Feature The Other Afghanistan American attention on Afghanistan often neglects the material needs of ordinary Afghans, especially food security, which is now being threatened by climate change.By Solmaz DaryaniOctober 2, 2021 Middle East Climate Change Arts
Article The Forever War Continues The United States’s military interest in the Persian Gulf reflects an outdated status quo of oil dependence. By Andrew J. BacevichSeptember 20, 2021 Foreign Affairs War and Peace Middle East
Article An Unwinnable War Biden is right to pull us out of Afghanistan. But he’s wrong to absolve us of blame in the country’s ongoing struggle.By The EditorsAugust 19, 2021 Middle East War and Peace Foreign Affairs Joe Biden
Article Your Lebanon & Mine In Lebanon, hyperinflation, an influx of refugees, and complete political collapse have created a dangerous crisis.By Joseph AmarAugust 10, 2021 Middle East War and Peace Foreign Affairs
Article Iconoclasm 2.0 ISIS’s 2015 destruction of Iraqi sculptures raises broader questions about the fraught relationship between politics, religion, and technology.By Mahri Leonard-FleckmanJuly 11, 2021 Middle East Foreign Affairs Nonfiction
Article No More Blank Checks The House is repealing the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force. But other AUMFs remain in place, and those, too, must go.By Regina MunchJuly 8, 2021 War and Peace Joe Biden Middle East
PoliticsGetting Used to It There are things one shouldn’t get over too quickly, and things one should never get used to. By The EditorsMay 25, 2022
ReligionWhen Timing Is Paramount If Roe is overturned, the USCCB must be ready to emphasize a culture of life that protects and empowers vulnerable women.By Peter SteinfelsMay 9, 2022
Culture‘Still Beloved’ In 1973, Reginald Adams was killed in one of many attacks on gay people in the United States. Now, a new grave commemorates his life and death.By Robert FieselerJune 10, 2022
BooksThe Pope of Russell Square T. S. Eliot understood that we are mostly made of the past, and that to nullify it in the name of progress is to annihilate much that is precious.By Terry EagletonJune 6, 2022
CollectionsFaith & the LGBTQ Community Commonweal writers explore the intersection of faith, politics, aesthetics, and the LGBTQ community.By The EditorsJune 21, 2022
