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1 month 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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Mar 29, 2025 | 
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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Mar 27, 2025 | 
currentaffairs.org | Stephen Prager |John Ross |Nathan J. Robinson |Kyle Kulinski
Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg was given a once in a lifetime opportunity to show us how the powerful act when nobody is watching. Instead, he left the room. On Monday, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg revealed that a member of the Trump administration unexpectedly added him to a group text chain in which top national security officials were discussing immediate plans to carry out airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthis (Ansar Allah).
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
currentaffairs.org | Kyle Kulinski |Nathan J. Robinson |Tom Williams |Stephen Prager
Trump did not “steal the Democrats’ economic platform.” He’s not “anti-war.” He’s an plutocratic imperialist waging war on social welfare, consumer protection, and civil liberties. Look at what he does, not what he says. [This article is adapted from the video “‘MAGA Lefty’ Makes Kyle Want to Put His Nuts In a Waffle Iron.”]Recently, political commentator Batya Ungar-Sargon made what is possibly one of the least true statements ever made about American politics.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
currentaffairs.org | Tom Williams |Stephen Prager |Alex Skopic |Nathan J. Robinson
Originally published in our magazine’s hallowed print edition 2025 Jan/Feb Details The crypto industry uses vast sums of money to create majorities in Congress to champion their unpopular cause. The last few years have been disastrous for the cryptocurrency industry—at least in terms of public reputation.
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Mar 21, 2025 | 
currentaffairs.org | Stephen Prager |Alex Skopic |Nathan J. Robinson |John Ross
Donald Trump is cynically using the idea of Jewish safety to launch a regime of political persecution. But he and his allies barely disguise their own antisemitism. [Content warning: Antisemitism, misogyny]The Trump administration has begun arresting political prisoners, and it’s using a supposed crackdown on antisemitism as a pretext to do it. Last week, ICE detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate of Columbia University who is in the United States as a lawful permanent resident.
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Mar 17, 2025 | 
currentaffairs.org | John Ross |Nathan J. Robinson |Alex Skopic |Stephen Prager
In the Greek myth, anything King Midas touched turned to gold. This was a catastrophe for everyone around him. When Midas wished for his power, he expected to reap immense benefits from it. In practice, it meant that everything was cursed: he could no longer eat or drink, and even his daughter became a statue. The Midas touch was not a windfall. It was deadly. Midas thought that easy success would help him achieve great things. Instead it turned his world to shit.
