Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The final episode in our Back to School series focuses on two contemporary books that tell stories about gun violence. First, Jason Reynolds’ 2017 novel in verse Long Way Down centers on a moment of ...

Santa Monica Public Library’s annual community reading program, Santa Monica Reads, continues for the seventeenth year in 2019. Popular with local residents and visitors, the program invites everyone ...

MANCHESTER, MI – Some Manchester parents have raised concerns over the planned use of the sometimes controversial young adult novel “The Hate U Give” in an eighth-grade class next spring because of ...