After covering four Winter Games, our correspondent relishes the moments of “weak-kneed awe” that skiers, skaters, lugers, ...

In the Cape Flats, a working-class area on the edge of Cape Town, a group of mothers and grandmothers patrols the streets to ...

The Monitor’s editor-in-chief made a bid for the 2002 Olympics and came away with an essential lesson. In the Olympics, as in ...

The country is gradually releasing political prisoners. But some say a recent offer of “amnesty” implies they have broken the ...

Meta and Ray-Ban have teamed up for the latest smart glasses. Our reporter tries them and reflects on ways high-tech lenses ...

The Monitor has just launched our newly redesigned print magazine. We hope that it serves to connect you, expansively, to the world around you.

What if we were to focus on uncovering the spiritual, God-reflecting qualities that are innate to us and others – rather than dwelling on perceived flaws?

In the U.S., protests against oppressive government actions, and even civil disobedience, have contributed to shifts in ...

Welcome to Saturday.  It was a tough week for keeping hands warm amid Arctic cold and for keeping the federal government open ...

Billy Bragg, who just wrote and released the song “City of Heroes,” talks with the Monitor about the impact of protest songs.

A partial government shutdown that began Saturday is expected to be brief, but it sets the stage for a debate over ...

President Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh to head the Federal Reserve calmed markets, but the former governor could also ...