Article Exquisite & Thwarted Wong Kar-wai’s films explore obsession, suppressed desire, and the unsettling undercurrents running beneath composed surfaces.By Robert RubsamJune 28, 2021 Movies Asia Arts
Article A Hybrid Voice For the novelist Xiaolu Guo, telling stories in English is an ongoing project to capture a life lived across China, Europe, and the United States.By Melody S. GeeApril 18, 2021 Fiction Asia
Article Condemning Myanmar’s Coup Despite violent military retaliation, citizens in Myanmar continue to protest, demanding a return to democracy.By Isabella SimonMarch 20, 2021 Foreign Affairs Asia
Article Can a Lawsuit Stop a Genocide? A historic judgment by the World Court could prevent future acts of violence against the Rohingya.By Paul C. SaundersOctober 13, 2020 Foreign Affairs Asia Politics
Article Making an American Jia Lynn Yang tells the story of a forty-year fight over immigration in the twentieth century, asking: What makes an American and who gets to decide?By Melody S. GeeSeptember 7, 2020 Immigration Asia Books
Article Hong Kong & the Coronavirus Facing the challenges and dangers posed by the pandemic, one cannot simply rely on or blame those in authority. Good government now matters more than ever.By King-Ho LeungApril 14, 2020 Coronavirus Foreign Affairs Asia Web Exclusive
PoliticsGetting Used to It There are things one shouldn’t get over too quickly, and things one should never get used to. By The EditorsMay 25, 2022
ReligionWhen Timing Is Paramount If Roe is overturned, the USCCB must be ready to emphasize a culture of life that protects and empowers vulnerable women.By Peter SteinfelsMay 9, 2022
Culture‘Still Beloved’ In 1973, Reginald Adams was killed in one of many attacks on gay people in the United States. Now, a new grave commemorates his life and death.By Robert FieselerJune 10, 2022
BooksThe Pope of Russell Square T. S. Eliot understood that we are mostly made of the past, and that to nullify it in the name of progress is to annihilate much that is precious.By Terry EagletonJune 6, 2022
CollectionsFaith & the LGBTQ Community Commonweal writers explore the intersection of faith, politics, aesthetics, and the LGBTQ community.By The EditorsJune 21, 2022
