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[Content warning: Racism, child sexual abuse] At 80 years old, Errol Musk, father of Elon, has the look of a demonically aged Hugh Grant.

Three location changes, a program that didn’t get started until after 10 PM due to security concerns, and absolutely brutal South Florida humidity didn’t seem to deter the at-capacity crowd for the “Chomp the Oligarchy” rally in mid-August.

After the U.S.

Some of these places along here, they used to be somewhere.

October 17 nearly burned France to the ground.

At just 22 years old, Julian Andreone has made a name for himself by doing something surprisingly rare in Washington: asking politicians difficult questions, then refusing to let them off the hook when they don't answer.

Among the half-baked platitudes used to defend modern capitalism (usually including phrases like “free market,” “personal responsibility,” “innovation,” etc), we often hear the justification of capitalists’ “risk-taking.”

Last month, Donald Trump posted the designs for a new set of dress uniforms for the United States Space Force—the newest branch of America’s military, which the first Trump administration created in 2019.

Disclaimer: This article is written with a complete disregard for avoiding “spoilers.”

“Whether Major Hasan, who uses a wheelchair, will be shot sitting down or strapped upright to face the firing squad is unclear.” — The New York Times, Oct 7, 2026 When Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the execution of Fort Hood killer Nidal Ha…

Shawn Gude is a historian, a former senior editor at Jacobin, and the current proprietor of the Debs Dispatch Substack page.

On March 28, 2026—two months after Trump’s gestapo forces murdered Alex Pretti and Renée Good—nearly 9 million people took to the streets to declare “No Kings” for the third time.

Iam proud to say that as part of our new union contract, Current Affairs recently adopted one of the strictest anti-AI policies in the publishing industry.

One of the most important things I’ve learned in my experience with opioid addiction, and later recovery, is the virtue of honesty.

There’s a popular T-shirt, which you can find in souvenir stores, gas stations, and Walmarts across the United States.

One of the most iconic pacifists in American literature celebrates his 90th birthday this year.

In 2023, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that the world already had too much coal, oil, and “natural gas” to halt global heating at 2° Celsius.

Jennifer Welch is an interior designer from Oklahoma who has become one of the most outspoken progressive voices in political podcasting.

For those who have not been following the Israeli election, which is coming up on October 27, a few updates may be in order.

Three pieces of news came out in the last week that, taken together, demonstrate the immediate need for U.S. lawmakers, both state and federal, to get their act together and prohibit companies from releasing AI products that can be confused with human bei…

A video opens on a young man with dark hair and a beard, walking up a street on a sunny afternoon.

There are several truths worth acknowledging about the current state of the so-called Department of Justice.

I always feel better about my day when it starts with a smoothie instead of a breakfast sandwich.

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There are no memecoins in Busytown.

Go far enough north in Manhattan, and Broadway abruptly swallows West End Avenue.

A decade after the Stanford rape trial that saw Brock Turner sentenced to a few months in county jail, a young woman is suing Cornell University and seven fraternity members she says raped her in 2024.

Sometimes it’s helpful to separate the art from the artist—like when you’re watching Seinfeld reruns and can’t stop thinking about that time the real-life Jerry dated a teenager, or when you’re staring at the 808s & Heartbreak tattoo on your leg, placed t…

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Do you think it’s a good sign when the owners of a sports franchise must release a statement saying they are “aware and empathetic to the highly personal sentiments expressed about this decision,” after they trade for a player whom they are about to pay an

The New York Times has a new article headlined “Democrats Show Strength in Michigan Senate Race but Trail in Maine, Polls Find.”

The Trump administration is attempting to render the Endangered Species Act incapable of protecting endangered species.

For much of the 20th century, there was little question who Americans considered the greatest director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation: J.

Outrage cycle #712 about Hasan Piker has begun.

In the aftermath of 9/11, as the Bush administration prepared to invade Iraq, activists Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin helped found CODEPINK: a feminist anti-war organization known for its bright-pink protests, confrontations with members of Congress, and…

Back in 2024, after Warner Bros. decided to can Coyote vs.