The Anderson Files

The alt-right is invigorated

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Recently, former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien said the network and other news outlets are “normalizing” white supremacists in their coverage of Donald Trump. Hillary...

Democracy isn’t corny but essential for equitable & decent society

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Are the Republicans going crazy? They are banning books, criminalizing abortion, attacking public school teachers who talk about racism, passing anti-LGBT laws and indiscriminately...

Our mirror image of ISIS

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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...

Laugh, don’t fight

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On April 15, a distinctly disturbing event took place in Berkeley, California. Several hundred proto-fascists gathered in a downtown park. They were armed and...

Solidarity for All

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Slain activist Vivian Silver preached peace — not just pretty words — for Palestinians and Israelis

History is in the telling

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History is not the past. It is the stories we tell about the past. How we tell these stories — triumphantly or self-critically, metaphysically...

Trump and the neo-Nazi investment adviser

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Shortly before the 2016 vote, far right militias were preparing to defend Donald Trump in case the election was stolen by Hillary Clinton. That’s...

Starting at the grassroots

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Many on the Left approach the coming year with trepidation but also some hope. The Democratic victories in November were encouraging and the election...

Colorado considers deep look at universal health care

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When it comes to healthcare, we are bombarded with misinformation and gaslighting. In 2019, the editors of more than two dozen scientific journals around...

Trump, TPP and progressives

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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...

Colorado’s GOP militia gang

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Violent far rightists have been around for some time, but the Jan. 6 hearings have revealed their incestuous relationships with some of the most...

Manipulation… Venezuela style

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Twenty years ago, Hugo Chávez proclaimed the dawn of a new era of social justice in Venezuela after his landslide presidential election. He spoke...