The Current Affairs Mindset: Essays on People, Politics, and Culture

A collection of the best essays from Current Affairs magazine. “Current Affairs is an important breath of fresh air. It stands out as by far the most intellectually sophisticated, thought-provoking, and politically astute among organs of left commentary directed toward a popular audience that have appeared in recent decades.” — Adolph Reed, Jr., University of Pennsylvania “Current Affairs is a joke. Whose cred is better? Some no name lefty journal? Or some guy (me) who grew up working class, rural, white trash, and now teaches at Yale?” — John Stoehr, U.S. News & World Report Featuring the work of: Yasmin Nair, Angela Nagle, Amber A’Lee Frost, Alex Nichols, Felix Biederman, Luke Savage, Briahna Joy Gray, and others...