LightNews
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald
@gfitzboston.bsky.social
250 followers 31 following 780 posts
Communication Manager at the Christian Science Monitor but also lover of all things creative social.
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 1d
Arthur Sze, the new U.S. poet laureate, hopes you’ll take time to read a poem today – slowly. Within it, he says in an interview, are words and phrases that can be “seeds that nurture you.” #poetry #poerts #literature www.csmonitor.com/Books/Author...
‘There is an inner poet in all of us.’ Laureate Arthur Sze on poetry as discovery.
Arthur Sze, the new U.S. poet laureate, hopes you’ll take time to read a poem today – slowly. Within it, he says in an interview, are words and phrases that can be “seeds that nurture you.”
www.csmonitor.com
1
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 1d
As artificial intelligence intertwines itself with daily life, some students are pushing back. Their reasons range from profound to practical, and speak to preserving a sense of community – and humanity. #AI #students www.csmonitor.com/USA/Educatio...
Meet the students who are just saying no to AI
As artificial intelligence intertwines itself with people’s lives, some students are pushing back. Their reasons range from profound to practical, and speak to a desire to preserve a sense of communit...
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 1d
The Federal Aviation Administration is facing a shortage of 3,000 air traffic controllers, with many controllers working six-day workweeks. Then along comes the government shutdown. #shutdown #AirTrafficControllers www.csmonitor.com/Business/202...
Shutdown spotlights a persistent problem: Too few air traffic controllers
The government shutdown might not yet be having a visible effect on air traffic controller staffing levels, but it could hurt efforts to hire and train more workers.
www.csmonitor.com
1 1
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 2d
Thomas House fulfills a pressing need for human connection as South Korean society ages and increasingly faces an isolation crisis. #SouthKorea #Seniors #hunger www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...
In Mexico’s mangroves, protecting bees and trees is part of this family’s identity
The matriarch of the Cab family knows that its work alone cannot “change the world.” But she remains a passionate beekeeper and advocate for bees.
www.csmonitor.com
1
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 2d
In a first, China has set an absolute target for cutting emissions. Its pledge also covers greenhouse gas emissions and economic sectors. #china #climate #greenhouseGas www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-P...
What China’s landmark climate pledge means for the fight against global warming
In a first, China has set an absolute target for cutting emissions. Its pledge also covers greenhouse gas emissions and economic sectors.
www.csmonitor.com
2
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 2d
Despite Ukraine being outgunned and out-resourced by a far larger enemy, the increasing dependence on drones by both sides has largely leveled the battlefield. #Ukraine #Russia #drones
www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...
How Ukrainian drones are slowing Russia’s advance in the east
Despite Ukraine being outgunned and out-resourced by a far larger enemy, the increasing dependence on drones by both sides has largely leveled the battlefield. As Russian forces press forward, Ukraine...
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 2d
Agreement by the two warring parties in Gaza after months of tense negotiations and near-deals brought widespread relief, raising hopes that a war that was sparked by Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack will finally be brought to a close. #gaza #hamas #israel #trump www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle...
Gaza breakthrough: Israel and Hamas approve first phase of Trump plan
Agreement by the two warring parties in Gaza after months of tense negotiations and near-deals brought widespread relief, raising hopes that a war that was sparked by Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attac...
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 2d
A new U.S. approach uses the military to strike small boats presumed to be carrying drugs. Yet one country is busting up cocaine rings by relying on legal enforcement and the integrity of its investigators and prosecutors. #drugs #cocaine #trafficing
www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/t...
The best check on cocaine trafficking
A new U.S. approach uses the military to strike small boats presumed to be carrying drugs. Yet one country is busting up cocaine rings by relying on legal enforcement and the integrity of its investig...
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 2d
The Trump administration is using public funds for private investments, saying it bolsters U.S. security and access to key resources. Critics see a risk to the economy’s free-market foundations. #Trump #investment www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Bucking tradition, Trump pushes the US as an investor in for-profit companies
The Trump administration is using public funds for private investments, saying it bolsters U.S. security and access to key resources. Critics see a risk to the economy’s free-market foundations.
www.csmonitor.com
1 1
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 2d
The president has been openly campaigning for the prize, which will be announced this Friday, since his first term. Recent signs of progress in Ukraine and especially Gaza could give him a legitimate claim. #trump #Nobel #Gaza www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Trump really wants a Nobel Peace Prize. His prospects may be rising.
The president has been openly campaigning for the prize, which will be announced this Friday, since his first term. Recent signs of progress in Ukraine and especially Gaza could give him a legitimate ...
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 3d
Thomas House fulfills a pressing need for human connection as South Korean society ages and increasingly faces an isolation crisis. #SouthKorea #Seniors #hunger www.csmonitor.com/World/Making...
A Seoul soup kitchen serves up kimchi – and community – to combat loneliness
Thomas House fulfills a pressing need for human connection as South Korean society ages and increasingly faces an isolation crisis.
www.csmonitor.com
1
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 3d
Negotiating the obstacles to President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza could take time. But with so much riding on a deal, not least a chance at elusive Mideast peace and perhaps a Nobel, he’s likely to show patience. #Gaza #Trump #PeacePrize www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-...
Eye on the (peace) prize: Why Trump might show more patience with Gaza diplomacy
Negotiating the obstacles to President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza could take time. But with so much riding on a deal, not least a chance at elusive Mideast peace and perhaps a Nobel, he’s like...
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 3d
In Gaza, which experienced tremendous loss from the war, and in the West Bank, facing settler violence, distrust of Israel and the U.S. runs deep. Many Palestinians say the Trump plan will not bring peace. #Gaza #Israel #Hamas #Palestinians www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle...
Distrustful of US and Israel, Palestinians are cool to Trump’s Gaza plan
In Gaza, which experienced tremendous loss from the war, and in the West Bank, facing settler violence and military restrictions, distrust of Israel and the U.S. runs deep. Many Palestinians say the T...
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 3d
In its new term, the Supreme Court will hear several cases on LGBTQ+ rights, including transgender athletes and conversion therapy for minors. #SupremeCourt #LGBTQ #transgender www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/...
In first big case of the term, Supreme Court tackles free speech and LGBTQ rights
In its new term, the Supreme Court will hear several cases on LGBTQ+ rights, including on transgender athletes and conversion therapy for minors.
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 3d
At the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Portland, Oregon, the Monitor finds security and free speech concerns from law enforcement and protesters. #Portland #Trump #immigration #troops www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Portland’s ICE office is already federally protected. So why is the National Guard needed?
At the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Portland, Oregon, the Monitor finds security and free speech concerns from law enforcement and protesters.
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 4d
Africans are rapidly taking up solar power, a grassroots transformation led by individuals and businesses, rather than governments or power companies. #Nigeria #oil #solar www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
Nigeria is Africa’s biggest oil producer. Its citizens eye a different future.
Africans are rapidly taking up solar power, a grassroots transformation led by individuals and businesses, rather than governments or power companies.
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 4d
Some might think that the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen is all in the past. But there is a generation of students at famed HBCU Tuskegee University who are poised to rise to the standard of their predecessors. #Tuskegee #Airmen #Black www.csmonitor.com/USA/Educatio...
The Tuskegee Airmen were legendary. This year, the program takes off again.
Some might think that the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen is all in the past. But there is a generation of students at famed HBCU Tuskegee University who are poised to rise to the standard of their pred...
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 4d
As President Trump pushes to deploy the National Guard in Democratic cities, a court battle is escalating over the use of troops to support a crackdown on illegal immigration. #NationalGuard #courts #immigration www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Trump ramps up pressure on judges as he deploys more troops in US
As President Donald Trump pushes to deploy the National Guard in Democratic cities, a battle is escalating over the use of troops to support a crackdown on illegal immigration – testing the balance of...
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 4d
Republicans say Democrats won’t agree to a budget until they get health care for unauthorized immigrants. Here are facts related to the claim. #immigration #HealthCare #Trump www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
GOP hits Democrats over health care, unauthorized immigrants. What’s behind the claim?
Republicans say Democrats won’t agree to a budget until they get health care for unauthorized immigrants. Here are facts related to the claim.
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 5d
In an era in which devices and social media can increasingly pull us apart, one family discovers connection and togetherness in books. #reading #family #books www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...
When the storms of daily life loom, my family finds refuge in reading
In an era in which devices and social media can increasingly pull us apart, one family discovers connection and togetherness in books.
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 5d
For centuries, women in northern Nigeria have worn a smoky fragrance called gabgab. But now the Boko Haram insurgency has put its future at risk. #BokoHaram #Nigeria #Africa www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
In Boko Haram’s shadow, a Nigerian perfume-making tradition lives on
For centuries, women in northern Nigeria have worn a smoky fragrance called gabgab. But now the Boko Haram insurgency has put its future at risk.
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 5d
Young people from Peru to Indonesia are using social media to organize Gen Z protests that have toppled two governments. How far will the wave spread? #Nepal #Madagascar #Morocco www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
First Nepal, then Madagascar, now Morocco. Gen Z puts pressure on governments.
Young people from Peru to Indonesia are using social media to organize Gen Z protests that have toppled two governments. How far will the wave spread?
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 5d
Isolated abroad and under pressure at home, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had no other option but to comply when his chief patron, U.S. President Donald Trump, hailed Hamas’ response to his 20-point peace plan for Gaza. #gaza #hamas #israel #Trump www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle...
Why Netanyahu had to say ‘yes’ to Trump’s ceasefire plan for Gaza
Isolated abroad and under constant pressure at home, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had no other option but to comply when his chief patron, U.S. President Donald Trump, hailed Hamas’ respo...
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 5d
Federal workers say the uncertainty in a shutdown is always stressful. But this one already feels harder, coming after months of interagency upheaval and layoffs. And many are wondering what will happen when it ends. #shutdown #FederalWorkers #Republicans #trump www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
For federal workers, a year of turmoil and uncertainty just got worse
Federal workers say the uncertainty in a shutdown is always stressful. But this one already feels harder, coming after months of interagency upheaval and layoffs. And many are wondering what will happ...
www.csmonitor.com
gfitzboston.bsky.social
Greg Fitzgerald @gfitzboston.bsky.social · 5d
With the world remembering Jane Goodall, here’s how one child sees her legacy: “She realized something true that nobody else recognized.” #JaneGoodall #Goodall #monkeys www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...
How Jane Goodall inspired my daughter: It started with chickens.
With the world remembering Jane Goodall, here’s how one child sees her legacy: “She realized something true that nobody else recognized.”
www.csmonitor.com