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
Article The Faith of Amy Coney Barrett Barrett’s supporters will try to portray her as a victim; Democrats shouldn’t give them any excuses to do so.By Matthew SitmanSeptember 29, 2020 Domestic Affairs Donald Trump Supreme Court
Politics‘No Tenemos Miedo’ The protests in Cuba may provide an opportunity for Cuban citizens to empower themselves, if they are properly supported.By Alejandro AnreusJuly 28, 2021
ReligionA Living Catholic Tradition With his latest motu proprio, Pope Francis confirms the reformed liturgy as normative for the whole Church, reaffirming the Second Vatican Council.By Rita FerroneJuly 23, 2021
Culture‘When Black Was Born’ A new documentary explores the power of Black music at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969.By Clifford ThompsonAugust 1, 2021
BooksSeen and Not Seen Helen Oyeyemi’s latest novel, ‘Peaces,’ is a work of imaginative exuberance, at once absurd and moving.By Phil ChristmanJuly 25, 2021
CollectionsNational Poetry Month April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, we’re collecting poems and writings about poetry, with new additions by our literary critic every Friday.By The EditorsApril 7, 2021
CollectionsFiction in Commonweal To celebrate the publication our summer fiction issue, a new collection of short stories from our archives.By The EditorsJuly 30, 2019
