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

Piety, Populism, and ‘Patriots’

Far-right websites catering to Catholics promote Christian nationalism under the guise of journalism.

By Paul Moses

January 8, 2021

Religion

Warnock’s Way

Rev. Raphael Warnock’s victory shows how a new moral majority—multiracial and interfaith—can begin to reclaim faith from the grip of reactionary white Christians.

By John Gehring

January 11, 2021

Culture

COVID Fatigue

“We do what we are supposed to do, walk the stage, say our lines. But the reality is that, even if we hit our marks, many of our patients will not survive.”

By Ebtesam Attaya Islam

January 14, 2021

Books

Apocalypse Now

A collection of essays by Elisa Gabbert explores how we respond collectively and individually to tragedy.

By Katherine Lucky

January 10, 2021

Books

‘Nameless Greatness’

Novelist Louise Erdrich’s latest book explores her Catholic and Ojibwe roots as it probes a painful period in recent Native American history.

By Anthony Domestico

August 7, 2020

Collections

Fratelli Tutti

A collection of Commonweal’s writing about ‘Fratelli tutti,’ Pope Francis’s most recent papal encyclical, including the symposium from the December 2020 issue.

By The Editors

November 17, 2020