Alexander Stern

Article

Are the Rich Special?

A recent spate of “eat-the-rich” shows and films—including the Oscar-nominated ‘Triangle of Sadness’—fail to offer any alternative to the ethos of the ultra-wealthy.

By Alexander Stern

March 10, 2023

Article

The Future of Antitrust

The Biden administration is serious about antitrust legislation. Will that be enough to create real change?

March 6, 2023

Article

Misery Amid Wealth

The long-running homelessness crisis in the United States has reached acute proportions. One cause clearly outpaces others: a lack of affordable housing.

January 15, 2023

Article

Trapped in the Aura

Noah Baumbach’s film adaptation of “White Noise” neutralizes the sweeping ideas and absurd plot of DeLillo’s novel.

January 3, 2023

Article

Escaping the Algorithms

The rise of AI will generate cultural content designed not to be original or even to say anything, but to produce, like a drug, the same experience, again and again.

December 29, 2022

Article

Railroaded

By signing a bill forcing a rejected contract on rail workers, Joe Biden flouts the principles of collective bargaining.

December 5, 2022

Must Reads

Politics

Engaging Confederate Nostalgia

For those of us who have a visceral objection to Confederate Memorial Day, how should we engage a worldview that embraces the mythology of the Lost Cause?

By Richard Brown

May 10, 2023

Religion

St. Philip Neri’s Eucharistic Joy

Philip Neri is just the kind of saint we need: a model of lightness of spirit, divine laughter, and extraordinary ordinariness.

By John Rodden

May 26, 2023

Culture

Reckoning With Birth

Birth is one of humanity’s most under-explored subjects. Minimizing birth diminishes one of the greatest powers humans have had: the creation of life itself.

By Jennifer Banks

May 26, 2023

Books

Changing Our Minds About Time

In her latest book, Jenny Odell challenges the very idea of time management.

By Katherine Lucky

May 7, 2023

Collections

Father’s Day

Commonweal writers reflect on their fathers and fatherhood.

By The Editors

June 15, 2022