The Anderson Files
House gaslighting panel and Trump-Russia mysteries
The “Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government” is a grotesque, Orwellian joke. Created by the U.S. House Republican majority, it will...
White people, Republicans and class
Class has been America’s dirty little secret. We have been told that we are a classless society. Tycoons and politicians regularly adopt an “everyman”...
A reason for hope
While the media’s attention has been focused on the Trump circus, an impressive number of progressives have been winning local races around the country....
Why Medicare for All is the only answer
Under our current patchwork health care system, the United States spends many times more than other rich nations on health care administration, pharmaceuticals and...
Democracy or unfettered capitalism?
The constant chaos promoted by Trump is exhausting. But that’s the point. It is designed to create so much confusion and anxiety that you...
Forced pregnancy & rise in fascism
Abortion is a unique issue in American politics. For many years, a majority of people have opposed overturning Roe v. Wade. However, many have...
Triptych and Trump
The uproar over Russian meddling in the U.S. election diverts our attention from the larger phenomenon of Russia’s support for far right movements in...
World far right hijacks anti-vaccine movement
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Congressman Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) says the new...
Climate apartheid
The world is facing the prospect of “climate apartheid,” where “the wealthy pay to escape overheating, hunger and conflict while the rest of the...
The doublespeak of The Donald
Many in the mainstream media talk about how similar Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are. Supposedly they are both “anti-establishment” populist candidates who are...
The untold story of Mexico’s COVID-19 strikes
Let me introduce you to Susana Prieto, a hero of the pandemic you haven’t heard about. She is a longtime Mexican labor lawyer and...
Furries, far right and the Colorado GOP
Nothing’s normal about this November’s election. Amnesty International has called on governors and secretaries of state to ban guns at or near polling stations....
