Editor-in-chief | Nathan J. Robinson [1] |
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Legal editor | Oren Nimni [1] |
Former editors |
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Categories | Politics, culture |
Frequency | Bimonthly |
Circulation | 3,795 [2] |
Founder |
Nathan J. Robinson Oren Nimni |
Founded | 2015 |
Company | Current Affairs Inc [3] |
Country | United States |
Based in | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Language | English |
Website |
currentaffairs |
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. [4] [5] It does not feature advertising, and is funded by subscriptions and donations.
Its political stances have been described as socialist, [6] progressive, [7] and broadly leftist. [8] The magazine's stated mission is "to produce the world's first readable political publication and to make life joyful again." [1] Its format is influenced by magazines such as Jacobin and Spy. [9]
Current Affairs started after a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2015. [5]
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. [10] [11] Robinson was invited to discuss the article on the daily WBUR-FM show On Point. [12] He later released a video summarizing the article. [13]
On March 29, 2019, Current Affairs published an article by Robinson criticizing 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, [14] which The New York Times later quoted. [15]
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. [6] [8] [16]
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. [4] Lyta Gold (a pseudonym) was formerly the managing editor. [4]
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. [4]
Editor-in-chief | Nathan J. Robinson [1] |
---|---|
Legal editor | Oren Nimni [1] |
Former editors |
|
Categories | Politics, culture |
Frequency | Bimonthly |
Circulation | 3,795 [2] |
Founder |
Nathan J. Robinson Oren Nimni |
Founded | 2015 |
Company | Current Affairs Inc [3] |
Country | United States |
Based in | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Language | English |
Website |
currentaffairs |
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. [4] [5] It does not feature advertising, and is funded by subscriptions and donations.
Its political stances have been described as socialist, [6] progressive, [7] and broadly leftist. [8] The magazine's stated mission is "to produce the world's first readable political publication and to make life joyful again." [1] Its format is influenced by magazines such as Jacobin and Spy. [9]
Current Affairs started after a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2015. [5]
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. [10] [11] Robinson was invited to discuss the article on the daily WBUR-FM show On Point. [12] He later released a video summarizing the article. [13]
On March 29, 2019, Current Affairs published an article by Robinson criticizing 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, [14] which The New York Times later quoted. [15]
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. [6] [8] [16]
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. [4] Lyta Gold (a pseudonym) was formerly the managing editor. [4]
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. [4]