Matthew Sitman

Article

The Travesty in Texas

People of goodwill, including those opposed to abortion, should condemn the Texas law and its bounty-hunter system of enforcement.

By Matthew Sitman

September 26, 2021

Abortion

Domestic Affairs

Gender

Article

Justice Breyer Needs to Retire

Justice Breyer should retire while he can be sure that a Democratic Senate will consider whomever Biden nominates.

April 28, 2021

Article

Stopping the Vote

In the wake of Biden’s victory, Republicans have undertaken a fierce assault on voting rights.

By Matthew Sitman

March 23, 2021

Domestic Affairs

Election 2020

Article

Public Health v. Culture War

Measures to restrict Mass attendance in a pandemic can be imperfect without being unconstitutional.

January 4, 2021

Article

Time in the Eternal City

The Church’s mission is not found in grandeur or glory, but as the guardian of tenderness, as a witness to the possibility of mercy.

By Matthew Sitman

December 24, 2020

Spirituality

Theology

Article

The “Weekend at Bernie’s” Primary

The democratic establishment continues to prop up Joe Biden, despite his alarming incoherence and deteriorating mental acumen.

March 3, 2020

Must Reads

Politics

Reckoning with Guantánamo

The continued existence of Guantánamo Bay is unconscionable. So is the fact that it was ever opened in the first place.

By The Editors

September 28, 2021

Religion

‘Always Together’

An excerpt from ‘Siblings All, Sign of the Times: The Social Teaching of Pope Francis’

By Pope Francis

September 28, 2021

Culture

In Awe of All People

The late John August Swanson’s ‘Procession’ reminds us that we all walk together, sharing our suffering and our happiness.

By Claudia Avila Cosnahan

September 30, 2021

Books

‘Sops to Humanity’

Samuel Moyn’s new book demonstrates how a focus on war crimes has distracted us from the evil of war itself.

By Phil Klay

October 4, 2021

Collections

Confronting Climate Change

Writing from Commonweal on the effects of climate change and our responsibility to care for our common home.

By The Editors

September 20, 2021