Regina Munch

Regina Munch is an assistant editor at Commonweal.

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Article

Saving the New START Treaty

It’s time to prioritize our arms-control agreements.

November 2, 2020

Article

The Cut of Their Jib

The dashing, Johnny Depp-ian swashbuckler may live in our stories, but the motivation for “turning pirate” rarely has anything to do with a yearning for open waters.

By Regina Munch

October 24, 2020

Books

Article

Baptizing White Supremacy

An interview with Robert P. Jones examining the relationship of Christianity and white supremacy in America.

October 14, 2020

Article

HEROES & Cheapskates

For millions, the pandemic has meant serious deprivation: not enough food, too many medical bills, the loss of a business, the prospect of losing one’s home.

August 26, 2020

Article

Moved with Pity

I didn’t realize how hard it would be to see people attending Mass this way. Faces I’ve known for years, obscured for protection. Suddenly, we were all very fragile.

August 10, 2020

Article

Tara Reade & #MeToo

A proper DNC inquiry is just what’s needed to give Reade’s allegation the full attention it deserves. Why be so afraid to carry one out?

By Regina Munch

May 26, 2020

Election 2020

Domestic Affairs

Must Reads

Politics

‘No Tenemos Miedo’

The protests in Cuba may provide an opportunity for Cuban citizens to empower themselves, if they are properly supported.

By Alejandro Anreus

July 28, 2021

Religion

A Living Catholic Tradition

With his latest motu proprio, Pope Francis confirms the reformed liturgy as normative for the whole Church, reaffirming the Second Vatican Council.

By Rita Ferrone

July 23, 2021

Culture

‘Summer of Soul’

A new documentary explores the power of Black music at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969.

By Clifford Thompson

August 1, 2021

Books

Seen and Not Seen

Helen Oyeyemi’s latest novel, ‘Peaces,’ is a work of imaginative exuberance, at once absurd and moving.

By Phil Christman

July 25, 2021

Collections

National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, we’re collecting poems and writings about poetry, with new additions by our literary critic every Friday.

By The Editors

April 7, 2021

Collections

Fiction in Commonweal

To celebrate the publication our summer fiction issue, a new collection of short stories from our archives.

By The Editors

July 30, 2019