Current Affairs (magazine)


Current Affairs is an American bimonthly magazine that discusses political and cultural topics from a progressive perspective. It is published in print and online, and supplemented by a podcast. The publication describes its missions as "to produce the world's first readable political publication and to make life joyful again". Its format was influenced by other magazines such as Jacobin and Spy. The print edition is notable for containing many colorful cartoons and full-page illustrations by various artists who are prominently credited for their work. Noam Chomsky and Glenn Greenwald have praised the magazine's work.
Writings in Current Affairs include critiques and history of popular culture, discussions of policy and its implementation, and creative fixes for societal problems. The magazine has also published several long deconstructions of works by popular right-wing figures such as Charles Murray, Tucker Carlson, and Jordan Peterson.

History

, a Ph.D. student in sociology and social policy at Harvard University, founded the magazine in 2015 and is its editor-in-chief. Robinson is a frequent editorial contributor to other publications and a columnist for The Guardian's U.S. edition. In 2018, the magazine launched a podcast.

Notable coverage

On September 29, 2018, Current Affairs published an "exhaustive 10,000-word refutation" by Robinson of Brett Kavanaugh's testimony before the United States Senate. Robinson was invited to discuss the article on the daily WBUR-FM show On Point. He later released a video summarizing the article.
On March 29, 2019, Current Affairs published an article by Robinson criticizing 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg which was subsequently quoted by the New York Times.
In both the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries and 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Current Affairs endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont. The magazine endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election.