John Nichols

National Affairs Correspondent

@NicholsUprising

John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation. He has written, cowritten, or edited over a dozen books on topics ranging from histories of American socialism and the Democratic Party to analyses of US and global media systems. His latest, cowritten with Senator Bernie Sanders, is the New York Times bestseller It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.

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Faiz Shakir’s Late Entry Shakes Up the Race for DNC Chair Faiz Shakir’s Late Entry Shakes Up the Race for DNC Chair

The strategist who managed Bernie Sanders’s presidential race says the party needs vision and conviction “to restore a deeply damaged Democratic brand.”

Jan 16, 2025 / John Nichols

The body of the late former United States president James Earl Carter Jr. is taken from the United States Capitol after lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda on January 9, 2025, in Washington, DC.

How John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Imagine” Became the Refrain of Jimmy Carter’s Funeral How John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Imagine” Became the Refrain of Jimmy Carter’s Funeral

The late president celebrated the impact and influence of the song, which decries war, nationalism, and the excesses of capitalism.

Jan 10, 2025 / John Nichols

Donald Trump Jr. looks on after arriving in Nuuk, Greenland, on January 7, 2025.

Donald Trump’s 21st-Century Colonialism Donald Trump’s 21st-Century Colonialism

Trump’s obsession with claiming Greenland and its people for the US is just a new version of the same old imperialist story.

Jan 9, 2025 / John Nichols

A funeral flower arrangement is set up outside the Federal Communication Commission building during protest against the end of net neutrality rules December 14, 2017, in Washington, DC.

Pro-Corporate Judicial Activists Have Shredded the First Amendment of the Internet Pro-Corporate Judicial Activists Have Shredded the First Amendment of the Internet

Corporate-friendly judges on the Sixth Circuit have overturned net neutrality, and Trump’s FCC will only make things worse.

Jan 7, 2025 / John Nichols

Thousands gather for the Protect Our Futures march in New York City on November 9, 2024, protesting Republican Donald Trump's reelection as president.

2025 Is the Year to Bust the Billionaires 2025 Is the Year to Bust the Billionaires

The late President Jimmy Carter warned repeatedly that oligarchy was threatening democracy in the United States. He was right.

Jan 1, 2025 / John Nichols

An inflatable pig stands alongside Amazon workers and union members who picketed outside the DB4 Amazon distribution center in the Queens borough of New York City, on December 20, 2024.

Bernie Sanders: Amazon “Accepts Worker Injuries…as the Cost of Doing Business” Bernie Sanders: Amazon “Accepts Worker Injuries…as the Cost of Doing Business”

Jeff Bezos is pocketing hundreds of billions while Amazon warehouses record injuries at 30 percent above the industry average.

Dec 31, 2024 / John Nichols

Reginald Owen, playing Scrooge, speaks with his dead business partner Marley, played by Leo G. Carroll, during the 1938 MGM production of “A Christmas Carol.”

Trump and Musk’s Cruelty Put Scrooge and Marley to Shame Trump and Musk’s Cruelty Put Scrooge and Marley to Shame

The president-elect and his un-elected mega-billionaire buddy have gone full Dickensian in their attempts to make greed great again.

Dec 25, 2024 / John Nichols

These Progressives Will Guide Us Through the Darkness

These Progressives Will Guide Us Through the Darkness These Progressives Will Guide Us Through the Darkness

Without a doubt, 2025 is going to be tough—but these visionaries give us hope in this uncertain time.

Dec 23, 2024 / Feature / John Nichols

If Less Than 115,000 Votes Had Switched in Three Battleground States, Harris Would Have Beaten Trump

If Less Than 115,000 Votes Had Switched in Three Battleground States, Harris Would Have Beaten Trump If Less Than 115,000 Votes Had Switched in Three Battleground States, Harris Would Have Beaten Trump

The Electoral College's count Tuesday confirms that Trump fell dramatically short of a "massive mandate."

Dec 20, 2024 / John Nichols

Democratic senate candidate US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), addresses volunteers at a campaign office on November 4, 2024, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Sherrod Brown Should Absolutely Run Again to Represent the Working Class in the Senate Sherrod Brown Should Absolutely Run Again to Represent the Working Class in the Senate

The outgoing senator recognizes—to a greater extent than any other Democrat—the need to renew the party’s commitment to a politics of economic populism.

Dec 19, 2024 / John Nichols

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