The Anderson Files
The devil is in the details
When he was on the campaign trail, Donald Trump denounced “free” trade agreements, promising something “much better” for working people than the North American...
German coup plotters borrow from QAnon, Jan. 6
On Dec. 7, some 3,000 German police officers and special forces raided 150 locations in 11 of Germany’s 16 states as well as in...
The hidden history of U.S.-Cuban relationship
It was a turning point. Beginning in 2013, the U.S. and Cuba began secret talks in Canada and Vatican City. In 2015, Barack Obama...
The 2019 war on reproductive rights
Technically speaking, abortion is legal in all 50 states. However, since the big Republican victories in the 2010 elections, state legislators have passed hundreds...
What did Kevin McCarthy know and when did he know it?
It’s too early to know the impact of Trump’s second impeachment trial. Many millions watched it on TV, but the size of the audience...
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...
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...
GOP racism and Trump
Donald Trump’s zigzags on race can be confusing. He holds a polite, presidential-style press conference with the president of Mexico and then goes to...
Tax cut madness
It’s difficult to exaggerate the significance of what the Republicans are trying to do with their grotesque and brazen tax scam. They are determined...
Populism: bigoted scapegoating or multiracial progressivism?
Populism isn’t a coherent ideology, argues John Judis, but “a way of thinking” about politics that can be employed by the left, right or...
Trump and the deep state
Trump and his defenders have claimed that he is the victim of a gigantic conspiracy by the CIA, the FBI, the NSA, President Obama...
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...
