https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2020/1202/Before-history-devolves-into-mythology-2020-s-best-books-on-World-War-II?icid=rss
Historians grapple with the grimmest, toughest questions surrounding the war, about culpability, morality, and demagoguery during a fraught time.

https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2020/1202/A-family-history-in-trees-and-flowers-A-biologist-s-memoir?icid=rss
Part memoir, part travel narrative, and part nature writing, a biologist visits Taiwan - her ancestral homeland - and unravels her family history.

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2020/1202/For-Palestinians-Biden-s-win-is-a-good-step.-But-it-s-just-a-step?icid=rss
It’s not uncommon to hear American accents here. Many West Bank residents have lived in the United States or have family there. In U.S. election ye

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2020/1202/For-these-war-children-in-London-grit-and-resilience-come-naturally?icid=rss
The formative experiences of four Londoners in facing uncertainty have steeled them for a pandemic. A monthlong lockdown in England ended Tuesday.

https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2020/1202/Work-from-home-fathers-rethink-parenting?icid=rss
Couples who have school-age children and can work from home are resetting traditional parenting roles. After the pandemic, old notions of fatherhood may not hold anymore.

https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2020/1202/Big-personalities-and-politics-Mank-offers-hijinks-from-old-Hollywood?icid=rss
“Mank,” a possible Oscar contender about a “Citizen Kane” screenwriter, is at its most enjoyable when it explores the people behind the tinsel.

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2020/1202/Taliban-and-Afghan-government-begin-to-map-out-a-cease-fire?icid=rss
After 19 years of war, the Afghan government and Taliban representatives reached a preliminary deal that codifies rules and procedures for a political roadmap and a cease-fire. U.S. forces will leave Afghanistan by May 2021 in ( Read more... )

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2020/1202/This-teen-tutor-turns-computer-science-into-kids-stuff?icid=rss
A New Jersey teen tech whiz aims to bring free one-on-one computer tutoring to his younger peers through his nonprofit CS Remastered.

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2020/1202/Year-of-racial-awakening-may-topple-Richmond-s-last-Confederate-statue?icid=rss
Black Lives Matter has transformed the social and physical landscape of America, bringing down prominent Confederate statues across the country.

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2020/1202/UN-finally-given-access-to-refugees-in-Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict?icid=rss
After weeks of pleading for access into Tigray, the UN and the Ethiopian government has signed a deal that will allow food, medicines, and other aid to reach millions of refugees who have been displaced by the Ethiopia-Tigray