Behind the scenes, the organization leading America’s largest anti-Trump protests has declined to endorse impeachment—and ...

The race between a pro-pharma politician and a public health doctor raises an essential question: will the leaders who ...

The late country singer had a far more clear-eyed understanding of the horrors of incarceration than some of today’s ...

We’re happy to share some good news: after a series of bargaining meetings concluding in September, the Current Affairs staff ...

Police body cameras were meant to hold officers accountable. On YouTube and beyond, they’ve become a wildly profitable form ...

The NYC mayor is trying to build a city that functions like a city in a children's picture book, where people aren’t caught ...

Robots should look and sound like robots. There is no benefit to allowing AI to appear human, and companies will exploit the confusion to demand “AI rights,” further cementing their oligarchical ...

For the Super Bowl, New Orleans forced unhoused people into a grim warehouse—and paid a private contractor $17.5 million for it—while billionaires’ superyachts floated on the Mississippi. How much ...

There’s plastic in the sausage, and the clams have hepatitis. A greedy power circle runs our food system, and their push for deregulation is calamitous.

One of the most powerful people in Congress is a 92-year old Iowan who’s obsessed with Dairy Queen, his vacuum cleaner, and ruining the lives of his constituents. So why haven’t the Democrats beaten ...

In America, if the president likes you enough, you are allowed to commit crimes. It’s usually not discussed that plainly when kids are taught about the basics of our constitutional system. But Article ...

The renowned actor, playwright, essayist, and screenwriter Wallace Shawn discusses his political evolution leftward, his activism on Israel-Palestine, and why that issue really isn't that complicated.