Griffin Oleynick

Griffin Oleynick is an associate editor at Commonweal.

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Tragedy in Texas

The recent death of fifty-three migrants underscores the callousness with which this country treats immigrants at the Southern border.

July 9, 2022

Article

The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

Shireen Abu Akleh’s death is indicative of the dangers faced by journalists as governments increasingly clamp down on press freedoms.

May 24, 2022

Article

Covid Funding

Learning to live with Covid doesn’t mean ignoring it. We must continue to fund treatment and testing as we relax other precautions.

By Griffin Oleynick

March 28, 2022

Coronavirus

Domestic Affairs

Article

Source & Summit

“Marcy’s summit and that tiny tear-shaped lake were visible only in my mind. I wasn’t able to take the wilderness back home—as it should be.”

By Griffin Oleynick

February 26, 2022

Spirituality

The Last Word

Article

Asking the Right Questions

Philosophers Meghan Sullivan and Paul Blaschko discuss the good life, virtue ethics, and what philosophy can add to a religious person’s life.

February 16, 2022

Feature

Mirror, Mirror

A major retrospective devoted to the art of Jasper Johns affords new visions of the artist, and ourselves.

January 12, 2022

Must Reads

Politics

Just Call It Fascism

The thinly veiled fascism of Russian “philosopher” Alexander Dugin has attracted right-wing attention and admiration.

By Matt McManus

November 27, 2022

Religion

Call It ‘Exculturation’

We're seeing an unbinding of the deep affinity between representations of culture and Catholic culture. How did Catholicism come to be seen as the enemy?

By Massimo Faggioli

December 19, 2022

Culture

Too Casual?

Christine Emba calls for a new sexual ethic, a rethinking of sex down to its roots. But her effort to develop an alternative ultimately disappoints.

By Daniel Walden

December 4, 2022

Books

Two Sides of Dignity

By letting civility happen, we take better care not only of others and of the world itself, but of ourselves.

By Costică Brădăţan

November 2, 2022

Collections

The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI

A collection of Commonweal’s writings on the life and legacy of Pope Benedict XVI.

By The Editors

January 1, 2023