The Anderson Files

Choosing terrain for activism

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What if America had a parliamentary system? What if we got rid of the presidency and the Senate and turned the House of Representatives...

Coronavirus and big change

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No more criticism. That was the message of U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams to journalists. He castigated them for their coverage of the White...

A progressive, populist message leads to Democratic victories

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A growing number of Americans are dissatisfied with both political parties and the quality of candidates, according to a recent poll by Pew Research. Nevertheless,...

Beware the one-party autocracy

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The Republicans control all of the elected branches of the federal government, but they play the victim. There is a good reason for that....

Climate apartheid

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The world is facing the prospect of “climate apartheid,” where “the wealthy pay to escape overheating, hunger and conflict while the rest of the...

The doublespeak of The Donald

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Many in the mainstream media talk about how similar Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are. Supposedly they are both “anti-establishment” populist candidates who are...

Did a CU prof almost spark an American coup d’etat?

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In August 2020, John Eastman published an op-ed in Newsweek suggesting that Kamala Harris might be unqualified to be vice president because her parents...

Is gun machismo destabilizing the US with paranoia and murder?

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The pandemic inspired a gun-buying surge. Americans purchased approximately 60 million guns between 2020 and 2022, according to The Trace, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news...

Pushing for Medicare expansion and social transformation

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In the 2020 Democratic Party primaries, the progressive wing won on the issues. Most Americans support Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, $15...

Infrastructure for the 1 percent

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The American Society of Civil Engineers grades our national infrastructure a D-plus. We desperately need to modernize our roads, bridges, schoolhouses, railways, airports and...

Kiss Off, Henry

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When Henry Kissinger died at the age of 100 recently, leading politicians of both parties praised him effusively. Kissinger was national security adviser and...

A familiar path to fascism

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Donald Trump is the first major party presidential nominee to provoke widespread discussion about whether he is a fascist. It is a question raised...