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Beyond voting rights, Georgia wrestles with Southern identity

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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the battle over voting rights

Governments try shame to boost vaccine use. Does it work?

Trump 2024? Some supporters quietly hope he won’t run.

A step toward better justice: Prying open the ‘black box’ of plea deals

‘Our goal is never revenge’: Poet Amanda Gorman’s path for healing

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The Supreme Court and vaccine mandates: Three questions

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What Djokovic deportation says about Australia's border policies

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Texas synagogue hostages freed safely, British hostage-taker IDed

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Volcano erupts near Tonga, spurring tsunami alerts across Pacific

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Turkey and Armenia talk peace, after decades of hostility

El Salvador questions role of past atrocities in creating new future

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Animal crossings, and other networks for safety

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I find plenty of news in old books

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Reversing the odds on the gambling industry

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Syria’s war victims as peacemakers

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The power of sport to quell violence in Africa

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How aid can nudge the Taliban

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When painful memories are faced and healed

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In a Word

'Pareidolia' and other fancy Greek words for common happenings

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The New York Philharmonic seeks a new director. Will it be a woman?

In the Cold War’s depths, a glimmer of light

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‘Be true to yourselves’: Sidney Poitier kept his values on screen

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Oscar contender ‘A Hero’ explores the complexities of doing the right thing

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‘The Paris Bookseller’ honors the American woman who published ‘Ulysses’

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A year of resilience: Monitor photographers at work in 2021

Christmas caroling: An animated essay

Christmas caroling: An animated essay

Every stitch tells a story: a Black quilter confronts injustice

Every stitch tells a story: a Black quilter confronts injustice

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A centuries-old artistic tradition among Black women, quilting draws new attention amid a national reckoning on race.
Chairman Adam Schiff at the Monitor Breakfast, September 23, 2021

Chairman Adam Schiff at the Monitor Breakfast, September 23, 2021