Isabella Simon

Isabella Simon is the managing editor at Commonweal.

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Anti-Trans Legislation

Legislation proposed across the country uses misinformation to target transgender children.

By Isabella Simon

May 23, 2022

LGBTQ issues

Domestic Affairs

Article

‘Texas Justice’

Melissa Lucio faces execution, but doubts about her guilt abound.

By Isabella Simon

March 29, 2022

Capital Punishment

Article

Fighting ‘Forever Chemicals’

PFAS chemicals are increasingly prevalent and dangerous, but the industry that makes them has resisted regulation.

By Isabella Simon

February 24, 2022

Domestic Affairs

Science

Article

The Bronx Fire

Accidents can happen anywhere. But it is often in the most vulnerable communities that those accidents prove most dangerous.

By Isabella Simon

January 24, 2022

Domestic Affairs

Article

The Omicron Surge

It’s too late to stop Omicron from spreading, but it’s not too late to mitigate its worst effects.

By Isabella Simon

December 21, 2021

Coronavirus

Domestic Affairs

Article

The Trace of a Beginning

The question is not whether or even how the climate crisis is changing the world. The question is: How should we live with it?

December 17, 2021

Must Reads

Politics

Donald Trump's New York

Maggie Haberman's book shows how Donald Trump’s New York experience set the context for his odd and sometimes dangerous presidential style.

By Paul Moses

February 20, 2023

Religion

The Anti-Francis Gatekeepers

The death of Cardinal Pell exposed conservative Catholic efforts to secure the reversal of the Francis agenda at the next conclave.

By Austen Ivereigh

January 27, 2023

Culture

Alone in the City

Edward Hopper’s paintings created a New York that conformed to the contours of his own life. His lonely characters strike a familiar chord for any city dweller.

By Robert Rubsam

February 9, 2023

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

Books

A Circle without a Center

Is it important to hire Catholic intellectuals at Catholic universities? What challenges stand in the way?

By Bernard G. Prusak

July 12, 2022

Collections

The Attack on Ukraine

As the crisis in Ukraine continues, we’re featuring articles on the war and what could be to come for Ukrainians and the world as a whole.

By The Editors

March 25, 2022