October 2026

The 2026 Commonweal Benefit Dinner was a gift.

Michael Behrent discusses the role of Catholicism in Foucault’s youth and the connection between his religious background and later work.

Ann Firth offers an invocation at the 2026 Commonweal Benefit Dinner.

The most surprising insurgent this election cycle is in Donald Trump’s adopted home state. Can Angie Nixon show Democrats a new way to compete in Florida?

In the United States, our highest-profile leaders relish killing condemned prisoners. Only a truly unhealthy society could permit such brutality.

Standouts at this year's New York Film Festival included Werner Herzog's depiction of an uncanny pair of Irish sisters and Arie and Chuko Esiri's adaptation of 'Mrs. Dalloway.'

'PRIMETIME' depicts Chris Hansen's pathological bid to turn the hunt for pedophiles into television entertainment.

Some bishops are speaking out about mass detention and deportation. But will they act again as a group at their November meeting?

Internet pioneer Vint G. Cerf warns that we are at risk of entering a digital Dark Age.