Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

In November of 2017, Stacy Lynch, daughter of Bill Lynch, famed democratic political strategist and the mastermind behind New York City’s first black mayor David Dinkins, convened the first gathering ...

When I was growing up in the 1960s, my mother was not doing what most other women her age were doing. She was volunteering in the north side of Omaha, Neb., a tough but resilient part of town, helping ...

Public campaigns against nuclear weapons have been surprisingly effective over the years. Although public concern about nuclear weapons has existed ever since the Hiroshima bombing, it has been ...

This is the first post in our series on what social science can tell us about the Women’s March. The other posts will appear in the coming days. — TMC editors After this past weekend’s Women’s March ...

1. Divide the class into seven groups and allow 5 minutes for them to brainstorm a list of 5 key events or turning points in African-American history. After 5 minutes have passed, have groups take ...

Although it was formed nearly 50 years ago, the Black Panther Party provides lessons for a new generation of activists today, particularly the Black Lives Matter movement. Not unlike today’s young ...

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gestures during his “I Have a Dream” speech as he addresses thousands of civil-rights supporters gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on ...

Lots of research shows that sitting in a desk for a full class period can hinder student learning and engagement, and just sitting in front of a computer screen during the school closure crisis isn’t ...

The FIRE movement, which stands for Financial Independence Retire Early, is a lifestyle movement that emphasises saving and investing early in life in order to achieve financial independence and early ...