''Compact'' is an American
online magazine
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that began operating in March 2022.
The magazine was co-founded by
Marxist populist Edwin Aponte, former editor of the conservative ecumenical journal ''
First Things'', Matthew Schmitz, and conservative opinion journalist
Sohrab Ahmari.
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The New York Times
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'' describes the magazine's editors as being ideologically diverse, including religiously
conservative
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Catholics
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,
populists and dissident
Marxist feminists.
The magazine's editorial line is critical of
liberalism
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from both the
left and the right.
Planning for the launch of the magazine began in 2020 between Ahmari and Schmitz, who later incorporated Aponte on the condition that half of the site's content cover "
material concerns". ''Compact'' launched without a
paywall for its first few weeks
and is now run on a reader-funded model, requiring a paid subscription to access all of the articles on the site.
The magazine includes columnists such as
Christopher Caldwell,
Lee Smith,
Malcom Kyeyune, and
Nina Power, and contributing editors including
Adrian Vermeule,
Glenn Greenwald
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,
Liel Leibovitz,
Michael Tracey,
Patrick Deneen,
Paul Embery, and
Slavoj Žižek
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.
Co-founder Edwin Aponte exited the magazine over political differences after the
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization U.S. Supreme Court decision was leaked to the public.
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Online magazines published in the United States
English-language magazines
Magazines established in 2022
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