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Alex Stern
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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
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My piece on the late flowering of Amy Clampitt’s poetry for @nybooks.com

www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Ever Inward | Anthony Domestico
A biography of the poet Amy Clampitt shows how poetry germinated throughout her life and blossomed in a late-career flourishing.
www.nybooks.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I wrote about the decline of inner life in the latest issue of @commonweal.bsky.social
www.commonwealmagazine.org/inner-life-t...
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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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!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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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
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Archbishop of New York Should Know Charlie Kirk Was No Saint
Cardinal Dolan’s recent remarks on Fox News were playing to the Catholic Church’s most reactionary elements.
www.thenation.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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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.
October 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Commonweal is hiring!

Join the life of the magazine as Director of Advancement or Business & Operations Manager.

Learn more about both positions today:
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Commonweal is Hiring!
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September 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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The Roberts court isn’t just cooperating with an authoritarian regime—it is adopting authoritarian tactics of its own.

From the desk of The Editors:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/editorial-tr...
Robed Collaborators
The Roberts court isn’t just cooperating with an authoritarian regime—it is adopting authoritarian tactics of its own.
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September 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I wrote about philosopher Frédéric Gros's new book on shame in the @washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
June 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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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!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/salvation-%E...
Salvation & ‘The Sopranos'
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June 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
@drwclvrt.bsky.social on Careless People, Sarah Wynn-Williams's Facebook expose @commonweal.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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This is bleak reading
May 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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The 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!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...
April 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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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.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/francis-and-...
Francis and 'Commonweal'
Bringing together Commonweal's coverage of Francis's transformative papacy, from his inaugural mass to a rebuke of J.D. Vance.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
April 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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The April issue is here! 🐇
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!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...
March 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM