Ann Killian

Ann Killian is a novice with the Dominican Sisters of Peace. She holds a PhD in English Language and Literature from Yale University.

The American public demands peaceful conduct from citizens protesting police brutality and racism. Why doesn’t it expect the same of law enforcement?

June 17, 2020

Must Reads

Politics

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

September 28, 2021

Religion

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

September 28, 2021

Culture

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

September 30, 2021

Books

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

October 4, 2021

Collections

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

September 20, 2021