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From the particular to the universal: Cross-cultural stories
“A Down Home Meal for Difficult Times” by Ethiopian American writer Meron Hadero highlights immigrant stories...
After Hutchinson testimony, will Trump officials remain silent?
Watergate, Iran-contra, and the Clinton impeachment all hinged on the testimony of little-known staffers with extraordinary...
Message to Moscow: NATO invites Fins and Swedes to join
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to weaken NATO may have backfired, as his aggression toward Ukraine...
What precedes Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia
American Jews and Saudi Muslims have sought an understanding of each other to lay groundwork for...
Drinking water in short supply? There’s a solution in the air.
Drought: As the world gets drier and hotter, reliable access to water is becoming a greater...
Supreme Court expands Oklahoma’s jurisdiction on tribal lands
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans for crimes committed...
US families brace for the end of pandemic-era free school meals
Initiated in 2020, the federal aid that made school meals available for free to all public...
Yaël Braun-Pivet elected first woman speaker in French Assembly
Yaël Braun-Pivet, a member of the French National Assembly who belongs to President Macron’s centrist alliance,...
San Antonio migrant tragedy underscores perils of border crossings
After 51 migrants perished the back of an 18-wheeler in San Antonio this week, reporters and...
Catholic nation? The Filipino Church rethinks its role in politics.
A new Marcos government has Catholic leaders rethinking decades of inaction, and taking on more responsibility...
Most African migrants don’t leave Africa. Here’s what that looks like.
The future of global migration is already playing out – for better and worse – on...
Prayer on the 50-yard line: Supreme Court reshapes church-state relationship
With a decision returning prayer to public schools, the Supreme Court Monday gave another win to...
What Saudi Arabia’s surge into a post-oil future means for its people
Progress can come with a cost. Saudi Arabia’s drive to modernize its economy is transforming all...
A global end run on Russia’s food weapon
Joint efforts by G-7 nations aim to free up Ukraine’s grain exports – and ensure freedom...
A WWII refugee from Ukraine links Putin’s war to Stalin’s famine
Can an in-depth look at history keep us from repeating its mistakes? Our contributor hopes familiarity...
In Ukraine, crowd-funding strategies bolster war effort and morale
As the war in Ukraine pushes on, civilian volunteers are raising funds and rounding up supplies...
After Ukraine, NATO wonders if Africa is Russia’s next target
As Spain hosts NATO allies this week, it’s pushing them to guard against Russian encroachment in...
Captions gain momentum beyond TV screens to live theater and more
On social media platforms, but also in Zoom meetings and movie theaters, captions and subtitles are...
Call to action: Kenyan elections under threat of hate speech
With the Kenyan elections in August, hate speech against ethnic communities is spreading across social media...
Nature takes over: Kenyan wastewater, US toxic dump turned wetland
Progress roundup: Time and ingenuity produce a hydroponic waste treatment system in Kenya, and a Superfund...
Readers Write: Can the military have a moral backbone?
Letters to the editor for the July 4, 2022 weekly magazine. One reader remembers listening to...
How overturning Roe will reverberate through America
After almost half a century, Roe v. Wade is no more. The United States will be...
After high court ruling, is it tremors or earthquakes for public education?
What does this week’s Supreme Court decision, allowing tax dollars to be spent on religious schools,...
Jan. 6 panel holds up public officials as ‘backbone of democracy’
As witnesses shared heart-wrenching personal stories, the Jan. 6 committee spotlighted the role of election officials...
Ukraine’s candidacy for EU sends a signal. Now the hard part begins.
European Union leaders granted Ukraine candidacy to be a member of the bloc, bolstering morale in...
South Africa’s chance for honest governance
The final report of a corruption commission challenges the ruling party – and points to resiliency...
Congress acts on guns, with military vets among the vocal backers
Military veterans in some ways trend conservative. Yet they share wider public concerns about gun safety...
A history of American thought on abortion: It’s not what you think
With Roe and Casey overturned on Friday, legal scholar Geoffrey R. Stone, author of “Sex and...
Party favor or art? Preserving the craft of the piñata.
Piñatas are not just for smashing. In creating more complex designs, artists are changing what people...
In Seattle, Amazon now funds affordable housing
Tech giants are trying to restore their image by investing in communities. The latest initiative comes...
'The forest is life': Indigenous Ecuadorians fight gold miners
Prospects of employment are not lustrous enough for indigenous Ecuadorians who value the natural wonders of...
Black Native Americans were largely erased from US history
“We Refuse to Forget” explores the situation of Black members of the Creek Nation in the...
No one was telling the stories of rural women. So she did.
Spanish veterinarian and poet María Sánchez honors rural women in her community, and their counterparts around...
Can you be feminist and ‘pro-life’? The women who say yes.
The founder of New Wave Feminists describes herself as a “pro-life” feminist. She’s also ready to...
Beyond abortion rights: Reproductive justice takes a broader view
Rejecting a rigid “pro-choice” or “pro-life” binary, proponents of reproductive justice urge a more expansive view...
The party of work? Sen. Rick Scott on GOP plans to retake Senate.
Sen. Rick Scott, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, responds at a Monitor Breakfast on...
What gun deal means for US, and Washington
For more than 25 years, Congress has faced gridlock on guns, even after school shootings. Here’s...
Ukraine: Three girls wounded by war, three paths toward healing
What the three young Ukrainians share is girlhood interrupted by a war that left them wounded....
A fruitful intermission for the arts
While the pandemic hit arts and cultural groups hard, donors stepped up to rescue an industry...
Hard lessons from Uvalde: Will they inform future police response?
As scrutiny of law enforcement’s handling of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, ramps up, officials...
Apple workers in Baltimore voted to unionize. What comes next?
Apple store employees in a Baltimore suburb have made history as the first employees of the...
Hope amid tragedy: Will slain journalist’s death spark change in Amazon?
Those close to journalist Dom Phillips hope his death can spark an understanding of risks against...
Supreme Court ruling: Maine’s religious schools can get public money
In a Tuesday ruling, Supreme Court justices voted to expand public funding for religious entities. The...
By voting in split parliament, French public demands Macron compromise
French government policy usually comes down to presidential desire. But the public has forced a rarer...
Colombia's big break from the past
The election of the country’s first leftist president reflects a demand for transparency, inclusivity - and...
Russian Nobel winner auctions his award to aid Ukrainian children
Nobel Peace laureate Dmitry Muratov, an independent Russian journalist, has auctioned off his gold medal for...
'Pray for a miracle': Taps run dry as drought hits Mexican city
The Mexican city of Monterrey is enduring a serious drought, which has residents frustrated and searching...
Wildfires unearth long-lost artifacts of U.S. Indigenous history
Prescribed burns in the American Southwest has firefighters and archaeologists working together to protect and preserve...
Generosity for children, from wartime schooling to music education
Progress roundup: Generosity toward kids is seen in schools lacking the arts, and in a Warsaw...
After record floods, Yellowstone National Park to reopen soon
Yellowstone will partially reopen at 8 a.m. Wednesday, more than a week after more than 10,000...