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.

How the Democrats Can Take Back Rural America

How the Democrats Can Take Back Rural America How the Democrats Can Take Back Rural America

Party leaders must take direction from actual rural Democrats and independent progressives.

Aug 24, 2017 / Feature / John Nichols

Village Voice Distribution Box

What ‘The Village Voice’ Taught Us About Speaking Truth to Power What ‘The Village Voice’ Taught Us About Speaking Truth to Power

As the venerable weekly newspaper ceases print publication, let us hope that its brilliantly belligerent journalistic legacy lives on.

Aug 23, 2017 / John Nichols

Trump at Trump Tower

A Key Member of Congress Has Had Enough—and Calls for Trump’s Impeachment A Key Member of Congress Has Had Enough—and Calls for Trump’s Impeachment

“It is morally and legally incumbent upon me, based on my oath of office, to introduce articles of impeachment."

Aug 22, 2017 / John Nichols

Steve Bannon

The Stain Steve Bannon Put on Donald Trump’s Presidency Cannot Be Washed Away The Stain Steve Bannon Put on Donald Trump’s Presidency Cannot Be Washed Away

The White House chief strategist has had a profound influence on Trump and, tragically for America, that influence will linger.

Aug 18, 2017 / John Nichols

Protesters in Massachusetts

Fire the White Supremacists, Topple the Confederate Statues, Crack Down on the Violent Fascists Fire the White Supremacists, Topple the Confederate Statues, Crack Down on the Violent Fascists

This is about more than Trump—this is about what America must do. Now.

Aug 16, 2017 / John Nichols

Trump in the White House

Trump Blamed the Violence in Charlottesville ‘On Many Sides.’ Republicans Must Reject That. Trump Blamed the Violence in Charlottesville ‘On Many Sides.’ Republicans Must Reject That.

Members of the GOP have a duty to condemn a Republican president who had done everything in his power to divide the country.

Aug 13, 2017 / John Nichols

Representative John Conyers

Congress Is Pushing Back Against Trump’s Dangerously Ignorant Nuclear Threats Congress Is Pushing Back Against Trump’s Dangerously Ignorant Nuclear Threats

Members of Congress are telling the president he has no authority to launch a preemptive attack anywhere.

Aug 11, 2017 / John Nichols

DSA members march in NYC

America Has a Long and Storied Socialist Tradition. DSA Is Reviving It. America Has a Long and Storied Socialist Tradition. DSA Is Reviving It.

The organization’s membership has tripled, and new polling suggests that 37 percent of American adults now prefer socialism to capitalism.

Aug 7, 2017 / John Nichols

Donald Trump's inauguration.

Trump’s Base of Support Is Collapsing Trump’s Base of Support Is Collapsing

The president never had a proper mandate, but the resistance is no longer a voice of opposition. It now speaks for the great American majority.

Aug 4, 2017 / John Nichols

UAW members outside the Nissan plant

A Nissan Victory Could Usher in a New Era of Southern Organizing A Nissan Victory Could Usher in a New Era of Southern Organizing

In Canton, Mississippi, an inspiring UAW campaign is linking workers’ rights to demands for racial justice—and charting a new path for organizing in the South.

Aug 3, 2017 / John Nichols

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