Article False Choices Defending Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb misrepresents both history and moral decision-making. By John Schwenkler & Mark SouvaOctober 14, 2020 Japan War and Peace Foreign Affairs
Article Saved by the Bomb? The complexity of the decision to drop the atom bomb forces us to grapple with our principles and priorities.By Paul BaumannOctober 8, 2020 War and Peace Foreign Affairs Japan
Article The God of Silence Stark, spare and harrowing, Shusaku's 'Silence' challenges our understanding of martyrdom and probes the mystery of the Incarnation. By William CavanaughMarch 27, 2019 From the Archives Japan Books
Article Japan and Christianity The spread of Christianity in 1930's Japan meets with strong resistance, both political and cultural. By J. AufhauserMarch 1, 1933 Japan
PoliticsWill a Plebiscite Bring Reform in Chile? Mass demonstrators want to re-legitimize, reconstruct, and reconfigure Chile’s political foundation. But first, Chile must get past the pandemic.By Santiago RamosSeptember 1, 2020
ReligionPope Francis’s Call to Fraternity At the core of ‘Fratelli tutti’ is Francis’s conviction that the world is fast losing its sense of the oneness of the human family. By Austen IvereighOctober 4, 2020
CultureDrinking Alone Moving to a Rust Belt town taught me that real solidarity is harder than it looks.By Jonathan MalesicJuly 13, 2020
BooksD. H. Lawrence, Arch-Heretic Nature is central to this collection of D. H. Lawrence’s nonfiction, from New Mexican deserts to flowering Tuscan hills. By George ScialabbaOctober 10, 2020
CollectionsThe 2020 Presidential Election Amid the confusion created by the pandemic, one thing is clear: the 2020 election will be unlike any other. Here’s some of Commonweal’s best writing on the subject.By The EditorsSeptember 11, 2020
