Extrajudicial executions, extortionate tariffs, multibillion-dollar bailouts: the editors of @commonweal.bsky.social on Trump's thuggish, self-aggrandizing, know-nothing actions in Latin America
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Features Editor @commonweal.bsky.social. Writing: @aeon.co, Hedgehog Review, @nytimes.com, LARB, etc. Book: Fall of Language (Harvard UP). Pitches: astern at commonwealmagazine dot org. Website: alexwstern.com
Extrajudicial executions, extortionate tariffs, multibillion-dollar bailouts: the editors of @commonweal.bsky.social on Trump's thuggish, self-aggrandizing, know-nothing actions in Latin America
20.11.2025 21:14 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My piece on the late flowering of Amy Clampittโs poetry for @nybooks.com
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I wrote about the decline of inner life in the latest issue of @commonweal.bsky.social
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The November issue is here! Feat:
- Lauren Kane on St. Godric
- Alexander Stern on technology and deculturation
- An interview with Brandon Taylor
- The Editors on Leo & care for the poor
And more!
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Like many, I was surprised to hear a Catholic cardinal compare Charlie Kirk to St. Paul... Thankful to @thenation.com for asking me to identify some of the problems with this
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The new Supreme Court term starts today, meaning that -- in a novel twist -- the justices will hear oral arguments in some cases before they issue rulings that actually explain what they are doing.
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The Roberts court isnโt just cooperating with an authoritarian regimeโit is adopting authoritarian tactics of its own.
From the desk of The Editors:
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I wrote about philosopher Frรฉdรฉric Gros's new book on shame in the @washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
Eighteen years ago today, the final episode of 'The Sopranos' aired. To mark the occasion, we're sharing a remarkable exploration by theologian and legal scholar Cathleen Kaveny of the show's vision of redemption, salvation, and fate.
Give it a read!
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@drwclvrt.bsky.social on Careless People, Sarah Wynn-Williams's Facebook expose @commonweal.bsky.social
27.05.2025 16:52 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This is bleak reading
14.05.2025 08:19 โ ๐ 22890 ๐ 4946 ๐ฌ 1531 ๐ 990The May issue is here!
Feat.
- @paulelie.bsky.social on crypto-Catholicism in the 80s
- @regmunch.bsky.social on the natural-birth movement
- @drwclvrt.bsky.social on the entrepreneurial work ethic
- The Editors on Trump's offshore gulag
and much more!
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'Commonweal' has been covering Pope Francis from the start. In this new collection, we brought together some of our best work on his transformative papacy, from his inaugural mass to a rebuke of J.D. Vance.
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The April issue is here! ๐
Feat.
- Jonathan Malesic on community-college civics
- A symposium on nuclear deterrence
- @austeni.bsky.social on Pope Francis's hospitalization
- @mollieoreilly.bsky.social on gender binaries and the Church
and much more!
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