Current Affairs
@curaffairs
A magazine of political commentary, analysis, and amusements.
Issue 54 is here! ⛓️The twisted world of "Prison Tycoon" games 🎭A guide to the best anti-fascist plays 🎤An elegy for Jay-Z 🌀The 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Plus: A map of Trump's Alcatraz, a stick-on beard kit for politicians who need to look rugged, and much more!
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In 2021, the conservative strategy against India Walton was to invent a series of supposed scandals and force her to address those instead of her actual policy agenda. Today, we’re seeing the same tactics play out with Mamdani. He shouldn't fall for it. currentaffairs.org/news/three-tra…
Being here illegally is not even a crime at all, but a civil infraction. You can treat violations of immigration procedures like speeding tickets, or you can treat them as the equivalent of serious violent crime. And how you treat them is a choice. currentaffairs.org/news/you-could…
July 22nd, 2025 ❧ Current Affairs News Briefing 🦩 ICE lawyers hide their names 🦩 SCOTUS operates in the shadows 🦩 NFL's player union president resigns And much more! currentaffairs.org/briefing
The private sector cannot solve homelessness, because it causes homelessness in the first place. It does not provide housing, it prices people out of it, and the solutions offered by these much-vaunted “public-private partnerships” are pathetic. currentaffairs.org/news/youre-not…
For voters who care about preventing death and destruction around the world, there’s little reason to vote for the Democrats over the Republicans at this point, and Massie just underscores that bleak reality. currentaffairs.org/news/thomas-ma…
"AI Friendships" are destroying what's left of our society... currentaffairs.org/news/ai-friend…
“Moderate Democrats” already have a long history of refusing to unite behind progressives. That’s the problem.
If a more moderate Democrat beats a progressive in the 2028 primary (as in 2016 and 2020), it will be tough to convince progressives to unite behind the nominee when the Democratic establishment won't rally behind @ZohranKMamdani after his convincing primary win.
Eleven years ago, I smiled for a photo in front of the Dome of the Rock. I was a Christian pilgrim, seeking the sacred. But just outside the frame were checkpoints, armed soldiers, and the brutal architecture of occupation. I didn’t see it then. I see it now. 🧵⤵️
The genocide of the people of Gaza continues as members of congress vote to fund Israel’s defensive and offensive military capabilities. This is immoral and no amount of excuses will ever make it ok.
Hundreds of Israelis are now marching in the center of Tel Aviv against the starvation of Gaza at the hands of the Israeli government. Some are holding sacks of flour.
It's true that AOC has one of the most pro-Palestine voting records in Congress. The bar is on the floor, but she deserves credit for that. But her "record on Palestine" includes lying for the Biden administration as they armed the genocide, claiming they were trying to stop it.
Faith can become a veil that obscures our proximity to violence. currentaffairs.org/news/how-ta-ne…
While many pro-Israel organizations hide behind euphemism, Betar openly declares: “We are at war with the people of Gaza. There are no innocents.”
Hakeem Jeffries is fundamentally conservative and up to his neck in corporate money. His power depends on disempowering the left. Mamdani’s win is a threat, and he knows it.
Hakeem Jeffries has reportedly told allies that if Zohran Mamdani wins, he can't become Speaker of the House. Leaders like Jeffries see this fight as existential for their control of the party: kenklippenstein.com/p/party-contro…
I’ve been telling you that new media is a cesspool of immoral idiots, scam artists and grifters. Here’s the Nelk boys chatting it up with modern day Hitler as Palestinians literally starve to death right this second because of him.