Current Affairs (magazine)
American magazine
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Current Affairs is an American bimonthly magazine that discusses political and cultural topics from a left-wing perspective. It was founded by Oren Nimni and Nathan J. Robinson in 2015. The magazine is published in print and online, and also has a podcast.[5][6] The magazine is funded through subscriptions and donations.
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 Cover of the May/June 2020 issue | |
| Editor-in-chief | Nathan J. Robinson[1] |
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| Categories | Politics, culture |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Circulation | 3,795[2] |
| Founder | Nathan J. Robinson Oren Nimni[3] |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Company | Current Affairs Inc[4] |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Language | English |
| Website | currentaffairs |
| ISSN | 2471-2647 |
Its political stances have been described as socialist,[7] progressive,[8] and broadly leftist.[9] Its format is influenced by magazines such as Jacobin and Spy.[10]
History
Current Affairs started after a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2015.[6]
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.[11][12] Robinson was invited to discuss the article on the daily WBUR-FM show On Point.[13] He later released a video summarizing the article.[14]
In August 2021, five Current Affairs staffers accused Robinson of trying to fire most of the workforce for attempting to organize the magazine as a worker cooperative.[7][9][15]
Finances and staffing
Current Affairs uses a subscription model for funding. It has a development director, two associate editors, a graphic designer, a digital editor, a writer/researcher. Yasmin Nair serves as editor-at-large, with Katherine Krueger and Briahna Joy Gray as contributing editors.[1] The editing staff unionized with the Chicago News Guild, an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America, in March 2026.[16]