Article Gun Crazy Why is a proposed amendment to enshrine gun control considered crazier than a status quo of constant mass shootings?By Dominic PreziosiJuly 21, 2023 Gun Control Domestic Affairs
Article Asphalt Wasteland Whether or not parking explains the world, it has certainly ruined much of it.By Dominic PreziosiJune 1, 2023 Books Politics History
Article Should Feinstein Step Down? How does the public benefit when its representatives show obvious signs of not being up to the job? By Dominic PreziosiMay 25, 2023 Politics Domestic Affairs
Article Saturday Soul Rhythm Revue—a fixture of Newark public radio for nearly forty years—faithfully celebrates the sounds of classic R&B.By Dominic PreziosiMarch 10, 2023 Music The Last Word Culture
Article The Dangerous Game America’s most popular sport is also by far its most violent.By Dominic PreziosiFebruary 7, 2023 Sports
Article Musk Amok Elon Musk holds no official or honorary office, but that doesn’t stop him from pronouncing on matters beyond his areas of expertise.By Dominic PreziosiOctober 20, 2022 Technology War and Peace Russia Ukraine
PoliticsChild Labor Isn’t in the Past We can’t afford to play dumb as labor protections fail and disappear. Treating children like cheap labor costs too much.By Mollie Wilson O’ReillyAugust 6, 2023
ReligionOpus Dei’s Ordinary Secularity In a new history of Opus Dei, two senior members celebrate the group’s embrace of ordinary life.By Daniele PalmerAugust 4, 2023
CultureBarbie the Existentialist Stereotypical Barbie is everything, which is another way of saying that she is nothing.By Santiago RamosAugust 25, 2023
BooksIs Ethics Like Math? A new biography of philosopher Derek Parfit explains the eccentric philosopher's quest to find a legitimate secular moral theory. By Frank B. FarrellAugust 17, 2023
CollectionsPope Francis at Ten Years A wide-ranging collection of Commonweal’s coverage of the remarkable pontificate of Pope Francis.By The EditorsMarch 12, 2023