Current Affairs | Culture & Politics (45)

The Right to a Window Should Be as Fundamental as Freedom of Speech

Many workers have their health damaged by lack of access to sunlight and plants. Windows shouldn’t be seen as a perk or luxury. They are a basic necessity that everyone deserves.

by Nathan J. Robinson

Staten Island, Forgotten Borough

Staten Island gets a lot of disrespect from other New Yorkers, some of it fair. But it has its own fascinating people’s history.

by James Bosco

Manifest Destiny in Space

“Astrotopia” author Mary-Jane Rubenstein discusses the dangerous colonial myths about the necessity of conquest and expansion, and how they show up in billionaires’ rhetoric today.

by Nathan J. Robinson

Democrats Slashed Medicaid and Food Assistance Because We Didn’t Fight

Rhode Island state senator Sam Bell shows how Democrats have refused to fight on issues that matter, with tragic consequences for working people.

by Sam Bell

US Companies Complain of Worker Shortages While the US Deports Workers to Their Deaths

We militarize our borders and keep people seeking work from doing it. Then legislators insist we need child labor to fill a “worker shortage.” What kind of country is this?

by Nathan J. Robinson

The Resurgence of ‘Natural Law’ Theories Should Scare Us All

Some on the right are ditching “originalism” for a far more radical theocratic legal philosophy that imposes the laws of God rather than the Constitution.

by K. Wilson

How Corbyn Was Thwarted and How to Rebuild the British Left

Labour activist and author James Schneider explains what went wrong and how a left movement can succeed in the UK.

by Current Affairs

Bernie Sanders Keeps Us Focused on What Matters

Sanders’ new manifesto is an important reminder of what we should be fighting for, and a reminder that the Democratic party establishment is a main enemy of progress and justice.

by Nathan J. Robinson

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