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The best Current Affairs newsletters

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Persuasion

Substack
persuasion.community· weekly· Published yesterday

Persuasion is a community newsletter covering politics, culture, and the defense of free societies, including first-person war reporting from Ukraine, conversations with public intellectuals, and investigative pieces. Readers get analysis of current events, perspectives on reading and AI's cultural effects, and firsthand accounts from frontline-adjacent civilians.

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economist.com· weekly· Published 6 days ago

A weekly digest summarizing the main global news stories across politics, business and other sections, in a compact format. Readers get a quick overview of the week's most important events, plus a lighter cartoon or humorous take on the news.

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heathercoxrichardson.substack.com· daily· Published today

Heather Cox Richardson's daily letter places current American political events in historical context, drawing on American history to explain present-day developments. Issues combine commentary on the news with pointers to a podcast and live recordings.

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sarahwilson.substack.com· weekly· Published 2 days ago

Author Sarah Wilson writes personal essays and commentary on current events, culture and technology from a reflective, first-person perspective. Issues include on-the-ground reporting from Paris protests, reflections on AI's impact on mathematics, and occasional subscriber updates.

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saturdayread.substack.com· weekly· Published today

A weekend digest from the New Statesman linking to its best pieces on politics, culture, books and ideas, with a short editor's introduction each issue. Issues sometimes excerpt a cover story and include promotional subscription offers and ads.

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micromega.substack.com· weekly· IT· Published yesterday

A weekly Italian newsletter from the magazine MicroMega that curates in-depth articles on politics, philosophy and current affairs, including pieces from the magazine's archive. It also promotes subscriber events and issues of the magazine.

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tapinas.substack.com· weekly· LT· Published 3 days ago

A Lithuanian-language Substack by journalist Andrius Tapinas mixing commentary, podcasts, live videos, and personal projects such as a longevity series and a tournament ranking the best TV series of all time. Readers get his personal takes on current events, culture and health experimentation, with some audio content behind a paywall.

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blog.csewhy.com· weekly· Published 4 days ago

A UPSC exam preparation newsletter offering method-driven analysis of previous year questions, current affairs linked to the syllabus, and practice for Prelims, CSAT and Mains. Each issue explains a current news story and how it maps to UPSC topics, with exercises and study strategies.

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El Taims

Substack
newsletter.eltaims.com· daily· ES· Published yesterday

A daily Spanish-language digest of Mexican and international news, summarizing the day's newspapers in a irreverent, joke-heavy style. Each issue opens with a punny TLDR list and expands the main stories with sarcastic commentary on Mexican politics.

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jefftiedrich.com· daily· Published yesterday

A profane, politically partisan daily commentary that mocks Donald Trump and his administration, documenting rallies, statements and policy moves with sarcasm and insults. It gives readers a combative anti-Trump take on current US politics rather than neutral reporting.

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