By the time Adolf Hitler rose to power, Christian antisemitism was deeply embedded in German society. The church had spent centuries portraying Jews as enemies of God, making it easier for Nazis to ...

Denis Moynihan “Nothing is more dishonorable for a civilized people than to let itself be ‘governed’ without resistance by an irresponsible clique of rulers devoted to dark ...

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan As the US drifts closer to authoritarianism, the words of Hans and Sophie Scholl and the ...

With the power of the written word as their weapon, a brother and sister mount a daring campaign against the Nazis. Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from across history.

Some of the names here will be well known to Commonweal readers, including Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Niemöller, or the siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl, whose circle of Munich students ...

Former prosecutor Nathanial Akerman urged a federal judge overseeing the prosecution of NYC Mayor Adams to appoint a special counsel to review the US Department of Justice's (DOJ) abrupt request to ...

Human Rights Watch reported Tuesday that successive governments in Guatemala failed to meet their obligations toward girls facing forced pregnancies due to sexual violence. The right’s organization’s ...

Comedians try to smuggle some truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.

John Yorke looks at CS Lewis’s novel That Hideous Strength.

State Executive meeting today: BRS to plan plenary, strategise for local body polls 19 Feb 2025 7:05 AM IST ...