Dominic Preziosi

Article

The Climate after COVID-19

This year, global carbon emissions could drop 8 percent, the largest reduction since 2008. But with Trump in office, don’t count on permanent improvement.

By Dominic Preziosi

May 19, 2020

Article

Biden, Past & Future

Joe Biden’s probable nomination is unlikely to satisfy those who want a revolution. But as a string of primaries has shown, they’re not the majority of Democrats.

March 18, 2020

Article

American Gangsters

Donald Trump clearly has the capo’s appetite for retribution, and a knack for attracting eager henchmen. By refusing to call witnesses, Republicans are complicit.

January 31, 2020

Article

A Shooting Every Day

The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from Remington Arms, putting a 2005 gun rights law at risk. Let the law fall soon, and let it be just the start.

November 25, 2019

Article

The Housing Crisis for Teachers

Public goods need and deserve public protection and support. Doesn’t this mean, at a minimum, making sure that teachers earn enough to pay the rent?

October 29, 2019

Article

Dehumanization Is Deadly

At vigils across the country on July 12, Americans raised their voices in protest of immigration policy.

July 16, 2019

Must Reads

Politics

‘Another Plague’

A desert locust infestation now threatens the food security of East Africa, a region that was already contending with intense drought, floods, heavy rains, and war.

By Emily King

May 19, 2020

Religion

Under Pressure

The weight of the magisterium lay heavy on Blaise Pascal. Instead of crushing him, it clarified his thinking—and ours.

By Paul J. Griffiths

May 13, 2020

Religion

The Acquittal of Cardinal Pell

The acquittal of Cardinal George Pell doesn’t bring an end to the ‘Pell matter,’ since his release means different things to different constituencies in the church.

By Massimo Faggioli

April 21, 2020

Culture

Take It Personally

Those of us stuck at home and not on the front lines can become numb. How should we feel about the hordes of lives being lost every day? How should we grieve?

By Gordon Marino

May 15, 2020

Books

The God Trick

We are far past Peak Rawls. A new book undoes the pretension to timelessness that the philosopher once claimed.

By Susan McWilliams Barndt

May 11, 2020

Collections

The Coronavirus

COVID-19 has profoundly affected our daily lives. Catch up with some of Commonweal’s best writing on the political and spiritual ramifications of the virus.

By The Editors

April 21, 2020