Article Gordard’s Sly Subversion ‘Contempt’ is Godard’s greatest attempt to bring order to the world of cinema, to tame its commercial side and create a beautiful film.By Santiago RamosSeptember 23, 2023 Movies Arts Culture
Article 'This Is Our Opera' A conversation with Jake Heggie, the composer who adapted the story of Sr. Helen Prejean's work against capital punishment as an opera.By Griffin OleynickSeptember 22, 2023 Arts Music Interview
Feature Memory and Movement The Buglisi Dance Theatre’s annual show is an embodied liturgy in remembrance of 9/11.By Cecilia WhalenSeptember 11, 2023 Arts Music
Feature Diversity Done Right Exhibits celebrating Juan de Pareja and modern Latino artists devote necessary attention to topics that have been willfully marginalized or ignored.By Alejandro AnreusAugust 14, 2023 Arts Latin America
Feature Angel of Mystery Why is there a picture of Martin Luther underneath the irreligious Paul Klee’s ‘Angelus Novus’?By Max PenskyJuly 7, 2023 art Arts History Culture Books
Feature Faces of Courage in Iran Five hundred Iranian protesters have suffered serious eye injuries after police fired on them with birdshot. Here are eight faces of courage.By AnonymousApril 6, 2023 Foreign Affairs International Middle East Arts
PoliticsChild Labor Isn’t in the Past We can’t afford to play dumb as labor protections fail and disappear. Treating children like cheap labor costs too much.By Mollie Wilson O’ReillyAugust 6, 2023
ReligionOpus Dei’s Ordinary Secularity In a new history of Opus Dei, two senior members celebrate the group’s embrace of ordinary life.By Daniele PalmerAugust 4, 2023
CultureBarbie the Existentialist Stereotypical Barbie is everything, which is another way of saying that she is nothing.By Santiago RamosAugust 25, 2023
BooksIs Ethics Like Math? A new biography of philosopher Derek Parfit explains the eccentric philosopher's quest to find a legitimate secular moral theory. By Frank B. FarrellAugust 17, 2023
CollectionsPope Francis at Ten Years A wide-ranging collection of Commonweal’s coverage of the remarkable pontificate of Pope Francis.By The EditorsMarch 12, 2023