The Current (magazine)


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 on a broad range of subjects, with letters to the editor, an editorial, and book reviews appearing in each issue.

The Current has conducted interviews with Muhammad Yunus, Stanley Fish, Myron Kolatch, and others. Its editorials have addressed issues such as university speech codes, controversial campus speakers, corporate divestment, humanitarian activism, the Saffron Revolution in Burma, and the history of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry.

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