Article Taking On Union-Busting Under Jennifer Abruzzo, the National Labor Relations Board is changing how labor law is enforced. By Matt Mazewski November 7, 2023 Labor Joe Biden Domestic Affairs
Article Synodality Works In the early decades of the twenty-first century, historians will say, the Church sought a new way of operating that would allow it to travel into a new era. By Austen Ivereigh November 7, 2023 Synodality Pope Francis Religion Bishops
Article ‘The Exorcist’ & Catholicism What explains the traditionalist Catholic infatuation with ‘The Exorcist’? By Paul Baumann November 4, 2023 Movies Religion Theology
Article The Pro-Life Movement: Less Popular Than Ever? The real problem for the pro-life movement is that it has been co-opted by Republican anti-abortion politics. By Bernard G. Prusak November 3, 2023 Abortion Politics Religion Bishops
Listen: From Bernalda to Bleecker St. Helene Stapinski reads her feature about Fr. Luigi Portarulo, a young Italian priest making his way in New York City. U.S. Catholicism Religious Life Vatican
Article Mixed Feelings In her remarkable new memoir, Danielle Chapman documents the “short-circuiting of her American nervous system.” By Kate Lucky November 1, 2023 Poetry Religion Culture Donald Trump
Article Preserving Hope for Humanity One fear ties together techno-utopian fantasies and anti-birth environmentalism: the messy, imperfect reality of our human bodies. By Gilbert Meilaender November 1, 2023 Philosophy Technology Theology
Article Poem | Pebble "The wind // sings stones with voices / from where there are none" By Brian Swann October 31, 2023 Poetry
Article A Note From the Synod Fathers… “And so, in the spirit of St. Augustine, we pray, ‘Come, Holy Spirit...but not yet.’” By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly October 31, 2023 Religion Synodality
Article Democracy in Poland? In Poland's recent election, one main issue was on the ballot: democracy. By Regina Munch October 31, 2023 Foreign Affairs Politics
Article Better Off Without Us? A Commonweal symposium on the rise of transhumanism and antihumanism. By The Editors October 31, 2023 Technology Science Philosophy Theology Climate Change
Article An Introduction to the Symposium Four views on Adam Kirsch's new book seek to answer: What, if anything, about humans is irreplaceable? By The Editors October 30, 2023 Philosophy Technology Artificial Intelligence Climate Change
Article Poem | Adam's Lament "We wanted all he knew, the whole garden, / but we hoped he would leave us alone." By Gary Stein October 30, 2023 Poetry
Article Two Poems by David Lehman "He still believes the gods of chance / and the muse of poetry are the same Aphrodite / who tempted King David" By David Lehman October 30, 2023 Poetry
Article Books in Brief This month, the editors are reading nonfiction about interreligious dialogue in politics and democracy and trust, and a novel by Susie Boyt. By The Editors October 30, 2023 Books in Brief Nonfiction Fiction