Articles by Current Affairs

What The World Looks Like to the Super-Wealthy

Michael Mechanic, who has studied the lives of the super-rich, talks about strange bubble inhabited by the 1%.


How Labor Movement Can Win at the Bargaining Table

Two leading experts explain how unions can fight back against dirty tricks by management.


How Privatization Robs Us of Our Most Precious Assets

Journalist Donald Cohen on how turning public goods over to private companies is a terrible idea that causes us to have to pay for things we already own.


How the US Fueled the Spread of Islamophobia Around the World

Khaled Beydoun explains how Islamophobia in many parts of the world was worsened by the U.S. “war on terror.”


Lessons in Organizing from The Young Lords

Historian of social movements Johanna Fernández explains what we can learn from the Puerto Rican counterpart to the Black Panther Party.


Nomi Prins Explains the Difference Between the Market and the Economy

The financial expert and author of “Permanent Distortion” gives insight into the real ways that money moves.


A Contentious Encounter With the Architect of the Right’s Attack on ‘Critical Race Theory’

Christopher Rufo and Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson clash over whether there is a pernicious leftist “American cultural revolution.”


What Can Minimalism Do For Us?

From Thoreau to Marie Kondo, there have periodically been movements encouraging us to make do with less. Is this a healthy rejection of consumerism or a demand for bleak austerity?


The World Needs Many New Climate Activists Right Now

Moral philosopher Henry Shue argues that we should think of our generation’s climate responsibility like the World War II generation’s duty to stop fascism. We were born into a critical historical moment and have an obligation to act.


How To Explain Socialism Clearly In a Way That Actually Persuades People

Comedian and writer Danny Katch on how socialists can explain their ideas to non-socialists in a way that is intelligible, friendly, and compelling.


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