The Anderson Files
Biden and a progressive future
Hope just means another world is possible, not promised, not guaranteed. Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope. — Rebecca Solnit
For many...
Beware the one-party autocracy
The Republicans control all of the elected branches of the federal government, but they play the victim. There is a good reason for that....
Not-so-innocent hyperbole
Only 11 percent of the media coverage of the 2016 presidential primaries dealt with the candidates’ policy positions, leadership abilities and professional histories according...
Helping heal the wounds of division
The massive 10-part PBS documentary series on the Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick starts by saying the war was “begun in...
Dishonest trashing of Biden amid imperial delusions of grandeur
In 2020, the three major TV networks, CBS, ABC, and NBC, devoted only five minutes to Afghanistan, according to the Tyndall Report. Major news...
Fighting the Gentleman’s Insurrection
The House committee to investigate the violent January 6 attempted coup d'etat is in a race against time. If the Democrats lose the House...
Changes in Latin America
While Venezuela’s alarming humanitarian and political crisis has rightly grabbed our attention, another disturbing event in Latin America has been forgotten. That event was...
Trump, TPP and progressives
Donald Trump is portrayed in the mainstream media as the primary critic of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This is ironic since the coalition against...
The autoworker strike is building an alliance between unions and climate...
On Planet MAGA, where climate change is a Chinese hoax, rightwing media says Joe Biden’s promotion of a “woke” transition to electric vehicles is...
Our mirror image of ISIS
This election year has been so peculiar that it is easy to overlook some unusual events.
At the United Nations, a prominent official lambasted a...
The long shadow of 1968
In 1968, the world turned upside down. There was political upheaval on all continents. Rebellions were almost entirely unplanned and unorganized. Popular historian Mark...
YIMBYs and housing justice
If you spend more than 30% of your income on housing, the federal government says you are “cost-burdened.” You are paying too much. According...
