The Anderson Files

Populism: bigoted scapegoating or multiracial progressivism?

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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...

Anti-LGBTQ terror, corporate hypocrites, militant workers

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Several years ago, corporate America began to celebrate LGBTQ Pride month with rainbow-patterned merchandise and participation in parades. Ryan Cooper, writing in The American...

U.S. being treated like a developing nation

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You know the old story of U.S.-based multinational corporations moving plants to the developing world, where they have a more “business-friendly,” unregulated environment under...

CU needs to give Nike a swift kick

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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...

Trump’s war on workers

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Trump proclaims himself the savior of the screwed-over “forgotten men and women” of the working class. Every day, he hogs the media spotlight with...

Beware the corporate takeover

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“Bernie’s where the Democrats need to be. He’s speaking to fears that working families have about the future, but he’s not dividing people the...

The right wing loves insurance-company looting of Medicare

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We are inundated with countless TV commercials by private insurance companies saying their Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are so much better and more affordable...

Trumpist spy and smear op hiding in Wyoming

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The Whine and Cheesy Mussolini is a sick joke, but the war on democracy isn’t over. Trump may fade away but the far right...

Good judgment or Clinton

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There hasn’t been much serious debate about foreign policy in the presidential race. The Republicans promise endless war and offer only bluster and B.S....

Rage, despair, hopelessness… and the election

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We are sick and tired of being sick and tired. — Mississippi civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hammer  In the 1960s, black people demanded to...

Who is George Soros, the right wing’s boogeyman?

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Many people heard about George Soros for the first time when he denounced George W. Bush’s “war on terror,” lies about Saddam Hussein being...

Black lives, the pandemic and unions

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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...