Welcome!
The Commons aims to provide the Puget Sound community with accessible information about the world’s political moment.
This journal publishes two issues a year, in the fall and spring. Each issue will be structured through several interdisciplinary perspectives, ranging from Politics & Government to the Arts & Sciences. The Commons is looking for submissions from all disciplines, provided the papers have a political focus.
The Commons acts as an interdisciplinary research venue for its authors and its readers, this journal educates, excites, and encourages an engaged electorate.
See the Submission Guidelines for more information on submitting.
Current Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1 (2023)
Political Bias in Large Language Models
Lucas Gover
The Value of Your Life by the Numbers Crowdfunded Medical Debt
Grayson Highsmith
Editors-in-Chief
Hannah Merrill Woodward
Jack Simermeyer
Editorial Board
Brooke Berlin
Alexandra Betancourt
Lucas Gover
Avery Jaeckel
Bently Kalik
Tillie Knox-Warshaw
Olivia Leonard
Maya Luscomb
Hannah Merrill Woodward
Riley Ofrecio
Jack Simermeyer
Bretta Stangeland
Publicity Director
Riley Ofrecio
Head of Copy Editing
Brooke Berlin
Head of Recruitment
Jack Simermeyer
Faculty Advisor
Seth Weinberger