

After losing her journalist son in Somalia, Kathy Eldon started a foundation that's touched the lives of millions.
Is America still the home of the brave?

Collectively, America seems to have become a people addicted to fear, whether it's about the economy, the weather, or children on the way to school. Once again, the nation needs to remember that 'the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.'
Wildlife art: portraits of an untamed country

An exhibit on North American wildlife art inspires passion and informs science.
Reader recommendation: World on the Edge

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Editor's Blog
We should applaud when America is no longer exceptional in the world

Free enterprise flowered in the early United States as in no other nation. That made the US exceptional. In the 21st century, free enterprise has gone global. That's a good thing -- especially if other freedoms follow.
Can Warren Buffett and Bill Gates save the world?

How the Giving Pledge, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's quest to get billionaires to donate half their wealth to charity, will impact philanthropy and the world's needy.
'Clean cookstove' program aims to improve health of world's women

Exposure to smoke and toxins from cooking fires is blamed for the deaths of millions of women and children each year. A public-private partnership, announced by Hillary Clinton Tuesday, is on a global clean cookstove mission.
UN Millennium Development Goals: Are they being reached?

The UN leader urges world leaders attending a summit to rededicate themselves to reaching the Millennium Development Goals. Despite some successes on poverty and school enrollment, many challenges remain.
Daniel Schorr: An appreciation

Daniel Schorr, a journalist whose fierce independence landed him on President Nixon’s enemies list and whose award-winning 62-year career spanned newspapers, radio and television, died Friday.
Daniel Schorr, longtime television news reporter, dies Friday

Daniel Schorr passed away Friday in Washington, DC. Daniel Schorr was a columnist for the Christian Science Monitor and worked at NPR after a long career at CBS News.
Claiming Ground

A minister’s daughter seeks peace and meaning in a hardscrabble corner of Wyoming.
Steinbrenner dies on Tuesday morning; New York and baseball in mourning

Steinbrenner died early Tuesday in Tampa, Florida. The New York Yankees won seven World Series titles under the ownership of George Steinbrenner.
Steinbrenner dies Tuesday morning; led Yankees to 7 World Series titles

Steinbrenner, a sporting legend, died early Tuesday. For more than 30 years, George Steinbrenner lived up to his billing as "the Boss."
Eco-philanthropists to the rescue of wildlife?

Former CEOs lead a pack of eco-philanthropists who are bankrolling parks to conserve pristine land and wildlife.
Oprah's rise, and the fall of network news

In their hunt for ratings and revenue, TV news executives have replaced trusted journalists with sparkling personalities and incendiary demagogues.
Hope for Animals and Their World

Famed naturalist Jane Goodall cries out on behalf of Earth’s animals.
Operation Bite Back

Was animal rights activist Rod Coronado a victim of over-reaching prosecution – or did he get exactly what he deserved?
The Wild Marsh

Rick Bass again assumes the role of America’s 21st-century Thoreau.
Nature's Great Events

This sumptuous companion book to a BBC series examines our planet and its wild inhabitants.
The Age of the Unthinkable

Keeping the US truly safe, argues a journalist, requires us to radically rethink our sense of safety.
My Iraq: a reporter's 20-year retrospective

The longest-serving Western correspondent in Baghdad tracks the lives of two Iraqi friends – from dinners under the moon and palms to the heartbreak of war.
Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet

Photosynthesis may be the energy answer we seek.
Bright Green
PETA comes up with some really lame superheroes

The animal-rights group PETA has released a list of the 10 most animal-friendly comic-book heroes, and boy is it weak.