After a week of summits around peace for Ukraine, Russia is holding firm to its demands. While the White House suggests that ...

Deportation is always traumatic, but one couple has enjoyed social media success recounting the unexpected blessings of ...

The Monitor’s reviewers choose the best of August 2025, from novels and biographies to accounts of history.

More than two decades after 9/11 and years of anti-Islam stereotypes, the city’s voters are leaning toward a candidate ...

The Tabernacle and Ebenezer Baptist churches have been sister congregations with a storied legacy that includes Martin Luther ...

Giving thanks to God can be a powerful starting point that erases doubt about what path we should take.

Our reporter and photographer get the scoop (or two – with sprinkles!) on a favorite summertime treat.

An era of abundant low-cost imports faces a reckoning – but not necessarily an end – as the Trump tariffs take hold. America’s long pivot from thrift toward consumption is deeply ingrained. So are the ...

Storyteller,” a new biography by Leo Damrosch, arrives amid a brighter spotlight on Stevenson’s life and legacy.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Art can help build bridges between rivals – or, in the case of India and Pakistan, to remind audiences how much culture the ...

On July 1, USAID was formally dissolved. In Uganda and Congo, that loss of funding has also broken apart communities that ...