Feature When the Models Stare Back Portraits by Matisse and Modigliani eventually gesture to more than objectification of their subjects.By Griffin OleynickJanuary 17, 2023 art Gender
Article Father Church and the Motherhood of God From the archives: A dispatch from Doris Grumbach on a 1970 conference about women’s liberation in the Church.By Doris GrumbachJanuary 7, 2023 From the Archives Gender Women in the Church
Care, Commodified On this episode, Elizabeth Cummins Muñoz sheds light on the women laborers who cross the border to perform care work for American families. Gender Immigration
Article ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Iranians protesting after the death of Mahsa Amini continue taking to the streets, despite institutional challenges and violent crackdowns.By Isabella SimonOctober 19, 2022 Middle East Gender
Feature The Art of Activism For Yolanda López, human dignity, even sanctity, lay primarily among those living at the margins of American culture.By Nicole-Ann LoboSeptember 29, 2022 Arts Race Sexuality Gender
Article The Paradox of Public Scholarship Public-facing scholarship has become a given for many academics—but at what cost?By Susan Bigelow ReynoldsSeptember 6, 2022 Higher Education Race Gender
PoliticsJust Call It Fascism The thinly veiled fascism of Russian “philosopher” Alexander Dugin has attracted right-wing attention and admiration. By Matt McManusNovember 27, 2022
ReligionCall It ‘Exculturation’ We're seeing an unbinding of the deep affinity between representations of culture and Catholic culture. How did Catholicism come to be seen as the enemy?By Massimo FaggioliDecember 19, 2022
CultureToo Casual? Christine Emba calls for a new sexual ethic, a rethinking of sex down to its roots. But her effort to develop an alternative ultimately disappoints.By Daniel WaldenDecember 4, 2022
BooksTwo Sides of Dignity By letting civility happen, we take better care not only of others and of the world itself, but of ourselves.By Costică BrădăţanNovember 2, 2022
CollectionsThe Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI A collection of Commonweal’s writings on the life and legacy of Pope Benedict XVI.By The EditorsJanuary 1, 2023