Donald Trump can run, but can he serve? Questions remain after the Supreme Court's ruling. Also: today’s stories, including a deep look at Joe Biden as he faces the test of a lifetime, how a Japanese apartment tower combats loneliness, and Ukraine families wondering how to get by amid aid cuts. Join the Monitor's Amelia Newcomb and Ira Porter for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
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As states face a rising tide of homelessness and mental illness, Californians are set to vote on Proposition 1 – to help people get off the streets and into homes and places for treatment. Also: today’s stories, including Senegal's young voters, restoring faith in a Polish public broadcaster, and ‘healing spaces’ in post-conflict societies. Join the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield and Laurent Belsie for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
To those in the LGBTQ+ community and their allies, Nex Benedict’s death represents another life lost in an era of unrelenting attacks. How – and why – are they persevering to build a more inclusive Oklahoma? Also: today’s stories, including Donald Trump’s arguments over presidential immunity, Europe’s political barriers in the fight for sustainability, and new audiences for an old message about nonviolence. Join the Monitor's Clay Collins and Caitlin Babcock for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Texas is pushing the boundary of state authority over immigration. If a new law goes into effect next week, it will essentially set up dueling immigration systems. Also: today’s stories, including: the World Health Organization negotiates a controversial new pandemic treaty to coordinate prevention response, one Native American vet takes it upon herself to care for vets in the Navajo Nation, and Parisian therapists organize art therapy for patients at local museums. Join the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield and Clara Germani for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
President Joe Biden is facing calls from erstwhile allies to exit the race, amid concerns he could lose in November. Others say the criticism is unhelpful – and unwarranted. Also: today’s stories, including Texas rebuilding confidence in its power grid, how Gambians fight dictator's impunity from afar, and a look at why too many California kids can't read. Join the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield and Ira Porter for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Months after protesters marched in Tel Aviv dressed as handmaidens to thwart an attempted judicial overhaul by the far-right government, Israeli women are shifting perceptions of gender roles as they serve on the front lines of the war effort. Also: today’s stories, including the AI filmmaking program that’s testing trust boundaries, French cinema’s sexual abuse problem, and an unlikely lesson in improvisation. Join the Monitor's Amelia Newcomb and Stephen Humphries for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
How has Lyman, a battered community in eastern Ukraine, endured two years of a war that never feels far away? The abnormal is the new normal. Also: today’s stories, including what the war has cost Ukraine and Russia, why Haley focuses on her long game, learning to winter like the Danes, and a podcast excerpt about the Harlem renaissance of today. Join the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield and Caitlin Babcock for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
The most popular politician in Israel is not Israeli. Can Joe Biden coax the Israeli public toward regional peace? Also: today’s stories, including life in Russia two years into its invasion of Ukraine, the young rebels fighting Myanmar’s junta, and the conflict over Trump loyalists’ fight to take over Republican Party infrastructure. Join the Monitor's Clay Collins and Noelle Swan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
In recent years, the U.S. and China have had to learn how to navigate growing mistrust and make progress toward stability. Also: today’s stories, including Ukraine’s frontline runs low on ammo, an unelected coalition of politicians takes on governing Pakistan, and newsrooms in Utah pool resources to combat the Great Salt Lake drought. Join the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield and Jasper Davidoff for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Only five states executed people last year. Oklahoma was one of them – and some GOP state lawmakers worry they cannot trust their system to get it right. Also: today’s stories, including public trust Poland, progress on lightning safety in India, and five debut novels by Black authors worth reading – now or any month. Join the Monitor's Clay Collins and Ira Porter for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
