Article No Ordinary Lie The calculated Big Lie campaign that led up to the Capitol insurrection was not protected free speech. It was a high crime.By Peter SteinfelsFebruary 6, 2021 Donald Trump Election 2020
Article Common Loves What is it that our country should love?By Kevin HughesJanuary 30, 2021 Joe Biden Election 2020
Article Illusions of Empire The United States is one of many American nations, and not so different from the rest of them as we once imagined.By Santiago RamosJanuary 29, 2021 Latin America Election 2020
Article The Mourning After The vandal president is gone. But the assault on truth has been grievous.By Rand Richards CooperJanuary 21, 2021 Donald Trump Election 2020
Article Liberty and Justice for All “Without a dedication to the truth of the equal sacred dignity and worth of every human being, life together is endangered, compromised, even impossible.” By Fr. Bryan MassingaleJanuary 20, 2021 Election 2020 Joe Biden Domestic Affairs Donald Trump
Article An Infection in the Blood The violent hate that Donald Trump inspired will not simply disappear when he leaves office.By Jay NeugeborenJanuary 19, 2021 Donald Trump Election 2020
PoliticsIs ‘Bronze Age Pervert’ Born to Rule? It’s hard to understand how anyone can think of Bronze Age Pervert as a role model, but an alarming number of young would-be fascists apparently do.By Matt McManusNovember 19, 2023
ReligionSold by the Jesuits Rachel L. Swarns's book dives into the history and legacy of the 272 slaves sold by the Jesuits at Georgetown University.By Marcia ChatelainNovember 15, 2023
CultureHave We Become Gods? Tara Isabella Burton’s new book asks: How has self-creation in pursuit of profit become our social ideal?By Brad EastNovember 15, 2023
BooksPreserving Hope for Humanity One fear ties together techno-utopian fantasies and anti-birth environmentalism: the messy, imperfect reality of our human bodies.By Gilbert MeilaenderNovember 1, 2023
CollectionsThe Israel-Palestine Conflict A collection of Commonweal's writings on the Israel-Palestine conflict since 2009By The EditorsNovember 14, 2023