The Anderson Files

Phil Anschutz, powerful but shy Colorado right-wing multibillionaire

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Phil Anschutz is one of the richest people in Colorado. But he has considerable national clout. He is notoriously publicity shy and reclusive. Business...

Middle East meltdown

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The illegal airstrikes by the United States, Britain and France seem to be more of a publicity stunt to demonstrate the moral virtue of...

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...

The Battle in Seattle 20 years on

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Twenty years ago, activists gave us an adrenaline rush. Tens of thousands of people flooded downtown Seattle, challenging the global economic order and yelling...

‘Medicare Advantage’ plans are stealth rip-offs

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We are bombarded with countless TV commercials by private insurance companies claiming their “Medicare Advantage” plans are much better and more affordable than traditional...

Syria: A different perspective

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Five years ago, the people of Syria rebelled in peaceful protests for political freedom and social justice, which were inspired by the “Arab Spring”...

Hope — if we are committed

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In the last several years, a new conventional wisdom has emerged in the West about conflict in the Middle East. World leaders, public intellectuals,...

A new Poor People’s Campaign

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Fifty years ago in January 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference launched the Poor People’s Campaign to protest the...

Progressive hope amid fears of autocracy and fascism

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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...

Is Putin still the leader of the white Christian world?

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Is Putin still the leader of the white Christian world?

Triptych and Trump

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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...

Forced pregnancy & rise in fascism

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Abortion is a unique issue in American politics. For many years, a majority of people have opposed overturning Roe v. Wade. However, many have...