American broadcast journalist and anchor of Anderson Cooper 360° on CNN. Known for on-the-ground reporting from disaster zones and conflict areas including Hurricane Katrina, Iraq, and Haiti. Also serves as a correspondent for 60 Minutes on CBS. Son of writer Wyatt Cooper and heiress Gloria Vanderbilt.
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Anderson Cooper
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Public positions Anderson Cooper has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
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Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.
editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.