The Anderson Files
Progressive hope amid fears of autocracy and fascism
After the Senate Democrats recently passed the $3.5 trillion budget resolution, California Congress member Ro Khanna told Democracy Now! that it was “a historic...
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...
Economists agree with Bernie
The popularity of Bernie Sanders marks “the end of the politico-ideological cycle opened by the victory of Ronald Reagan at the 1980 elections,” according...
Kiss Off, Henry
When Henry Kissinger died at the age of 100 recently, leading politicians of both parties praised him effusively. Kissinger was national security adviser and...
The Anderson file: Poetry on a mission
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the celebrated poet and publisher of Beat Generation writers, argued in an essay in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1999 that poetry...
A progressive, populist message leads to Democratic victories
A growing number of Americans are dissatisfied with both political parties and the quality of candidates, according to a recent poll by Pew Research. Nevertheless,...
Environmental transformation or a future of Katrinas
Naomi Klein says we had an opportunity for big changes in 2008 after the financial crisis hit and Barack Obama was elected president. She...
Is Bernie a socialist, a commie or just a New Deal...
Back in 2016, it seemed unlikely that Bernie Sanders would win the Democratic nomination, much less the presidency. So there wasn’t as much of...
Fighting solves everything?
There is a rising wave of far right ultra-nationalist movements around the world. We’ve found that America is just as vulnerable as any other...
CU needs to give Nike a swift kick
A university should be a critic and conscience of society, according to an old-fashioned view. There are lofty goals on campus plaques and universities...
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...
Trump, Israel and the Palestinians
On Dec. 23, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2334, which declared that Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem...
