The Anderson Files
Infrastructure for the 1 percent
The American Society of Civil Engineers grades our national infrastructure a D-plus. We desperately need to modernize our roads, bridges, schoolhouses, railways, airports and...
Is Putin still the leader of the white Christian world?
Is Putin still the leader of the white Christian world?
The myth of the center-right
Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio says that too many pundits and Democratic leaders pose a false choice “between fighting for our progressive values or...
Biden and the working class
“Democrats don’t know how to talk... the Democratic Party as a constellation is a victim of its own high-mindedness, its own sense of moral...
The Battle in Seattle 20 years on
Twenty years ago, activists gave us an adrenaline rush. Tens of thousands of people flooded downtown Seattle, challenging the global economic order and yelling...
A new reality for Israelis, Palestinians and U.S. politics
The Israel-Palestine conflict is frequently portrayed as an eternal Hatfields versus McCoys dispute. There is calm now after the fighting.
But Yousef Munayyer, a political...
Black lives, the pandemic and unions
The gruesome and public extra-judicial murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis cop sparked a gigantic wave of protests, which surprised everyone. This is...
Israel and the Democrats
Israel Will Be the Great Foreign Policy Debate of the Democratic Primary” proclaimed a headline on BuzzFeed News in January. Support for the Israeli...
Can Biden be FDR and stop the Trumpist chaos?
Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) said of Joe Biden, “Nobody elected him to be F.D.R., they elected him to be normal and stop the chaos.”...
Biden’s populism and the stupid debt ceiling
In March 2020, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders had a rough debate in a sealed CNN studio without a live audience to avoid contagion...
Syria: A different perspective
Five years ago, the people of Syria rebelled in peaceful protests for political freedom and social justice, which were inspired by the “Arab Spring”...
Corporate ‘centrist’ third party could spoil 2024
In 2024, a new supposedly “centrist” political organization may run a “unity” presidential ticket. No Labels is already on the ballot as a party...
