The Christian Science Monitor Daily Podcast

The first anniversary of the war in Ukraine has passed, but the commitment of Ukrainians to freedom has not. It continues, and in a very small way, so it does with a retired schoolteacher-turned-painter in St. Louis. Also: today’s stories, including a look at the NYPD being the nation’s foremost laboratory of police reform, Dominion Voting Systems alleging defamation by Fox News, and ingenuity in Florida in the wake of a crop crisis. Join the Monitor's Noelle Swan and Sara Lang for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

Here’s some electrifying news: The world’s investment in the transition toward​ low-carbon energy ​surpassed $1 trillion ​for the first time ​in 2022​. Also: today’s stories, including U.S. Congressional hearings on China’s global influence, Peru’s fight against government corruption, and how our Africa correspondent reported in Nigeria without having any cash. Join the Monitor’s Mark Trumbull and Ali Martin for today’s news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

Chef Brandon Chrostowski has worked in some of the world’s most prestigious restaurants. But he’d never cooked in a kitchen with sandbags next to the windows. Or with air raid sirens wailing nearby. Mr. Chrostowski recently flew from Cleveland to Ukraine to feed people displaced by the war. Also today’s stories, including: the United States and Jordan have peace talks amid Israeli-Palestinian violence, hate speech, and leadership woes, Do children need to be protected from books? The controversy reaches Roald Dahl, and Kurdish exiles have long felt safe in Sweden from the Turkish government’s reach. But Ankara holds Sweden’s key to NATO. What price will it ask? And what price will Stockholm pay?

War correspondent Scott Peterson was 25 years old when he first went to Somalia, so his in-depth story today holds special meaning for him. It brought him back to a nation he had first encountered in the early 1990s, when it was collapsing under the weight of widespread hunger and violence. Also: today’s stories, including: Ukraine as a model for civic giving, strength and purpose anchor, as AI rises, so do calls for guardrails, and How an Indian billionaire’s rise left the nation vulnerable. Join the Monitor's Amelia Newcomb and Ken Kaplan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

Signs of American support for Ukraine are everywhere, it seems. In the Ukrainian flags flying from people’s homes. In the halls of Congress, where bipartisan support for military aid remains strong. In the traveling art exhibition called “Women at War,” featuring works by and about Ukrainian women.

But on this anniversary of the Russian invasion, I am most affected by my neighborhood Ukrainian hangout, the D Light Cafe & Bakery. Also today’s stories, including: One year into the invasion, Ukraine forges an identity of resilience, Nigeria’s president election surges with youth voters, and a test in Ohio: How to repair derailed trust. Join the Monitor’s Linda Feldmann and Ken Kaplan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

Chances are, you read your news on a digital device: a smartphone, tablet, or computer. The Monitor’s daily print edition shifted entirely online in 2009 – the first nationally circulated newspaper to do so. Also: today’s stories, including the first pandemic-era mayor attempting to run for reelection in a major city, resilience in Pakistan, and farming in a greenhouse. Join the Monitor’s Ali Martin and Stephen Humphries for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

Our climate reporter, Stephanie Hanes, lives in slowly warming New England. But she keeps hope close. Today, she describes a drive north to find some – in the form of good winter ice. Also, today’s stories: including promise in Memphis, progress in the Philippines, and colleges’ financial futures. Join the Monitor's Kendra Nordin Beato and Troy Sambajon for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

In America’s reckoning on police violence and race, these are three fundamental questions. In today’s story by Kalpana Jain, we glimpse how one man answers them. Michael Cox is commissioner of the Boston Police Department. In 1995, as a plainclothes officer for the same department, he was mistaken by fellow officers for a gang member and beaten brutally. Also today’s stories, including: President Joe Biden’s address on the war in Ukraine, one day after his visit to wartime Kyiv, was delivered in Warsaw, In his first “state of the nation” address in almost two years, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that because Russians are fighting against the united West and not just Ukraine, and this month’s Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio underscored, for our contributor, the need for businesses to honor a social contract that prioritizes people’s welfare.

A full year has passed since Fahad Shah, editor of The Kashmir Walla newspaper and an internationally respected reporter with whom we have worked, was arrested on Feb. 4, 2022, in Kashmir for publishing “anti-national content.” Also: today’s stories, including Reporting on life during wartime, The demonstrations in Israel against the legislation curtailing the powers of the judiciary and Trust as a locomotive for rail safety. Join the Monitor's Amelia Newcomb and Ken Kaplan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

Art museums can feel like a world apart. Entering the marble halls and gleaming galleries often induces a state of curiosity and awe. The appeal of this kind of atmosphere led Patrick Bringley to leave his job at The New Yorker and work as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Also: today’s stories, including a look at the GOP presidential field, the French taking to the streets to protest against a planned increase in retirement age, and how the Ukraine war has reshaped the NATO alliance. Join the Monitor's April Austin and Clara Germani for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.