Stephen Prager
Head Writer and Researcher at Current Affairs
Writer, researcher, and animal correspondent for @curaffairs News Briefing. Not affiliated with @prageru. Views are my own.
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3 weeks ago |
currentaffairs.org | Stephen Prager
Apple TV+’s hit sci-fi series “Severance” has been praised as a radical indictment of the capitalist system. But its satire only scratches the surface. There is perhaps no show on television with more attention around it than Apple TV+’s Severance. After finishing its second season earlier this year to near-universal acclaim, the show is on track to take home a truckload of Emmys this fall.
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2 months ago |
currentaffairs.org | Stephen Prager
Originally published in our magazine’s hallowed print edition 2025 Jan/Feb Details Hating work and wanting to do less of it is one of the few things that unites nearly everybody across demographics. But right-wing labor policy is threatening to grind us all into dust. It’s rare that a single tweet derails an entire political career.
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2 months ago |
currentaffairs.org | Adriana Gallegos |Kyle Kulinski |Nathan J. Robinson |Stephen Prager
Politicians love to talk about helping and growing the middle class while utterly ignoring the millions of American families living in poverty. During the 2024 presidential campaign, both parties tried to seem like they were pro-family. The official GOP platform talked about “empower[ing] American families” and promoting the “blessings of childhood” as part of its goal of renewing “the pillars of American civilization.” To that end, the platform proposed expanded child tax credits.
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2 months ago |
currentaffairs.org | Alex Skopic |Stephen Prager |Ciara Moloney
From Reddit to the New York Times and TMZ, there’s an ongoing effort to squash the wave of popular anger at for-profit healthcare that Luigi Mangione represents. It’s been almost four months since the assassination of Brian Thompson, the late and unlamented CEO of UnitedHealthcare. Since Thompson was gunned down in front of a Hilton hotel in Manhattan, the American public has been captivated by the case—and by the alleged shooter, Luigi Mangione.
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2 months ago |
currentaffairs.org | Jennifer N. Dines |Stephen Prager |Spencer Roberts |Kyle Kulinski
Mass protests in Turkey, another student kidnapped by ICE, Trump’s war on unions, a homeless candidate for mayor of Seattle, AND MUCH MORE... You’ve probably noticed that this article is dated for yesterday, March 28. That’s because it’s an edition of the Current Affairs News Briefing, our email newsletter service.
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RT @beyerstein: Universities should not have to be "in sync" with the Trump administration. That's totalitarian bullshit.
RT @ryangrim: Again, nobody is asking Israel to buy food for Palestinians. The world is asking Israel to stop blocking others from sending…
Extremely stupid rule. If my hairbrush was covered in poop, I’d certainly throw it away and get a new one. But it’s not covered in poop. Should I throw it away? If not, how exactly does this rule help with decluttering?
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