[1] The journal is currently edited by John Mowitt, Cesare Casarino, Simona Sawhney, Maggie Hennefeld and Frieda Ekotto.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following bibliographic databases:[2] Amidst the Israel–Hamas war in 2024 Cultural Critique was forced to issue a public apology for rejecting a contribution by an Israeli scholar solely on the basis of his assumed institutional affiliation in Israel.

'"[3][4] The scholar replied that, as the biography attached to his submission had made clear, he had no affiliation to Israeli institutions, and argued that Cultural Critique had turned his paper down solely on the basis of his nationality; this despite even the BDS guidelines themselves explicitly opposing the boycott of individuals.

[3][5] Cultural Critique reportedly replied that they could not verify his non-Israeli affiliation and would only reconsider his rejection should he provide evidence of this being the case.

The journal claimed to have "mistakenly excluded from consideration an article submitted by a scholar on the basis of their university affiliation.