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Ken Makin: On the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, our commentator weighs the promise that decision still offers for students against the realities of

This collection of vignettes about home is a tribute to love, comfort, and belonging. We hope these stories kindle the warmth of home in your heart.

A new museum went up this summer in Charleston, South Carolina, at the site of Gadsden’s Wharf. From this spot, through which thousands of enslaved people were forced, writer Ken Makin reported a story of progress toward reclamation – and of hard work left to be done. He spoke with host Clay Collins about the transformation of this harrowing place, and about how it left room to celebrate a culture’s will to thrive.

North Augusta City Council voted 6-0 to add educational plaques to Calhoun Park, the location of the Meriwether Monument. The decision comes after years of deliberation and the formation of

Hollywood might not have had a “tipping point” year when it comes to diversity. But Monitor columnist Ken Makin acknowledges that the year reflected a continuum of progress for representation. In this episode, he speaks with host Samantha Laine Perfas about how some of the years top hits – including “Wakanda Forever,” “Till,” and “Star Wars” – expanded the genre of Black storytelling.

In “The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks,” Soledad O’Brien takes a fearless look at the life and work of a civil rights icon.

Letters to the editor published in the Nov. 28, 2022, weekly magazine. Readers note the value of "serious consideration" where due and wonder about student debt relief.

Loading the player... Monitor editors hear from a lot of writers who are eager to break into our pages. Many of them we just can’t accommodate. But when I opened my email this past June, a proposal from a potential columnist stopped me in my tracks. No one at the Monitor had ever heard of Ken Makin before he reached out to us. But as I read through his proposal, I was struck by the feeling that I was talking to a Monitor journalist – we just hadn’t met him yet. By now, of c...

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