Alex Skopic
@alexskopic
Associate editor @curaffairs, occasional writer @proteanmag @clereviewbooks
By the way, we just dropped the new edition of the Current Affairs Poet's Alley page, ft. @_dariussimpson, @lisquart from the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, @celinasu, and W.D. Ehrhart - some of the most exciting poets working today.
Incidentally, the "Jim Tisch" they want Zohran to recognize and defer to is the CEO of Loews, perhaps best known for getting sued for wage theft by his butler. (Yes, really)
Tough meeting for Mamdani with the Partnership for NY (CEOs) today I'm told. Stood his ground on "intifada" language and wouldn't commit to keeping NYPD Comm. Tisch, whom this crowd likes, in the job. (Also did not recognize her father, Jim Tisch, when he rose for a question)
watch my colleague @emilytopping98 on the This Is Revolution podcast discussing her @curaffairs article on how the concept of "selling out" disappeared: youtube.com/watch?v=06EX6U…
"AI Friendships" are destroying what's left of our society... currentaffairs.org/news/ai-friend…
This is my reflection on pilgrimage, silence, complicity, and the sacred obligation to see. currentaffairs.org/news/how-ta-ne… #Palestine #FaithAndJustice #TaNehisiCoates #Gaza #LiberationTheology #Christianity
our writer discusses how his understanding of Palestine evolved thanks to Coates' writing. The first time he went to to Israel-Palestine he didn't notice a system of oppression that now seems obvious. currentaffairs.org/news/how-ta-ne…
haven't checked in on Adrian for a while and he's still hitting
My article "The Making of the Anti-Fascist Theatre" is out in @curaffairs! Inspired by seeing the play Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists at @BAM_Brooklyn I interviewed director Tiago Rodrigues and did a dive into anti-fascist plays of the last century.
my colleague Alex warns that Zohran Mamdani must avoid the political pitfalls that undid India Walton, Brandon Johnson, and Barack Obama: currentaffairs.org/news/three-tra…
Taking bets on who owns the world's most obvious bot - Adams or Cuomo?
Sean Evans: so Tom, in the 17 years between Gravity's Rainbow and Vineland, you reportedly slunk around Northern California, addicted to TV, sending crank letters to a local newspaper under the name "Wanda Tinasky"-- Thomas Pynchon (choking on NUCLEAR ASS hot sauce): holy fuck
That would be funny if Pynchon surprised everyone and gave a big splash interview for his new book this fall
Someone with access (and willingness to lose it) should do a piece on the five year anniversary of the NBA strike and ask the players and Obama if the deal to end the strike was a good one and what, specifically, were the achievements of that deal.
LeBron, CP3 and a small group of NBA players spoke with former President Barack Obama on Wednesday night, per @ShamsCharania Obama advised them to play and maximize this opportunity to get their desired action items.
Don’t let the bastards scare you. We are tougher than they want us to think.
“Don’t get me wrong—the book itself is expertly and beautifully crafted. What I mean is that what the book says about our country disgusts me.” currentaffairs.org/news/youre-not…
While writing THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US, what I wanted most was for readers to feel the fury I carried during my reporting—the outrage, the horror at what this country forces our neighbors to endure. This @curaffairs review captures exactly what I hoped the book would convey: