Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Current Affairs

@currentaffairs.bsky.social

8.9K followers 170 following 2.9K posts

Like the New Yorker, but readable. https://linkin.bio/currentaffairsmag

linkin.bio

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · Sep 3

Issue 55 is here! It's a very special edition of Current Affairs, with every article devoted to animal welfare.

We’ve recruited leading scholars and activists to lend their voices in this issue, but we’ve done it with the signature Current Affairs satirical and artistic flair.

1 7 26

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 4m

Even though Nick Fuentes has been open about his admiration for Adolf Hitler, he has been treated with kid gloves by people with massive platforms who should know better, failing to tell their readers and listeners about Fuentes’ true beliefs.

www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-ris...

The Rise of Nick Fuentes Should Horrify Us All

A neo-Nazi is trying to fill the void left by the failures of the two major parties. Unless Americans are offered a visionary alternative, Fuentes’ toxic ideology may flourish.

www.currentaffairs.org

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 10m

Nick Fuentes is open about his love of Hitler. He is an outright Holocaust denier. Fuentes is a rabid Christian nationalist who has promised to purge the country of non-Christians. It should come as no surprise that Fuentes is also a misogynist.

www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-ris...

The Rise of Nick Fuentes Should Horrify Us All

A neo-Nazi is trying to fill the void left by the failures of the two major parties. Unless Americans are offered a visionary alternative, Fuentes’ toxic ideology may flourish.

www.currentaffairs.org

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 13m

Far-right influencer Nick Fuentes is a neo-Nazi. But you wouldn’t necessarily know that if you saw him on some of the popular podcasts he’s been on lately, with fairly mainstream shows hosting him for appearances that have garnered millions of views.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-ris...

The Rise of Nick Fuentes Should Horrify Us All

A neo-Nazi is trying to fill the void left by the failures of the two major parties. Unless Americans are offered a visionary alternative, Fuentes’ toxic ideology may flourish.

www.currentaffairs.org

2 30 45

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 22m

A neo-Nazi is trying to fill the void left by the failures of the two major parties. Unless Americans are offered a visionary alternative, Fuentes’ toxic ideology may flourish.

www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-ris...

The Rise of Nick Fuentes Should Horrify Us All

A neo-Nazi is trying to fill the void left by the failures of the two major parties. Unless Americans are offered a visionary alternative, Fuentes’ toxic ideology may flourish.

www.currentaffairs.org

3 6

Reposted by Current Affairs

spencer roberts 🦈 @unpopularscience.bsky.social · 2h

I wrote about why slugs are better than clankers. 🦑🧪

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 4h

3 5 43

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 1h

1 2

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 2h

1 1

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 2h

1 1 6

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 3h

The people trying to ban and remove books are a small cadre of right-wing wackos. They are categorically the minority, but they’re loud and increasingly backed by both money and political clout.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/a-libra...

A Librarian’s Guide to Fighting Book Bans

Right-wingers have been getting books removed from shelves across the United States. But they’re a fringe minority of weirdos, and they can be beaten. Here’s how.

www.currentaffairs.org

1 4

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 3h

While we tend to think of book bans in terms of towering infernos, the reality—as with most evil—is actually quite banal. Book bans are quiet, insidious. That’s why the cure is a lot of noise.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/a-libra...

A Librarian’s Guide to Fighting Book Bans

Right-wingers have been getting books removed from shelves across the United States. But they’re a fringe minority of weirdos, and they can be beaten. Here’s how.

www.currentaffairs.org

2 6

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 3h

Right-wingers have been getting books removed from shelves across the United States. But they’re a fringe minority of weirdos, and they can be beaten. Here’s how.

www.currentaffairs.org/news/a-libra...

A Librarian’s Guide to Fighting Book Bans

Right-wingers have been getting books removed from shelves across the United States. But they’re a fringe minority of weirdos, and they can be beaten. Here’s how.

www.currentaffairs.org

6 14

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 4h

1 11

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 4h

1 4

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 4h

1 2 9

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 4h

1 4

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 4h

1 5 16

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 5h

It is sad that our society is so generous in considering the sentience of machines, yet so skeptical of other creatures. www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-all...

Why All Animals Are Sentient, and Machines Will Never Be

Even the smallest sea slug feels pain. That means we have a responsibility not to inflict it.

www.currentaffairs.org

1 10