The Current (magazine)

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The Current
CategoriesPolitics and culture
Frequencybiannual
Year founded2005
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
LanguageEnglish
Website www.columbia-current.org

The Current is a magazine of contemporary politics, culture, and Jewish affairs at Columbia University (New York, United States). Launched in December 2005, The Current publishes essays and features on a broad range of subjects including Literary & Arts, Politics, and culture. There is also a Creative section in every issue.

The Current has conducted interviews with Muhammad Yunus, [1] Stanley Fish, [2] Myron Kolatch, [3] Seyla Benhabib, [4] Judith Butler, [5] and others. Its editorials have addressed issues such as university speech codes, [6] controversial campus speakers, [7] corporate divestment, [8] humanitarian activism, [9] the Saffron Revolution in Burma, [10] the history of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, [11] and various histories of racial and ethnic integration at Columbia University.

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