Article Looking the Other Way Two important decisions this term highlight the power of the Supreme Court’s language to mask grave injustices.By Fernando C. SaldivarSeptember 14, 2021 Supreme Court Pope Francis Foreign Affairs
Article Justice Breyer Needs to Retire Justice Breyer should retire while he can be sure that a Democratic Senate will consider whomever Biden nominates.By Matthew SitmanApril 28, 2021 Supreme Court Joe Biden Politics
Article A Wicked Impunity The Supreme Court must hold American corporations accountable for their actions in perpetrating human-rights abuses abroad.By Fernando C. SaldivarFebruary 19, 2021 Social Justice Supreme Court Foreign Affairs
Article Public Health v. Culture War Measures to restrict Mass attendance in a pandemic can be imperfect without being unconstitutional.By Matthew SitmanJanuary 4, 2021 Supreme Court Coronavirus U.S. Catholicism
Article Barrett vs. Scalia Amy Coney Barrett and Antonin Scalia differ on the crucial issues of judicial restraint and respect for precedent. Here’s why it matters.By Gregory BasshamOctober 13, 2020 Supreme Court Election 2020 Web Exclusive
Article A Different Kind of Originalist Amy Coney Barrett’s originalist interpretation of the constitution includes a dangerous disregard for legal precedent.By Gregory BasshamOctober 7, 2020 Supreme Court Domestic Affairs
PoliticsMake Them Pay The Pandora Papers should remind us to hold the wealthy accountable, at home and abroad.By The EditorsOctober 21, 2021
Religion‘The Problem Remains’ France’s report on clerical sexual abuse reveals a problem with institutional causes that must still be addressed.By Massimo FaggioliOctober 17, 2021
CultureFirst Contact What would we have to fear—or learn—from an encounter with extraterrestrials?By Santiago RamosOctober 16, 2021
BooksSilence & Contradiction The poetry of San Juan de la Cruz forgets the familiar, easy, and convenient, slipping into darkness and unknowing to find God.By Sharon MesmerOctober 13, 2021
CollectionsConfronting Climate Change Writing from Commonweal on the effects of climate change and our responsibility to care for our common home.By The EditorsSeptember 20, 2021
