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Protests against George Floyd’s killing in the U.S. have galvanized protests against killings by police in Mexico.

21 in ‘21: Does a Pandemic Define a Generation? Loading the player... For many societies, 21 is a significant age. It’s a period of promise and potential, of leaving behind childhood to forge a way into the world. So what happens when a global pandemic stalls that momentum? Twelve young adults answer that question in the Monitor’s new special global report, “21 in ’21.” Our reporters spent three months following 21-year-olds in 11 countries as they navigated the pandemic and the ways that it’s changing the world around them. This episode of “Rethinking the News” features Rya...

Destination 2021: What we’ll do differently next year As 2020 shudders to an end, many of us will be eager to move on, hoping that 2021 shows a path out of a pandemic that has upended our way of life. In that spirit, we asked Monitor writers and editors, near and far, to reflect on what COVID-19 has taken away and what, paradoxically, it has given us. It’s a journey into what we yearn to experience again and what we have come to appreciate most, to the point where we may no longer feel the urge to revert to old ways when the risk recedes.

Paris The hardwood counter at Chez Mémé is always cluttered. Emptied coffee cups pile up. Croissant crumbs litter plates. Neighbors-turned-friends stand elbow to elbow, chatting about the latest political gaffe or the incessantly cloudy Parisian skies.    I was starting to finally feel a part of France’s cafe culture. Marie, the owner, knew my name. She knew I’d order a café allongé and eventually cave for a flaky pain au chocolat, my laptop open, pretending to look like I was working on something important.     Then the pandemic hit. Cafes and restaurants ...