How the global spy game is changing 

Revelations of US spying on European allies have hurt America’s image abroad but won’t irreparably damage transatlantic cooperation on intelligence gathering. Here’s why.

Illustration: Nancy Stahl/The Christian Science Monitor

The hunt for other ‘Earths:’ Are we getting closer?

Graphic: Rich Clabaugh/The Christian Science Monitor

US health care vs. socialized health care in 5 countries: The US spends almost twice as much on health care as countries like Canada, Japan, and most in Western Europe. 

Graphic: Jake Turcotte Research: Allison Terry

Nearly 40 years after the war, American vets who live in Vietnam are working to foster reconciliation between the two countries, while other former US soldiers are traveling there to find ‘closure.’

Photo: Courtesy Bill Ervin