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Current provides daily commentary, reflection, and judgment on contemporary culture, politics, and ideas. It is grounded in the broad tradition of American democracy–a tradition whose practices and institutions are moving through a period of great stress and testing. The founders of Current once took for granted many of the basic assumptions of our democracy, including a shared core of American values. We no longer do. We are exhausted by the cultural warfare that now dominated our civil life, threatening to undermine bods of family, friendship, and neighborhood. We are demoralized by the quasi-religious authoritarianism growing on both the right and the left. Current endeavors to provide commentary that clarifies and explains our political and culture moment, summoning readers to intelligent, constructive responses. We write out of a deep sense of vocation and citizenship.

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