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Panama accepted asylum-seekers the US didn’t want. Then its troubles began.

Standing in front of a wall of flags, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell answers questions from reporters.

Markets falter as Trump attacks Fed’s independence – and its chair

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Compassion

Why Iraq gives Syria a hand

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Iraqis hope for an era of peace. Their neighbors hold the key.

Remember the opioid crisis? 46 states recorded a decline in overdose deaths.

Two men sit at a square table talking in an otherwise empty cafeteria.

Amid deportation dispute, Trump and courts square off on who has last word

Key to US tariff war with Beijing: The value China places on ‘face’

Peace

She survived Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Now she promotes peace through education.

Resilience

As bombs fall on Easter, a Ukrainian chaplain ministers to his front-line flock

There’s one rare earths mine in the US. How that might change soon.

‘As Panamanian as you can get.’ How dim sum became a national treasure.

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Supreme Court blocks, for now, Trump deportations under 18th-century wartime law

Myanmar’s war will soon enter its fifth year. Here’s why peace isn’t in sight.

Italy’s Meloni talks tariffs with Trump. How much can she do for the EU?

How Donald Trump is upending American culture

Slapped with tariffs, some US trade partners lean toward Beijing

A woman works on the production line of solar panels at a factory in Sihong county in east China's Jiangsu province Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. The state of California is courting China, and others, in hopes of making trade deals that insulate it from Trump administration tariffs.

California designs a trade plan to blunt tariffs. Be careful, China expert says.

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Honesty

Europe’s grassroots anti-graft drive

Freedom

The art of emancipation in Paris

Equality

Lebanon digs deep for its identity

Lessons from the suburbs: Good garden shears make good neighbors

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How social trust propels Ivory Coast

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Migratory birds and Mind’s law of movement

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Gear up for a costumed joyride through Tuscany – handlebar mustache optional

Freedom

250 years of Revolution: What has ‘the shot heard round the world’ wrought?

Mario Vargas Llosa ‘put Peru on the world’s literary map’

Maryam Rahimi and Marjila Badakhsh prepare food for a neighbor and fellow Afghan refugee at their apartment

Despite victories in court, faith groups struggle to help refugees

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Actor Naomi Watts walks down the street in New York with a Great Dane in a scene from 'The Friend.'

‘The Friend’ gives Naomi Watts a terrific co-star. Yes, he’s a Great Dane.

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America’s 13 Colonies didn’t fight the Revolution by themselves

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Rebuilding trust

Can trust bring connection and hope to help us find common ground in a divided world? Without trust, suspicion begets friction, division, and immobility. Today, too many realms are seeing trust deficits grow: between citizens, across racial lines, in government. This special project explores through global news stories how polarized parties are navigating times of mistrust and how we can learn to build trust in each other.
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The Climate Generation: Born into crisis, building solutions

Climate change is shaping a mindset revolution—powerfully driving innovation and progress. And young people are leading the transformation. This special series focuses on the roles of those born since 1989, when recognition of children's rights and the spike of global temperatures began to intersect. The stories include vivid Monitor photography, and are written from Indigenous Northern Canada, Bangladesh, Namibia, Barbados, and the United States.
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Monitor Conversation Live: Civility and Trust

Monitor Conversation Live: Civility and Trust

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In this 30-minute program, Mark Sappenfield, editor of The Christian Science Monitor, sits down with Alexandra Hudson, author of "The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves." They discuss the intersection of trust and civility and explore ways to build these qualities in our everyday lives.
Preserving the history of America's first Black library

Preserving the history of America's first Black library

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When librarian Natalie Woods first held the papers of Thomas Fountain Blue, they changed her life. Now, she is working to preserve the pioneering Black librarian's legacy in Louisville, Kentucky.
Miyawaki: a little forest with a towering task

Miyawaki: a little forest with a towering task

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A Japanese method of planting fast-growing native forests is spreading worldwide. In the U.S., it has brought “grounded hope” to one of its practitioners, and nurtured a sense of community around its sites.
Women in ‘deconstruction’ harvest value, and help one another

Women in ‘deconstruction’ harvest value, and help one another

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This team disassembles buildings that need to be razed, reclaiming quality materials – and advancing women and gender minorities in a long-exclusionary field.