John Thomason

John Thomason is a freelance writer and the articles editor at Grist.

Mike Davis has always been a student of the future. 2020 was the year his predictions came true.

March 15, 2021

The Trump era has made us all too familiar with the warnings of Hannah Arendt. We would do well, though, to also confront her political hopes.

June 3, 2019

Must Reads

Politics

We can’t afford to play dumb as labor protections fail and disappear. Treating children like cheap labor costs too much.

August 6, 2023

Religion

In a new history of Opus Dei, two senior members celebrate the group’s embrace of ordinary life.

August 4, 2023

Culture

Stereotypical Barbie is everything, which is another way of saying that she is nothing.

August 25, 2023

Books

A new biography of philosopher Derek Parfit explains the eccentric philosopher's quest to find a legitimate secular moral theory.

August 17, 2023

Collections

A wide-ranging collection of Commonweal’s coverage of the remarkable pontificate of Pope Francis.

March 12, 2023