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
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’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
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
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
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
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
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
The Electoral College's count Tuesday confirms that Trump fell dramatically short of a "massive mandate."
Dec 20, 2024 / John Nichols
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