Resilience Europe The call of home: Why some Ukrainian refugees are risking a return now | View caption Hide caption Though millions of Ukrainians remain refugees abroad, an increasing number are returning home despite the war. But while being in their homeland brings some relief, it also poses new stress. Ms. Lvovych, whom the Monitor…
OKLAHOMA CITY — The founder of a former megachurch in Oklahoma who was branded a heretic and lost one audience — but gained a new one — after he rejected the idea of hell and supported gay rights has died, his agent said Monday. Bishop Carlton Pearson died Sunday night in hospice care in Tulsa…
First Look U.S. Supreme Court agrees to adopt its first code of ethics All nine Supreme Court justices have agreed to adopt a code of conduct, which does not appear to impose any significant new requirements. The code won’t require enforcement, but will codify principles, they say, which have long governed their conduct. | View caption…
Young Mayzee Evans has been around horses since infancy and is fearless with them.Mum Brynlee Evans, 28, believes her daughter has a special connection with them and even calls her a “horse whisperer”. Mayzee not only rides the animals but also helps out at the family barn in Utah, USA, which is owned by her…
Responsibility Society Banning books: Protecting kids or erasing humanity? | View caption Hide caption Amid battles over what kids may read in schools, Banned Books Week highlights books as an essential tool for educators to teach empathy and create informed citizens. Parents rights groups argue that children do better when parents also have a say…
Equality Difference Maker Children need to see themselves in books. Enter Young, Black & Lit. | View caption Hide caption What if you went to the bookstore and saw no one on the shelves who looked like you? One couple is addressing that deficit for young Black children, supporting literacy and identity. After coming up…
Chinese firms are playing an increasingly critical role in supporting Russia’s military capabilities in Ukraine, including by exporting goods that are ending up on the battlefield, new analysis by CNBC shows. Russian customs data filed as recently as August point to the continued importation of drones, helmets, vests and radios from China, providing a lifeline…
First Look From Toni Morrison to Ta-Nehisi Coates, book bannings surge The American Library Association reports 2023 as a likely record-breaking year for book challenges in school and public libraries. The ALA’s opposition to bannings has prompted a county in Wyoming and a library in Texas to withdraw their memberships. | View caption Hide caption…
The Explainer Can Trump be disqualified? The debate over the 14th Amendment. | View caption Hide caption Despite “misinformation,” the statement read, neither office has taken a position on the applicability of the amendment to the 2024 election. “The Attorney General’s Office is now carefully reviewing the legal issues involved,” the statement concluded. On Monday…
The Florida Supreme Court was confronted Friday with whether to overrule broad abortion rights protections provided for decades under the state constitution and instead uphold a law signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans the procedure in most cases after 15 weeks of pregnancy. If the 15-week ban remains on the books, an even stricter six-week ban passed…