NEW: Mobile homes are one of the last remaining affordable housing options in America. Now they’ve become private equity’s latest target. Private equity firms now own at least 1200 parks nationwide. Residents have seen their rents spike by as much as 100% in the last 6 years.

if the climate crisis is actually dealt with successfully, it will be entirely because China, a country the US political class is intent on demonizing and stoking war with, takes the problem seriously and is not as suicidally insane as the US is.

It’s a short step from not reading books yourself to perceiving them as a threat, precisely because they encourage people to look deeper into issues, challenge conventional ideas, and empathize with people unlike themselves. currentaffairs.org/news/youve-got…

If you want a sign that Trump would be even worse for Palestinians, consider the fact that Israel gratefully named an illegal settlement after him

Jeremiah Moss explains why "nostalgia" is actually healthy, why old, broken-down things can be good, and why people with money shouldn't be able to buy their way out of the inconvenience of living in a place with other people. currentaffairs.org/news/how-the-s…

Kat Abugazaleh (Kat Abu) on how the Harris campaign courted creators and the ethics of influencing. currentaffairs.org/news/what-the-…

It’s not just that The Atlantic is a magazine where you’ll find headlines like “Medicare For All Is a Fantasy” and “John Bolton Is Misunderstood.” These arguments, in addition to being morally repugnant, are also shoddy and unpersuasive. currentaffairs.org/news/the-worst…

It's unnerving that Putin has the ability to con U.S. media figures with millions of followers. But there is a delicious irony to learning that a bunch of influencers who rail against “elites” turn out to be serving the “establishment” of another country. currentaffairs.org/news/the-right…

The way to resolve whether the pager attack was "precisely targeted" or "indiscriminate terrorism" is to ask: how would the same attack—in the same places, w/ the same casualties—be described if Hezbollah / Hamas had done it? Would David Frum be praising them for their restraint?

You are just as likely to come away from an Atlantic article with your head full of propaganda as you are to come away enlightened, which is why I maintain that it is failing the basic job of a magazine, and we’d all be better off without it. currentaffairs.org/news/the-worst…

NEW YORK: come to this event on October 16th! It's free and open to the public. Nathan J Robinson will be there to discuss The Myth of American Idealism and Noam Chomsky's influence. Pre-order the book here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738224/t…

Anti-Palestinian racism has been totally normalized by the media. currentaffairs.org/news/our-leade…

The Black Church is no shield for empire. In fact, the Black Church is a weapon against empire because it was forged in struggle against some of the greatest injustices in this country, including segregation and enslavement. currentaffairs.org/news/the-black…

September 20th, 2024 ❧ Current Affairs News Briefing -Israel’s terror attacks -U.S. healthcare in bad shape -Mark Robinson calls himself a “Black Nazi” And much more! currentaffairs.org/briefing

.Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, and Benny Johnson all claim to be “victims” of Tenet Media. But typically, being a “victim” implies that one has experienced some sort of loss. Usually, victims do not walk away from their victimization with giant sacks of cash. currentaffairs.org/news/the-right…

The US media's failure to cover news in Africa is really egregious and entirely racist: currentaffairs.org/news/why-does-…

we counted up the stories across 10 days in the The New York Times. The only things related to Africa in the print edition's news section are either US-focused, or about violence and natural disaster. Nothing on African politics, economics, or society. An appalling record.

Folk music sing-alongs are a dying practice. Outside of a church or karaoke room, singing is mostly left to the professionals. There is the musician and the listener, and a widening gulf between them. currentaffairs.org/news/why-you-s…

If any other nation on Earth had carried out this bombing, world leaders would be falling over each other to condemn it and call the perpetrator a dangerous rogue state. Israel can’t be allowed a blank check to just do whatever it likes.

Whatever tinkering Harris plans to do, it likely won’t address the fundamental problem with American health insurance, which is that it is treated as a commodity to be profited from rather than an investment in the public good.