Editorial

Article

Lethally Stupid

Pete Hegseth won’t be around forever—but unless change comes soon, we’ll be paying for his mistakes for years to come.

By The Editors

August 27, 2026

Editorial

Politics

Donald Trump

Article

… the world—nowhere more so than in Ukraine. Cheap drone fleets and effective strategies … the enemy and damage its infrastructure cheaply, at a distance, and with minimal or no … and opposing paramilitary forces are sourcing cheap Chinese-made drones that have made …

By The Editors

June 25, 2026

International

Politics

Editorial

Article

A Presidential Smash and Grab

Trump is not only the most corrupt president in American history—he is more corrupt than all other corrupt presidents by orders of magnitude.

By The Editors

May 21, 2026

Editorial

Donald Trump

Politics

Article

Budgeting for War

Trump's 2027 budget proposal is a scandalous document, evincing a total disregard for anyone who isn’t rich.

By The Editors

April 21, 2026

Editorial

War and Peace

Donald Trump

Article

A War of Whim

Trump has made the world less stable, alienated our allies, and further degraded the moral standing of the United States.

By The Editors

March 19, 2026

Article

The Networker

The man may be dead, but the ethos of the Epstein network is ascendant in American public life.

By The Editors

February 19, 2026

Editorial

Donald Trump

Politics

Article

State of Siege

Five years after whipping up a loose army of supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol, Trump has deployed a well-funded paramilitary force to execute his authoritarian agenda.

By The Editors

January 25, 2026

Article

Trump’s Pyrrhic Victory

Trump has made clear his intention to turn the United States into a reflection of himself: a rogue nation with the methods and morals of a mob boss.

By The Editors

January 6, 2026

Politics

Latin America

Editorial

Article

Smothering the Press

Trump feels entitled not only to his own “facts” but to a docile press corps that will repeat them uncritically.

By The Editors

December 18, 2025

Article

A Bully Abroad

Trump's approach to Latin America is characterized by lies, the use of extortive and illegal force, corrupt influences, and know-nothing leadership.

By The Editors

November 20, 2025

Editorial

Latin America

Donald Trump

Article

An Urgent Exhortation

'Dilexi te' is a forceful call to confront injustices of poverty and inequality—a strong dose of moral clarity at a moment of wanton greed.

By The Editors

October 23, 2025

Article

Robed Collaborators

The Roberts court isn’t just cooperating with an authoritarian regime—it is adopting authoritarian tactics of its own.

By The Editors

September 22, 2025

Supreme Court

Donald Trump

Editorial

Article

The Politics of Distraction

The Trump regime rests not on any coherent ideology or strategy, but on the diminished charisma of an unpopular and incompetent tyrant.

By The Editors

August 22, 2025

Politics

Donald Trump

Editorial

Article

Hold the Peace Prize

Trump and Netanyahu's "Twelve Day War" may end up precipitating the very outcome it was supposed to prevent: a nuclear Iran.

By The Editors

June 26, 2025

Article

A Leo for These Times

As Leo XIV's papacy begins, conservative and progressive Catholics alike are bound to experience vindication—and disappointment.

By The Editors

May 14, 2025

Editorial

Pope Leo XIV

Article

Trump’s Offshore Gulag

We are collectively failing to notice what is happening in plain view: a full-scale authoritarian takeover of the federal government.

By The Editors

April 17, 2025

Article

Crisis Mismanagement

Antisemitism—which is rife in the Trump administration itself—is now being used as a pretext for an authoritarian assault on universities.

By The Editors

March 23, 2025

Article

Unchecked and Unbalanced

It has taken Donald Trump and Elon Musk less than a month to lead the country into chaos and crisis.

By The Editors

February 19, 2025

Article

‘Their’ War

Regardless of the Trump administration’s work on the ceasefire deal, it does not appear as if it will act with greater concern for Palestinian lives than the previous one.

By The Editors

January 26, 2025

Politics

Middle East

Editorial

Article

A Sick System

Americans are suffering too much, dying too soon, and going broke in order to prop up a completely unnecessary but very profitable industry.

By The Editors

December 19, 2024

Editorial

Health Care

Economy

Article

Not Going Back

The 2024 election has shown definitively that what ails us as a country is a chronic condition, not a passing distemper.

By The Editors

November 21, 2024

Article

‘Commonweal’ at 100

What does 'Commonweal' offer in this perilous religious and political moment?

By The Editors

October 27, 2024

Commonweal Centennial

Editorial

History

Article

Trump Is Dangerous as Ever

What matters more than anything is that Americans disappoint the GOP, which always hopes for a low turnout, and show up to the polls in record numbers.

By The Editors

September 23, 2024

Article

Harris & Gaza

"No more standing ovations for war criminals. No more empty warnings behind closed doors. And no more weapons for the collective punishment of an entire people."

By The Editors

August 20, 2024

Article

Biden's Choice

With his wise if overdue decision to withdraw from the race, Biden has spared himself and his party an almost certain defeat.

By The Editors

July 22, 2024

Article

The Politics of Prices

What's behind inflation? The evidence suggests supply-chain shocks and corporate profiteering are primarily to blame.

By The Editors

June 27, 2024

Article

Silencing the Press

Public figures should expect journalistic scrutiny, precisely because they are public figures. This includes those who bring their faith into the public square.

By The Editors

May 27, 2024

Article

Dignity and Gender

The Vatican’s failure to carefully distinguish between “gender theory” and the varied experiences of actual transgender people risks further alienating those that already feel rejected by the Church.

By The Editors

April 18, 2024

Article

No More Military Aid to Israel

Nothing less than an end to U.S. military aid will get the attention of Netanyahu.

By The Editors

March 21, 2024

Article

Betraying Ukraine

The Biden administration has failed to articulate its overall objectives in Ukraine.

By The Editors

February 23, 2024

Article

No End in Sight

What’s become clear since the Hamas attacks on October 7 is that security in the Middle East cannot be enforced with missiles or ceaseless bombing.

By The Editors

January 22, 2024

War and Peace

Foreign Affairs

Editorial

Article

Will the Democrats Capitulate?

In the impasse over Biden’s emergency-spending bill, it’s Ukraine that the GOP is holding hostage.

By The Editors

December 22, 2023

Article

Advent in a Time of War

One central problem for Christians now is how to reconcile two of the beatitudes in our lives as citizens—how to be peacemakers while also thirsting for justice.

By The Editors

December 4, 2023

Article

Searching for ‘Moral Clarity’ in Gaza

U.S. policy with respect to Israel has long lacked “moral clarity” and is due for reexamination.

By The Editors

October 26, 2023

Article

Patients Over Profits

Reining in the pharmaceutical industry is an important step toward making health care more affordable for everyone.

By The Editors

September 24, 2023

Article

The GOP Cowardice Caucus

Republican members of Congress remain loyal to Trump because they’re afraid of his supporters.

By The Editors

August 24, 2023

Article

The Court Protects Privilege

Aggressive legislation is needed to turn education into the public good it should be, instead of the hoarded commodity it now is.

By The Editors

July 17, 2023

Article

Hitting Pause on Artificial Intelligence

In the face of advanced AI, we must find an alternative to the blind enthusiasm and lazy fatalism that usually characterizes American discussions about technology.

By The Editors

May 29, 2023

Article

Fox’s Factual Malice

Saving American democracy will require much more from us than cheering on a lawsuit, or jeering as another Fox host gets his comeuppance.

By The Editors

April 26, 2023

Article

Another Bank Crisis, Another Bailout

As long as liberal leaders remain unwilling to address a corrupt economic model that privatizes profits while socializing risks, they invite authoritarian fantasies.

By The Editors

March 27, 2023

Economy

Politics

Editorial

Article

Israeli Democracy on the Brink

Israel is now well on its way to becoming a right-wing ethnocracy.

By The Editors

February 27, 2023

Article

The GOP Debt Standoff

The GOP remains a party designed to convert the cultural grievances of white working-class voters into low taxes for the wealthy and austerity for the poor.

By The Editors

January 29, 2023

Article

Three Years In

With every compromise and half-measure, we put ourselves at greater risk, not just for this lingering pandemic, but for the next.

By The Editors

December 31, 2022

Article

‘Too Big to Compete With’

Corporate executives are artificially hiking prices and bringing in windfall profits. It’s time to break up the consolidated economic power of our “new gilded age.”

By The Editors

November 24, 2022