The Anderson Files
Sorry, we created a world dumb enough for Trump
Hurricane Trump presents us with a peculiar sort of national emergency. Every day, the Bullshitter-in-Chief deploys a blizzard of lies, half-truths, conspiracy theories and...
The for-profit barbarity of mercenary Erik Prince
Donald Trump violated the U.S. government’s “obligations under international law” when he pardoned American mercenaries Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard,...
Fighting for more than just the next step
In a dark and perilous time, a politically diverse resistance has arisen to fight the Republicans who control all three branches of the federal...
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.”...
Democracy isn’t corny but essential for equitable & decent society
Are the Republicans going crazy? They are banning books, criminalizing abortion, attacking public school teachers who talk about racism, passing anti-LGBT laws and indiscriminately...
Amazon workers’ win and fragile promise of union revival
This April Fools’ Day, David beat Goliath. It wasn’t a joke. Workers at Amazon’s huge warehouse on Staten Island voted to form a union...
Middle East meltdown
The illegal airstrikes by the United States, Britain and France seem to be more of a publicity stunt to demonstrate the moral virtue of...
Moving left
The Intercept said it was “a remarkable display of grassroots power.” In These Times said it was “the most radical development yet” in the...
U.S. being treated like a developing nation
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...
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...
The student debt mess grew out of Reagan’s war on ‘intellectual...
It was a shock when the Supreme Court blocked President Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 for student loan borrowers. Biden responded with...
Self-deception and hidden agendas during the pandemic
The pandemic is challenging governments around the world. However, the Trump administration’s response stands out as monumentally incompetent and corrupt. There was plenty of...
