4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (273+ words) It is clear that the construction of a new, right-wing dreamworld is a priority for the government. And yet without a clear vision of a better future, the dreams the propaganda machine is straining to produce feel especially murky and…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (523+ words) I pass by these signs every day, their instructions powerless, fading into the visual noise of the city. They're everywhere, but what do they mean now? That we won, that it's over? That we failed? Are they mementos of the…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1320+ words) Commonweal Magazine Please email comments to letters@commonwealmagazine. org. This past season in the English Premier League, the farthest a fan could travel to see their team play away from home was 348 miles, the distance between Newcastle and Bournemouth. In…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (945+ words) Commonweal Magazine Please email comments to letters@commonwealmagazine. org. A dead Russian infantryman is worth twelve points in Ukraine's "Army of Drones Bonus" system, a gamified incentive program recently instituted in its defensive war against Russia. Successful drone operators earn…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (211+ words) Pope Leo XIV mentioned artificial intelligence on the first day of his papacy a little more than a year ago, making the publication of a technology-focused encyclical all but inevitable. Magnifica Humanitas, published on May 25, is an impressive feat, addressing…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1381+ words) Commonweal Magazine Please email comments to letters@commonwealmagazine. org. On Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the pope in Rome. The timing of the visit was as newsworthy as the visit itself. For weeks, Pope Leo has been a…...

2+ mon, 13+ hour ago  (1041+ words) Commonweal Magazine Leo Looks to the Council Please email comments to letters@commonwealmagazine. org. One year into Leo's pontificate, the first American pope has hardly kept quiet about his priorities. Leo's firm stance against war, authoritarianism, and economic injustice was…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (178+ words) In the spring of 2020, I stopped before the entrance to a corner store in West Philadelphia. On the door were two different signs, one faded and one brand new. The first said "No Masks or Face Concealing Hoodies." The second,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (883+ words) If a machine wrote this, I thought, we are truly screwed." I emailed back: "He? ?? ?" " " Darryl ignored my gibe. He'd been trying out Chat on all sorts of writing tasks, he told me. Remember that short story of Dan's, "Abu…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (363+ words) Our ride turned somber for the next few hours. It gave us pause to think that we had been on the same ground where such an atrocity had been carried out'but where a community had also made its grief public…...