“Same as It Ever Was,” by Claire Lombardo, is a 500-page, multigenerational examination of the ties that bind. By Hamilton Cain Hamilton Cain is a book critic and the author of “This Boy’s Faith: ...

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben talks with Claire Lombardo about the loneliness of motherhood, the complexity of female friendships, and her new novel, "Same As It Ever Was." They say it takes a village to ...

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 ...

Women have never had to look far for condescending advice about why they should embrace the joys of child-rearing, but lately the guidance has sounded unusually suspect. In March, during a speech on ...

Canonical's flagship Linux distribution Ubuntu has had a refresh. On the surface, Ubuntu 24.04 feels like the same operating system (OS) that many of us have known and loved for many years. But when ...