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Reckoning with Guantánamo

The continued existence of Guantánamo Bay is unconscionable. So is the fact that it was ever opened in the first place.

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September 23, 2021

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Fractured Remembrance

Two memoirs explore the complicated relationships of daughters and their immigrant parents.

By Melody S. Gee

September 22, 2021

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The History Wars

A new book charts the debates over changes in American self-definition.

September 19, 2021

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Greener Pastures

Journalist Gracy Olmstead explains how small farms, and the communities they nurture, could help make life in America fairer and more meaningful.

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Hope & Hesitancy

Italy faces a political and religious turning point in the upcoming years. Where will the country go from here?

By Massimo Faggioli

September 17, 2021

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The Spirit in the Assembly

The upcoming synod on synodality could be transformative for the Church. But right now, it’s being largely ignored.

By Austen Ivereigh

September 16, 2021

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Looking the Other Way

Two important decisions this term highlight the power of the Supreme Court’s language to mask grave injustices.

By Fernando C. Saldivar

September 14, 2021

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Visionary Gradualist Pressure

To Michael Harrington, socialism was the idea of a society in which certain fundamental limitations of human existence are transcended.

By Gary Dorrien

September 8, 2021

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A Beautiful Day, A Horrible Event

From the archives: Faith in the Resurrection does not cancel out what happens on the cross; the cross is its beginning.

By John Garvey

September 11, 2021

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The Limits of ‘Traditionis Custodes’

Anti–Vatican II traditionalism won’t just disappear by papal fiat.

By Massimo Faggioli

September 2, 2021

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The Same Anew

The poet Donald Revell believes that seeing—true seeing, ecstatic seeing—is the poet’s real task.

By Anthony Domestico

September 2, 2021

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There Ought to Be a Law

The law is one thing, morality another. Conflating them flattens our public morality into a deadening binary.

By Matthew Boudway

May 24, 2021

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Learning What to Want

Not all aesthetic consumption is equal, and developing the ability to judge the art we encounter can help transform us.

By Nate Klug

September 8, 2021

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Confronting Climate Change

Writing from Commonweal on the effects of climate change and our responsibility to care for our common home.

By The Editors

September 20, 2021

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