The Anderson Files
The untold story of Mexico’s COVID-19 strikes
Let me introduce you to Susana Prieto, a hero of the pandemic you haven’t heard about. She is a longtime Mexican labor lawyer and...
U.S. aid to suppress Palestinians and democracy
Something unprecedented is happening in U.S.-Israeli relations. There has been a mainstream cliché that Israel is “the only democracy in the Middle East.” It...
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...
Putin’s far right disinformation
Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is shocking but how surprising is it? British investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr said on Twitter, “We failed to acknowledge...
The war on unions rages on
On Feb. 26, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). The Washington Post...
Is this an extinction-level event for American labor?
The labor movement has been reviving in recent years but now it faces stormy weather with the presidency, the Congress and the Supreme Court...
How to sabotage the federal government
The Trump administration offers us a ceaseless sordid circus of chaos and confusion, which dominates the headlines. Each day is a new episode 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...
Trump’s Bizarro World
In the 1960s, DC introduced “Bizarro World” in their Superman comic books. It is the fictional planet of “htraE” (“Earth” spelled backwards) where everything...
The path to a Bernie victory
Bernie Sanders can win. On Super Tuesday, Clinton won in “red” conservative states of the South, which Democrats will lose in the general election,...
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...
Oliver North, the NRA’s new poster boy
Oliver North recently became the president of the National Rifle Association (NRA). The organization’s CEO, Wayne LaPierre, said North “is a legendary warrior for...
