Adam Willis

Adam Willis is a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C. His work has appeared in the Boston Globe, Politico, The Outline, and Slate.

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A Different Kind of Heaven

The late singer-songwriter John Prine imagined paradise as a place like Earth, only more abundant, and more welcoming for sinners.

By Adam Willis

April 14, 2020

Death and Dying

Music

Spirituality

Feature

‘Who Is This Stupid God?’

On the ground reporting from the Philippines, where President Rodrigo Duterte’s attacks on the Catholic Church have called forth a renewed sense of solidarity.

By Adam Willis

February 8, 2019

Must Reads

Politics

Reckoning with Guantánamo

The continued existence of Guantánamo Bay is unconscionable. So is the fact that it was ever opened in the first place.

By The Editors

September 28, 2021

Religion

‘Always Together’

An excerpt from ‘Siblings All, Sign of the Times: The Social Teaching of Pope Francis’

By Pope Francis

September 28, 2021

Culture

In Awe of All People

The late John August Swanson’s ‘Procession’ reminds us that we all walk together, sharing our suffering and our happiness.

By Claudia Avila Cosnahan

September 30, 2021

Books

‘Sops to Humanity’

Samuel Moyn’s new book demonstrates how a focus on war crimes has distracted us from the evil of war itself.

By Phil Klay

October 4, 2021

Collections

Confronting Climate Change

Writing from Commonweal on the effects of climate change and our responsibility to care for our common home.

By The Editors

September 20, 2021