When Andy (Yuhan) Wang visited a school in rural China, he saw how difficult getting an education can be. His nonprofit provides books and supplies to rural Chinese students.
Persistent pressure from activists calling for greater transparency and accountability seemed to be paying off on Monday, when more than 60 former bank executives appeared for trial in Madrid.
Homa Hoodfar was released from prison on "humanitarian grounds" and flown out of Iran on Monday.
The government's initial investigation decided the students were killed and incinerated in a fire, but international experts have cast doubt on this theory.
Prosecuting individuals for insulting religion puts Jordan in a tough spot between a largely conservative society demanding justice and the nation's international commitments to human rights.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tangled Monday night as they opened their first face-to-face presidential debate.
Clinton and Sanders will discuss college debt at a rally in New Hampshire Wednesday, but some experts on Millennials and politics wonder if this is enough to win over a key demographic in the November election.
U.S. Labor Department Secretary Thomas Perez on Monday pledged to conduct a review of alleged violations that the department has received concerning the company.
The 90-minute televised debate comes six weeks before Election Day and with early voting already getting underway in some states.
Ohio voter purge declared unconstitutional. Colorado finds cases of voter fraud. How significant are concerns about voter fraud?
As the Trump and Clinton campaigns heat up the rhetoric, those who have already occupied the White House set a higher tone by their mutual respect toward each other. Perhaps the current candidates can learn now what they may learn later.
A Christian Science perspective: On the power of the Christ to transform and redeem lives.
Even as the region becomes more violent and despotic, an election in Jordan reveals progress for women and a shift by the Muslim Brotherhood toward inclusivity and secular rule.
Gang activity remains one of few areas of crime that have not falled in recent decades. But progress is being made -- step-by-step, life-by-life.
A roundup of global commentary for the Sept. 26, 2016 weekly magazine.
Facing bipartisan condemnation over the creation of millions of false accounts allegedly opened by his bank without customers' knowledge, Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf has agreed to resign his position on the advisory council for the Federal Reserve's San Francisco region.
Home warranties are nothing new, but more real estate agents have recommended them in recent years as the housing market has been flooded with foreclosures and short sales — properties that were often neglected or poorly maintained.
Peer-to-peer lending connects people with a little extra cash with those in need, a process which is infinitely better, both for the consumer and the economy, than options like taking out a payday loan.
Honda fans have a lot to look forward to in 2017. The automaker will add much sportier options to the Civic line that year, including new Si and Type R models.
Ar recent report suggests that Amazon is becoming more biased, with its own products and "Fulfilled by Amazon" offerings being prioritized over those from other vendors — even if the other vendors have the cheapest price.
Some conservationists hope to use the monarch butterfly's signature charisma to rally public support for bees and other less-loved pollinators.
The helmeted hornbill is sought for a reddish protrusion on its beak that is similar to ivory. As elephant populations have dwindled, poachers have increasingly turned to the peculiar bird.
Six years after Dunkin' Donuts declared that replacing its Styrofoam cups is the company's top sustainability priority, efforts appear to have stalled.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will ratify the Paris climate agreement on Oct. 2 – Mohandas Gandhi's birthday.
Poaching syndicates moved hundreds of thousands of pounds of elephant ivory in 2015, say experts, and the illegal trade 'has remained fairly constant at unacceptably high levels' since 2010.
Several Palestinian journalists complained to the social media site after it suspended their accounts. Facebook says it was a mixup, but the journalists say the company’s recent agreement with Israel, and a resulting bias, are to blame.
After a van ran a red light and hit an autonomous Google car, some are wondering if the two types of vehicles are ready to coexist.
Twitter revolutionized social media with the advent of 140-character messages. But a decade later, the platform’s growth has stagnated while competing media services dominate the market, leading the company to consider selling the service.
Hot car solution: Tesla's 8.0 software update included the much-anticipated autopilot and advanced media systems. But there's another safety feature: a cabin temperature regulatory system.
Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel announced its new product - sunglasses with a camera - that aims to avoid the missteps Google took in launching its infamous Google Glass.
NASA's announcement about 'surprising evidence of activity that may be related to the presence of a subsurface ocean on Europa' reinforces previous research, making the Jupiter moon a strong candidate in the hunt for alien life.
Elon Musk tweeted photos of the test firing of the Raptor 'interplanetary transport engine,' as he prepares to deliver a speech at the International Astronautical Conference on making humanity a 'multiplanetary species.'
On Monday, NASA plans to discuss 'surprising' new activity from Jupiter's ice-covered satellite, Europa – our solar system's primary candidate for harboring potential life.
FAST has already discovered a pulsar about 1,351 light years away. Could the radio telescope discover signs of alien life too?
The largest genetic study of cat DNA from specimens from 15,000 years ago to the 18th century suggests that the felines accompanied early mariners on boats, spreading across the world with seafaring civilizations like the Vikings.
A simple soda bread can be mixed up quickly in time to serve for dinner with a bowl of hearty soup.
'Magnificent,' which is a remake of the 1960 film and stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, came in first place at the box office in its opening weekend. Other new movies this past weekend included the animated film 'Storks.'
'Peregrine,' which opens on Sept. 30, is the newest attempt by Hollywood to translate bestseller status into hit box office. But it's been a bumpy road recently for young-adult film adaptations.
'Katwe' stars Madina Nalwanga as Phiona Mutesi, a Ugandan girl who overcame obstacles to become a chess champion. It co-stars Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo.
'Seven' stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt and is a remake of director John Sturges' 1960 Western, itself a remake of Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai.'
A Christian Science perspective: On the power of the Christ to transform and redeem lives.
Michigan professor Heather Ann Thompson relies on exhaustive research to piece together a more accurate version of the 1971 Attica prison uprising and the brutal retaking of the facility.
EuroComics' English editions of the world-renowned Italian series by creator Hugo Pratt continues with the latest volume 'Corto Maltese: The Ethiopian.'
Foreign Affairs managing editor Jonathan Tepperman travels widely to talk to the people and governments who are devising new and innovative strategies to hold chaos at bay and sometimes even improve things.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Kidder profiles both Paul English and the software-engineering world he inhabits.
'Stronger Together,' like most campaign books, is so poorly produced, it serves no one – reader, publisher, political party, nor candidate.
Jamesha Caldwell, a senior in the International Baccalaureate program at Baltimore City College high school, offers one example why 'students' shouldn't be lumped as one interchangeable category.
With diversity in its public schools on the wane – despite parents saying it matters to them – the French Ministry of Education is weighing measures to counter inequality, including an algorithm to scientifically place students in schools.
Low-income college students are enrolling in college in greater numbers – but only 9 percent earn a bachelor’s degree by age 24. Part 2 in the Monitor's One Caring Person series.
CommunityShare in Tucson, Ariz., is set up like a Craigslist or Match.com – except instead of furniture or romance, the common denominator is bringing more people, and their real-life experiences, into classrooms.
Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke with the Monitor about mentoring, the effects of violence and poverty on childhood, and why the US doesn't seem to value its children as much as other countries.