Max Foley-Keene

Max Foley-Keene is a doctoral student in political science at Brown University, and a former Commonweal intern.

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Beyond Growth

The planet cannot provide the endless growth capitalism demands. A new book explores an economic reordering that could move us toward a sustainable future.

November 4, 2020

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The Education of a Wonk

By implementing Ezra Klein’s recommendations, we certainly would have a marginally more functional political system. But would it be more just?

February 20, 2020

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The Nordic Welfare Model

Decades of neoliberalism have rendered the American left understandably wary of welfare benefits for all, not just the poor. But Scandinavia shows that it works.

October 22, 2019

Must Reads

Politics

‘The Church Must Be Political’

In light of the upcoming USCCB meeting, Bishop John Stowe discusses the role of politics in the Church.

By John Gehring

November 8, 2021

Religion

Going Gray

Reminders of death—and of the dead—needn't be terrifying.

By Susan Bigelow Reynolds

November 1, 2021

Culture

Babylon & Boogie Street

Throughout Leonard Cohen’s life, he sought a commitment to others that echoed, however imperfectly, Jesus’s love.

By Marcia Pally

November 11, 2021

Books

Power in Perpetuity?

China’s Communist Party has succeeded in large part because of its adaptability. But under Xi Jinping, party structures are changing.

By Elizabeth M. Lynch

November 11, 2021

Collections

The Varieties of Religious Community Today

In the face of precariousness and uncertainty, religious orders and lay Catholic communities model how to live in relation with both one other and God.

By The Editors

October 27, 2021