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Communication Manager at the Christian Science Monitor but also lover of all things creative social.
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Daily life or major events can dim the light of the holidays. Many Americans are saying that a focus on expressing gratitude can help people unlock the joy of the season. #Thanksgiving #holidays #gratefulness www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...
A Thanksgiving to remember: Five writers reflect on their most memorable meal
Thanksgiving meals for the books: From pandemic gatherings to a homesick holiday abroad, five writers offer grateful reflections.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Daily life or major events can dim the light of the holidays. Many Americans are saying that a focus on expressing gratitude can help people unlock the joy of the season. #Thanksgiving #holidays #gratefulness
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What are you grateful for? In difficult times, these Americans say naming it can help.
Polling shows that Americans say expressing gratitude can relieve the stress that sometimes comes with the holiday season – and beyond.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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A summit of European and African leaders sets a new ethical tone in terms of leaving Africa far better after extracting “green minerals” for the world’s tech industries. #Africa #minerals #mining www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/t...
Extracting minerals in Africa – for Africa
A summit of European and African leaders sets a new ethical tone in terms of leaving Africa far better after extracting “green minerals” for the world’s tech industries.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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President Trump’s Gaza peace plan requires Hamas to lay down its arms. The militant Islamic group is refusing to do so. Can the peace process survive? #hamas #trump #peace www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle...
Will Trump’s Gaza peace plan disarm Hamas?
President Trump’s Gaza peace plan requires Hamas to lay down its arms. The militant Islamic group is refusing to do so. Can the peace process survive?
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November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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As the artificial intelligence industry booms, states are passing regulations on the technology even as President Trump says they should stop. AI #regulation #government
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Will AI rules stifle innovation? Inside the tussle between states, federal government.
As the artificial intelligence industry booms, states are passing regulations on the technology even as President Trump says they should stop.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Ending its dependency on Russian gas has been a goal for Europe since Moscow first launched its mass invasion of Ukraine. But the bloc is still impeded by both energy needs and foot-dragging member states. #Ukraine #Russia #war www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...
Winter is coming. Is the EU ready to stop buying Russian energy?
While Europe has made progress on ending its dependence on Russian energy, the bloc is still impeded by gas needs and foot-dragging member states.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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The winds of reunification have been blowing more strongly recently in Northern Ireland. That's because members of traditionally unionist Protestant communities are starting to look toward the republic. #ireland #NorthernIreland #unification
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One Ireland? In the north, Protestants weigh a future in the republic.
The winds of reunification are blowing more strongly in Northern Ireland. Traditionally unionist Protestants are starting to look toward the republic, too.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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The United States backed a military coup in Chile in 1973, ushering in nearly two decades of dictatorship. How Chileans individually experienced that period influences how they see U.S. military strikes in Venezuelan waters today. #Chile #Venezuela #coup www.csmonitor.com/World/Americ...
How 1973 US-backed coup in Chile sways views on Venezuela today
U.S. comments about taking out Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro are kicking up complicated memories of a decades-old, U.S.-backed coup in Chile.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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With the election of President Catherine Connolly, the cause of a unified Ireland has political momentum in the Irish Republic, but just how realistic is reunification for the republic, both politically and practically? #ireland #NorthernIreland #unification www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...
One Ireland? In the south, the tide turns toward reunification.
The cause of a unified Ireland has more political oomph in the Irish Republic than its had in years. But how realistic is reunification practically?
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November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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When a young woman and her family immigrated to San Francisco from Taiwan in the 1970s, a trusty old wok carried the flavors of home. #cooking #taiwan #immigration www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...
A wok down memory lane: As new immigrants, we found comfort in an old pot
When a young woman and her family immigrated to San Francisco from Taiwan in the 1970s, a trusty old wok carried the flavors of home.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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A central theme of President Trump’s return to office has been his call to prosecute his perceived political enemies. In a high-profile effort against a former FBI director, a series of government missteps means the case might collapse. #comey #trump #DOJ www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/...
Why the government’s case against James Comey is in peril
A central theme of President Donald Trump’s return to office has been his call to prosecute his perceived political enemies. In one of the most high-profile efforts, against a former FBI director, a s...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Israel has long stood unchallenged as Washington’s closest ally in the Middle East. Donald Trump seems to be giving the top spot now to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, in an audacious reshuffle of U.S. priorities. #trump #israel #SaudiArabia www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle...
In reshuffle of Middle East alliances, Trump looks beyond Israel
Donald Trump is moving to reshuffle U.S. Middle East alliances, giving pride of place to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, not Israel.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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“The Name on the Wall” unspools the short life of a French resistance foot soldier, whose ordinary bravery contrasted with the brutality around him. #books #WWII #resistance
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In ‘The Name on the Wall,’ Hervé Le Tellier charts rise of extremism
“The Name on the Wall” unspools the short life of a French resistance foot soldier, whose ordinary bravery contrasted with the brutality around him.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The 10 best books of November bring light to the shortest days, with new titles from Salman Rushdie, Sarah Hall, and Roy Wood Jr. #books #november #fiction #novels
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The leaves have turned, so turn a page. Here are November’s 10 best.
The 10 best books of November bring light to the shortest days, with new titles from Salman Rushdie, Sarah Hall, and Roy Wood Jr.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Amid the latest global climate conference comes news of a record rise in private giving to help the world’s most vulnerable people adapt to climate extremes. #climate #donations www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/t...
Generosity as a climate-action driver
Amid the latest global climate conference comes news of a record rise in private giving to help the world’s most vulnerable people adapt to climate extremes.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The EPA proposes to narrow the scope of a key part of the Clean Water Act – a change criticized by environmental groups but welcomed by businesses. #water #pollution #EPA www.csmonitor.com/Environment/...
EPA’s new clean-water rules: What a farmer, builder, and scientist say
The EPA proposes to narrow the scope of a key part of the Clean Water Act – a change criticized by environmental groups but welcomed by businesses.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Tens of thousands fled the Sudanese city of El Fasher after it fell to a paramilitary group, leaving many families hungry and separated. #sudan #women #war www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
Women fleeing Sudan’s El Fasher face a new battle: To keep their families safe
Tens of thousands fled the Sudanese city of El Fasher after it fell to a paramilitary group, leaving many families hungry and separated.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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From Nepal to Peru and from Madagascar to Morocco, Generation Z-led protests have rocked governments. A global generation has spawned a global movement. #GenZ #youth #protest www.csmonitor.com/World/2025/1...
Gen Zers have taken on their governments. From around the world, they tell us why.
From Nepal to Peru and from Madagascar to Morocco, Generation Z-led protests have rocked governments. The revolution has brushstrokes of youth, from the use of a gaming platform to organize it to a ub...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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A corruption scandal is testing hopes for the rule of law, and American pressure to concede land is challenging national sovereignty. Ukrainians might yet again rise in unified purpose and strength. #ukraine #war #russia www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/t...
Ukraine’s fronts are not only in the war
A corruption scandal is testing hopes for the rule of law, and American pressure to concede land is challenging national sovereignty. Ukrainians might yet again rise in unified purpose and strength.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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They evoke Hallmark movies and simpler times. But in rural locations, general stores are a lifeline to the community, providing access to groceries and serving as a social hub. In Vermont, towns are fighting to keep theirs alive. #rural #shopping #stores www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
Now serving community: Vermonters rally to preserve the general store
They evoke Hallmark movies and simpler times. But in rural locations, general stores are a lifeline to the community, providing access to groceries and serving as a social hub. In Vermont, towns are f...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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After decades of decline, the cranberry is still Massachusetts' leading agricultural product. Here's how the festive berry became a holiday tradition. #cranberries #farming #agriculture www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...
Wading through the crimson bogs, Massachusetts cranberry growers keep a tradition alive.
After decades of decline, the cranberry is still Massachusetts' leading agricultural product. Here's how the festive berry became a holiday tradition.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Republican state lawmakers from Indiana have rejected pressure from the White House to conduct a midcycle redrawing of their congressional maps. One state senator describes why his conservative values led him to oppose the effort. #redistricting #elections #politics www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Why this Indiana Republican bucks Trump on redistricting
Republican state lawmakers from Indiana have rejected pressure from the White House to conduct a midcycle redrawing of their congressional maps. One state senator describes why his conservative values...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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In this interview, Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina discusses the connection he sees between today’s politics and the eras of Reconstruction and Jim Crow. #CivilRights #reconstruction #books
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‘The First Eight’: Jim Clyburn reflects on Reconstruction, civil rights, and today
In this interview, Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina discusses the connection he sees between today’s politics and the eras of Reconstruction and Jim Crow.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Attempts to control the drawing of congressional districts to benefit a party or candidate stretch back nearly to the country's founding. redistricting has cast renewed interest in what gerrymandering is and how it works. #gerrymander #politics www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
When Gerry met a salamander: The 1812 roots of today’s gerrymandering battles
Attempts to control the drawing of congressional districts to benefit a party or candidate stretch back nearly to the country's founding. This year's spurt of redistricting has cast renewed ...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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President Donald Trump’s military campaign on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean comes as one nation in the region, the Dominican Republic, succeeds in an alternative approach. Drugs #trafficking #Dominican
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Lawful checks on cocaine traffickers
President Donald Trump’s military campaign on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean comes as one nation in the region, the Dominican Republic, succeeds in an alternative approach.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM