Justin Anderson
Justin Anderson is a writer based in New York City.
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Views Thursday, June 28, 2018 The Economist’s Premature Obituary for the Sanders Movement Earlier this month, the US politics opinion column of the Economist ( 6/7/18 ), pseudonymously written by “Lexington,” was accompanied by a cartoon depicting Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind.–Vermont) with a comically oversized hook nose. Perhaps cartoonist KAL was unaware of the connotations of the hook... Read more |
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Views Friday, May 25, 2018 Focus on Pruitt’s Scandals Obscures Environmental Degradation Under Trump Scott Pruitt sure is busy these days. The climate change-denying head of the Environmental Protection Agency has been renting out a DC condo on the cheap from an energy lobbyist ; installing a $43,000 soundproof booth for his telephone calls; passing out improper pay raises to aides; jet-setting... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, April 11, 2018 Who Will Take on the 21st Century Tech and Media Monopolies? Facebook is under fire for ( among other things ) its involvement with Cambridge Analytica, a British data analytics firm funded by hedge fund billionaire and major Republican party donor Robert Mercer and formerly led by President Trump’s ex–campaign manager and strategist Steve Bannon. Cambridge... Read more |
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Views Monday, February 19, 2018 Media Embrace New 'Reform' Group as Bulwark Against Guaranteed Healthcare In recent years, there has been rapid growth in support for Medicare for All, a single-payer healthcare system that would guarantee the universal medical coverage that the Affordable Care Act failed to achieve with its passage in 2010. Sixty-four percent of Democrats support single-payer healthcare... Read more |