The Anderson Files

GOP plutocrats’ phony culture war against big business

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The marriage between the Republican Party and big business is shattering, according to many breathless news stories. “My advice to the corporate CEOs of...

The hidden history of U.S.-Cuban relationship

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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...

Trump’s trial run for a fascist state

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A few weeks ago, Trump tweeted that he will quickly deport millions of undocumented immigrants from this country. “They will be removed as fast...

Social solidarity or culture war

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We are supposed to be in the middle of a “culture war” but it is really a conflict about how we define social solidarity...

Furries, far right and the Colorado GOP

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Nothing’s normal about this November’s election. Amnesty International has called on governors and secretaries of state to ban guns at or near polling stations....

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...

Fake populist GOP promises to attack labor

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Does the media tend to portray Donald Trump as a tribune of ordinary folks and Joe Biden as an establishment elitist? That is what...

You want it, you got it

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Many Americans wanted big change this year. A majority of voters in a nationwide Election Day exit poll by Reuters/Ipsos agreed that “America needs...

Tax cut madness

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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...

What did Kevin McCarthy know and when did he know it?

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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...

History has never mattered more

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The Civil War still haunts us. In our bloodiest conflict, we were confronted with dilemmas, which persist in today’s world — the scourge of...

The alt-right is invigorated

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Recently, former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien said the network and other news outlets are “normalizing” white supremacists in their coverage of Donald Trump. Hillary...