Current Affairs (magazine)
American magazine
Editor-in-chief | Nathan J. Robinson [1] |
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Legal editor | Oren Nimni [1] |
Former editors | Nick Slater, Vanessa A. Bee |
Categories | Politics , culture |
Frequency | Bimonthly |
Circulation | 6,417 |
Founder | Nathan J. Robinson |
Founded | 2015 |
Company | Current Affairs, LLC |
Country | United States |
Based in | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Language | English |
Website |
currentaffairs
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ISSN | 2471-2647 |
Current Affairs is an American bimonthly magazine that discusses political and cultural topics from a left-wing perspective. It was founded by Nathan J. Robinson in 2015. The magazine is published in print and online, and also has a podcast. [2] [3] It does not feature advertising, and is funded by subscriptions and donations.
Its political stances have been described as socialist , [4] progressive [5] and broadly leftist. [6] The magazine's stated missions are "to produce the world's first readable political publication and to make life joyful again". [7] Its format is influenced by magazines such as Jacobin and Spy . [8]
History
Current Affairs started after a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2015. [3]
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 . [9] Robinson was invited to discuss the article on the daily WBUR-FM show On Point . [10] [11] He later released a video summarizing the article. [12]
On March 29, 2019, Current Affairs published an article by Robinson criticizing 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg that The New York Times later quoted. [13] [14]
In August 2021, Current Affairs staffers accused Robinson of trying to fire staffers for attempting to organize the magazine as a worker-owned co-op . [4] [15] [16]
Finances and staffing
As of May 2020 [ update ] , Current Affairs used a subscription model for funding. It had two full-time staff members, a part-time administrative assistant, a full-time podcaster, and an incoming business manager. [2] Lyta Gold (a pseudonym) was formerly the managing editor. [2]
Content
As of 2020 [ update ] , many of Current Affairs 's most popular articles were by Robinson. These included the article on Kavanaugh; the article "Just Stop Worrying And Embrace The Left", in which Robinson requested that Meghan McCain follow through on the article title; [17] and a 2016 essay critiquing Hillary Clinton as a weak candidate, which helped launch the magazine to prominence. [2]
References
- 1 2 "Current Affairs | Culture & Politics" . www.currentaffairs.org . Retrieved October 3, 2020 .
- 1 2 3 4 Tedder, Michael (March 22, 2020). "Not All 'Bernie Bros' Are Angry Young Men. Meet Nathan J. Robinson" . The Daily Beast . Retrieved February 15, 2022 .
- 1 2 Gold, Michael (October 15, 2019). "Kickstarter Calls Itself Progressive. But About That Union" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved February 15, 2022 .
- 1 2 Gurley, Lauren Kaori (August 18, 2021). "Socialist Publication Current Affairs Fires Staff for Doing Socialism" . Vice News . Motherboard. New York City . Retrieved August 18, 2021 .
- ↑ Garfield, Bob (August 5, 2016). "The Lesser Evil" . On The Media . WNYC . Retrieved January 24, 2018 .
- ↑ "The Current Affair at Current Affairs Is That Everyone Has Been Fired" . Gawker . Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
- ↑ "About" . Current Affairs . Retrieved July 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Chayka, Kyle (March 23, 2017). "The Rise of the Hard Left" . The Ringer . Retrieved July 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Uyehara, Mari (October 1, 2018). "All of Brett Kavanaugh's Lies" . GQ . Retrieved December 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Robinson, Nathan J. (September 29, 2018). "How We Know Kavanaugh Is Lying" . Current Affairs . Retrieved December 24, 2018 .
- ↑ "Did Brett Kavanaugh Lie Under Oath? The Cases For And Against" . On Point . WBUR. October 4, 2018 . Retrieved December 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Queally, Jon (October 2, 2018). "Here's a Very Smart and Informative Video Entitled "How We Know Brett Kavanaugh Is Lying" " . Common Dreams . Retrieved April 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Burns, Alexander (April 14, 2019). "Pete Buttigieg's Focus: Storytelling First. Policy Details Later" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Robinson, Nathan J. (March 29, 2019). "All About Pete" . Current Affairs . Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Gitt, Tarpley (August 18, 2021). "The Current Affair at Current Affairs Is That Everyone Has Been Fired" . Gawker .
- ↑ Best, Paul (August 18, 2021). "Socialist magazine Current Affairs staff 'effectively fired' for trying to organize worker co-op" . Fox Business .
- ↑ Robinson, Nathan J. (July 25, 2018). "Just Stop Worrying And Embrace The Left" . Current Affairs . Retrieved March 17, 2023 .