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Is Kamala Harris' Career Over?
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Left Reckoning • Sep 27, 2025

Is Kamala Harris' Career Over?

Comedy’s Favorite Truth-Tellers are Playing Jester for the Saudi Prince
Current Affairs • Sep 26, 2025

Comedy’s Favorite Truth-Tellers are Playing Jester for the Saudi Prince

Comedy is all about speaking truth to power. That’s why, this weekend, you’ll find America’s hottest knee-slappers jet-setting to Saudi Arabia. The Riyadh Comedy Festival kicks off today in the nation’s capital with an absurdly heavy-hitting lineup: Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr, Kevin Hart, Pete Davidson, Aziz Ansari, and Louis C.K., just to name a few. See, “woke” might have killed free speech in Brooklyn, but it appears to be alive and well in Saudi Arabia—a country whose “years-since-last-executing-a-journalist counter” never seems to reach the double digits. 

How Humanitarian Aid Flotilla Members Became “Terrorists”
Current Affairs • Sep 26, 2025

How Humanitarian Aid Flotilla Members Became “Terrorists”

Tommy marcus is an activist and online influencer, better known by the Instagram handle “Quentin Quarantino.” He’s worked to get refugees safe passage from Afghanistan, used Airbnb to funnel cash to civilians under attack in Ukraine, and raised over $30 million for a variety of humanitarian causes. Now, he’s on his most ambitious mission yet: to break the Israeli siege of Gaza and bring life-saving humanitarian aid as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Live from the deck of a boat in the Mediterranean Sea, he recently joined Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson to explain why he's heading for Gaza.

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