Renaissance Man On this episode, writer Clifford Thompson speaks about his love of art, music, literature, and film. And Kaya Oakes remembers the late Doris Grumbach. Arts Music
Article Saturday Soul Rhythm Revue—a fixture of Newark public radio for nearly forty years—faithfully celebrates the sounds of classic R&B.By Dominic PreziosiMarch 10, 2023 Music The Last Word Culture
Article The Life of a Song Glen Campbell possessed not only a prodigious musical talent, but an ability to connect regional American music to the mainstream.By Rand Richards CooperJanuary 27, 2023 Music History
Article By and By, Lord A new book celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken,’ a groundbreaking crossover album that revealed marvelous sonic vistas.By Steve FuttermanOctober 3, 2022 Music Culture Arts
Feature Counter-Spells The intersection of the sacred and the profane in hip-hop reminds us of our common humanity.By Alejandro NavaMay 10, 2022 Arts Theology Music Culture
Article Do You Hear What I Hear? Christmas music is everywhere. But I can’t say that it’ll bring us together, or return us to an imaginary Christian past.By Katherine LuckyDecember 24, 2021 Music Spirituality
PoliticsChild Labor Isn’t in the Past We can’t afford to play dumb as labor protections fail and disappear. Treating children like cheap labor costs too much.By Mollie Wilson O’ReillyAugust 6, 2023
ReligionOpus Dei’s Ordinary Secularity In a new history of Opus Dei, two senior members celebrate the group’s embrace of ordinary life.By Daniele PalmerAugust 4, 2023
CultureBarbie the Existentialist Stereotypical Barbie is everything, which is another way of saying that she is nothing.By Santiago RamosAugust 25, 2023
BooksIs Ethics Like Math? A new biography of philosopher Derek Parfit explains the eccentric philosopher's quest to find a legitimate secular moral theory. By Frank B. FarrellAugust 17, 2023
CollectionsPope Francis at Ten Years A wide-ranging collection of Commonweal’s coverage of the remarkable pontificate of Pope Francis.By The EditorsMarch 12, 2023
