Abdul El-Sayed Becomes the First Current Affairs Contributor Nominated For U.S. Senate
Current Affairs is pleased to announce that public health expert Dr. Abdul El-Sayed has been nominated as the Democratic Party candidate for U.S. Senate in…
Society
The Fauci Hearings: Fair Questions, Wrong Approach
Reviving the hatreds and loyalties of 2020 won’t settle the mysteries around COVID-19 — or help us prevent and prepare for the next pandemic.
The post…
From Headlines to Impact: Connecting Journalism and Civil Society to Drive Accountability in Ukraine
Navigating the intersecting frontlines of a brutal war and structural state reforms, OCCRP and a network of Ukrainian partners have introduced a new approach for…
Sharp spike in executions, death sentences in Iran
The UN rights chief expressed alarm on Wednesday over the sharp increase in executions and death sentences in Iran since the US-Israeli bombing campaign began…
Strengthening El Niño to push 49 million more people into acute hunger
Nearly 50 million more people in highly vulnerable communities globally are set to be pushed into acute hunger because of the strengthening El Niño weather…
UN reports deadly month for Ukrainian civilians as Russian attacks intensify
Russian forces hammered Ukraine with ballistic missiles and long-range drones overnight on Tuesday, killing at least 17 civilians – mainly around Kyiv – and injuring…
Tate brothers’ US extradition case a ‘step towards accountability,’ says independent expert
An independent UN human rights expert has welcomed ongoing proceedings in the United States to extradite “manosphere” bloggers Andrew and Tristan Tate to the United…
World News in Brief: Cambodia human rights, Hormuz invasive species risk, IOM lauds 2025 progress
Concluding his first official visit to Cambodia, UN independent human rights expert Tom Andrews said he was encouraged by the government’s cooperation but remained concerned…
‘I terminated this channel’: Inside the Fake Copyright Racket Silencing News Outlets
Hired hands in an underground takedown market are charging up to $5,000 to scrub reporting from social media by filing fake copyright claims.
The Real Extremism Problem Is on the Right, Not the Left
It’s a funny experience, opening your local newspaper and finding that it condemns your own politics as a threat to the nation. But that’s what…