July 2022

Is it important to hire Catholic intellectuals at Catholic universities? What challenges stand in the way?

Political challenges and the worsening effects of climate change have contributed to a cycle of displacement, hunger, and violence in South Sudan.

The recent death of fifty-three migrants underscores the callousness with which this country treats immigrants at the Southern border.

We rush to consider the personhood of AI, but we neglect to extend the rights it should confer to the marginalized among us.

The Supreme Court’s recent decision limits the EPA’s ability to regulate emissions, furthering the conservative majority’s fundamentally deregulatory agenda.

At its best, America balances the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses, but the Supreme Court’s ruling in ‘Kennedy’ drastically upsets that balance.

The late Mark Shields was the first honoree of Commonweal’s Catholic in the Public Square award, and a stalwart supporter of the magazine.