Article An Epic Embarrassment It was always going to be difficult for an incumbent vice president to convincingly present herself as an agent of change at a moment when change is exactly what people were demanding. By Matt Mazewski November 25, 2024 Donald Trump Election 2024 Kamala Harris
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Article Not Going Back The 2024 election has shown definitively that what ails us as a country is a chronic condition, not a passing distemper. By The Editors November 21, 2024 Editorial Donald Trump Kamala Harris Politics
Article Accreting Opinions Wilfrid Sheed's recently reissued novel documents life at a sneakily familiar opinion magazine. By Anthony Domestico November 21, 2024 Commonweal Centennial Books Fiction
Article Commonweal in Louisville for the Festival of Faiths The conference brought together conversations around art, justice, spirituality, and religion. By The Editors November 20, 2024 News
Article Another Catholic in the White House What might J. D. Vance’s ascendancy to the vice presidency tell us about American Catholicism? By Paul Baumann November 19, 2024 Politics Religion
Article Now You See Her Alejandra Oliva writes on the search for an elusive, "decreated" Simone Weil translator. By Alejandra Oliva November 18, 2024 Commonweal Centennial Philosophy Women
Article Wives of the Saints Was it any wonder she had been chosen for this task? She was meant for the stage. By Alice McDermott November 18, 2024 Commonweal Centennial Fiction Women in the Church
Article Keeping at a Tangent The letters of Seamus Heaney reveal what his poems embody: a reverence for fathers and the spiritual guides who came before him. By William M. Chace November 15, 2024 Culture Books Poetry