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Laborers like the hunger-striking taxi drivers should be our central concern, rather than municipalities, corporations, and banks.

Elizabeth Hardwick believed style and morality were inextricably linked.

David Graeber and David Wengrow explore how our ideas about prehistory are rooted more in modern speculation than in the ancient evidence.

Afghanistan faces a famine that puts 23 million people at risk of starvation. But the United States refuses to offer aid.

Archbishop José Gomez’s statement reflects a reactionary vision, one based in fear rather than love.

Timothy P. Jackson considers the Shoah not just as a moral or political event, but as a theological one.

What is the role of the Sant’Egidio community in New York City?

From the very first issue of The Commonweal, the editors offer a brief introduction to the vision for this journal.

The Dominican Sisters of Peace spend their lives constantly on the move, changing places and customs to meet the emerging needs of the people of God.

China’s Communist Party has succeeded in large part because of its adaptability. But under Xi Jinping, party structures are changing.

Throughout Leonard Cohen’s life, he sought a commitment to others that echoed, however imperfectly, Jesus’s love.

The Knights of Peter Claver gives Black Catholics the opportunity to serve God, the Church, and their communities.