- — What Netflix’s 'Adolescence' misses
- The popular show about a boy’s troubled life comes as teens on a TikTok forum discover the joys of books, bookstores, and a safe space to gather.
- — What Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ misses
- The popular show about a boy’s troubled life comes as teens on a TikTok forum discover the joys of books, bookstores, and a safe space to gather.
- — PJs, dogs, and babies: Learning to find comfort in our bomb shelter
- In this “Letter from a bomb shelter” (really just a dusty storage space under a Tel Aviv apartment building), correspondent Dina Kraft tells of a community that has formed over the course of the Israel-Hamas war, and of the young lives growing with it.
- — ‘All on the same page.’ Foreigners disdained by Trump seek common purpose.
- Longtime allies spurned by Donald Trump such as Canada and European nations are developing a renewed sense of common purpose and national pride.
- — ‘The Friend’ gives Naomi Watts a terrific co-star. Yes, he’s a Great Dane.
- “The Friend” is about animals, and humans, and grief, and understanding. The Monitor’s critic says the film, based on an award-winning book, is “for dog lovers, and for people who love intelligent movies about dog lovers.”
- — A tribute to the Monitor’s ‘everything editor’
- There are leaders who encourage their team to be more than the sum of its parts. The Monitor newsroom has benefitted from one such leader for over 30 years.
- — Some collateral damage with disruption? In Trump 2.0, that’s OK.
- From tariff policy to DOGE downsizing of government, Donald Trump’s second administration appears certain that mistakes or even a recession are OK if larger goals for the nation are being served.
- — Trump targets Big Law. Why that matters to the rest of us.
- America has a bedrock legal principle: Every defendant has the right to a lawyer, and every lawyer has the right to pick whom they represent. Is this principle in danger?
- — LA voters fault Mayor Bass, other officials after fires. Here’s who is leading now.
- Los Angeles area residents say public officials are not leading effectively after the wildfires. But others are stepping in to begin shaping the recovery.
- — Who is Mark Carney? Maybe just who Canada wants to face off against Trump.
- A few months ago, Mark Carney was unknown in Canada. Now he’s prime minister and favored in upcoming elections – thanks to the Trump administration.
- — Bangladesh's revolution fixes on equality
- A drive for fairness in hiring led students to overthrow a ruler. Now a new student-led party anchors itself in such values.
- — Bangladesh’s revolution fixes on equality
- A drive for fairness in hiring led students to overthrow a ruler. Now a new student-led party anchors itself in such values.
- — After 2 decades of parenting, I’ve learned the days – and years – are short
- As he cycles through the joys, heartaches, and phases of parenting, a dad of three girls learns to savor all of the seasons of fatherhood.
- — You punctuation party animal, you! How I learned to love the exclamation mark.
- I’ve long avoided exclamation points. Until dark times arrived and the lively punctuation became a signal flare in a cold, gray sea.
- — As Kashmiri crafts struggle, papier-mâché artists find hope in creative evolution
- In Kashmir, papier-mâché artisans are struggling to overcome the challenges faced by many of the region’s traditional craftspeople – but they also see a reason for hope.
- — Finding the power to fuel our connected world
- Massive data processing warehouses are gobbling up land to support “the cloud.” This is a story about progress, balance – and all of us.
- — Democrats’ big election night gives them first hope since Trump’s victory
- In a closely watched Wisconsin court race, Democrats posted a strong win, and while Republicans held on in two Florida special elections, Democrats made gains there, too.
- — Trump’s tariff strategy: Boost US production, reduce trade imbalances
- President Trump hopes to use reciprocal tariffs to boost national self-sufficiency while unleashing a jobs boom. What’s less clear is whether they can work.
- — Is there a vision behind tariff chaos? Trump says it’s about jobs and fair trade.
- President Trump hopes to use reciprocal tariffs to boost national self-sufficiency while unleashing a jobs boom. What’s less clear is whether they can work.
- — Why the seismic giving to Myanmar?
- A country hit by a massive quake finds itself the recipient of a global competition to deliver aid in natural disasters. Generosity, even with selfish motives, can trigger generosity.
- — How bitcoin drives cheap green energy production in Kenya
- Bitcoin struggles to keep its carbon footprint low. African renewable energy companies struggle to stay afloat. One company has an idea to fix both.
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