How Do We Talk About COVID Anti-Vaxxers and Deniers When They Die of COVID?
LA Times columnist Michael Hiltzik argues that when COVID deniers die, we must not sugarcoat the harm they did when they were alive.
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Why The Student Debt Catastrophe Was Avoidable
Reporter Josh Mitchell explains how government policy commodified higher education, which created the conditions for debt levels to soar.
How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Start?
Dr. Alina Chan has been one of the most prominent commentators on the origins of COVID-19. Here, she explains why the binary of “natural origin” versus “lab leak” is misleading and simplistic.
Exposing the Fraudulence of Elon Musk and Tesla
Investigative journalist and automotive industry expert Edward Niedermeyer, author of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors, explains how Musk and Tesla have gotten away with so much lying and fraudulence.
A Contentious Conversation on Whether “Wokeness” is a “Religion”
Prof. John McWhorter and Nathan J. Robinson discuss whether the social justice movement is deranged as Prof. McWhorter suggests.
Why Leftists Should Embrace Our Proud History, from Thomas Paine to the New Deal
Historian Harvey J. Kaye on why we need to do more than just “debunk” nationalist myths. We also need to tell great historical stories of our own.
Why Is The Pursuit of Money Such an American Obsession?
Legendary former Harper’s editor Lewis Lapham talks to Current Affairs about his decades chronicling the dysfunctional social mores of the American ruling class.
Why All The Anti-Trans Arguments Are Bogus
Biologist and trans activist Dr. Julia Serano discusses what people like Ben Shapiro and J.K. Rowling get wrong about “biology” and debunks some common transphobic talking points.