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Transformation

In Greece, iconic olive crop becomes a climate change front line

DeSantis vs. Newsom: How Florida and California really stack up

How 20th-century laws of war apply amid 21st-century crises

Bring your appetite: Wiseman’s latest film is a feast for the eyes

Innovation

Americans need help with child care. One solution is catching on in Maine.

In New York fraud trial, Trump defense goes on offense

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First Look

Better housing plan is needed for America’s aging, new study finds

First Look

Russia outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in landmark Supreme Court ruling

First Look

Kissinger, giant of US foreign policy, remembered for better or worse

Amid Palestinian joy for freed prisoners lies concern it will be short-lived

How lab-grown diamonds are reshaping this western India city

Points of Progress

A chance to grow: How China and a British town are sowing seeds

Perspectives
Peace

Peacemakers and Putin’s holy war

Compassion

Rising seas, rising compassion

Peace

Gaza truce as a marker for peace

Gratitude

The transforming power of a thank-you note

Forgiveness

A mind for peace in Africa

A Christian Science Perspective

Defined by God, not material history

Arts and Culture

‘We are creatures built for joy’: Dispatches from a nature lover

Transformation

They can’t all be Scrooge: How holiday films shine

Creativity

In Pictures: In Lebanon, the art of resistance endures

Hope

At the 100-year mark, Disney offers nostalgia, hope, and ‘Wish’

Movie Review

What’s the best way to capture Leonard Bernstein?

Book Review

Growing mighty: How a Jamaican author created a freer life

Special Projects
Special Series

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.
Special Project

Reparations debate: Mending the past, forging the future

What does it mean for a society to atone for systemic and enduring harms? California is the first U.S. state to propose reparations for many Black residents. Communities across the country are watching closely. But questions of restoration and reconciliation aren’t exclusive to Black Americans – or to the United States. This special series explores efforts around the world to seek justice and restitution for communities subjected to historical harms.
Multimedia
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.
Disabled Georgia activist gives free, accessible voting rides

Disabled Georgia activist gives free, accessible voting rides

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Wheelchair user Zan Thornton organized free, accessible voting rides for more than 150 people during the 2020-2021 Georgia Senate elections, the activist says. Zan is continuing this work for the 2022 midterms.
On tour and in bomb shelters, he sings to rouse the spirit of Ukraine

On tour and in bomb shelters, he sings to rouse the spirit of Ukraine

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When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, musician Jurij Fedynskyj spent three months performing in Ukraine’s bomb shelters, refugee centers, and even near the front line.