Finding Resilience

Trials test our strength, test our resolve. But we are remarkably resilient. These are the stories of those facing enormous challenges and finding ways forward with grace and growth.

Finding resilience: Para rowers upend notions of ability
For these para rowers, individual effort, athletic prowess, and their teammates’ support propel them to success, despite their disabilities.

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US soldiers left Vietnam 50 years ago. How do these nations cooperate now?
As America marks the Vietnam War’s 50th anniversary, both nations continue to seek ways to partner beyond the legacy of a complicated conflict.
The Monitor's ViewWhy Europe doesn’t waste a crisis
Each challenge, such as American tariffs or U.S. skimping on security, has tested the mettle of the continent in mending its tensions and living up to its values.
‘We must hold on.’ Ukrainians steel themselves amid Russian barrage.
Last week’s deadly strikes on Kyiv show a shift in Russian strategy: to try to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses as U.S. materiel support ebbs.

Overcoming adversity: How the pandemic revealed resilience

When Veronica Quiroga and her fellow students at Fordham University set out to interview Bronx residents about surviving the pandemic, they expected tales of woe. Instead, they found people kept using one particular quality to describe their experiences: resilience. Despite one of the city’s darkest eras in recent memory, the light of community, family, and perseverance shone through in the voices of the Bronx COVID-19 Oral History Project.

Stronger: A PodcastWhat women lost to the pandemic – and how they're winning it back
Over six episodes, we bring you stories from women in Las Vegas, one of the hardest hit economies in the country. Their experiences capture the challenges women have faced as well as their courage, strength, and resilience.

Introducing: Stronger

Through job loss, burnout, and the pressures of caregiving, women are fighting to win back what they’ve lost to COVID-19. This podcast follows six women from Las Vegas, one of the hardest hit economies in the U.S. Their stories capture what the pandemic has cost – and what it truly takes to move forward. Hosted by Jessica Mendoza and Samantha Laine Perfas.

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