Crowds of foreign tourists make Florence, Italy, hard to visit. The city government would like to replace some of them with ...

A large exhibit on how Americans use the porch serves as a reminder of how this public-private space can foster dialogue and neighborliness.

It’s unlikely the U.S. and China can erase the tension in their geopolitical rivalry. But they can manage it. The current ...

The Republic of Georgia’s government has grand plans to restore this onetime spa town to its days of splendor.

Mark Twain gave us inimitable characters such as Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. He was no less creative in styling himself as ...

The willingness to yield to divine Love lifts us into healing, as a man experienced after being stung by wasps.

Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels reached a ceasefire with the United States. But analysts say they are already in rebuilding ...

Sacred forests have long been shielded from destruction by their communities. Recognition of that reality is growing in ...

Centrist politicians must govern their way out of difficulties as they confront far-right rivals, acknowledging voter anger ...

Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court case that found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, turns 10 in June. More ...

In more countries, women are driving motorbikes, breaking social restrictions while helping other women find safe rides. They ...

On the front lines of war in eastern Congo, a Monitor reporter struggled to make sense of the suffering she witnessed.