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.

The Most Reliably Democratic County in America Just Sent Hillary Clinton a Signal

The Most Reliably Democratic County in America Just Sent Hillary Clinton a Signal The Most Reliably Democratic County in America Just Sent Hillary Clinton a Signal

The Democratic front-runner needs to embrace the New Deal themes that still resonate in frequently forgotten corners of America.

May 18, 2016 / John Nichols

Glenn Grothman

Wisconsin Republicans Were ‘Giddy’ About Making It Harder to Vote Wisconsin Republicans Were ‘Giddy’ About Making It Harder to Vote

Former Republican legislative aide says GOP legislators were “politically frothing at the mouth” over the restrictive voter ID law.

May 17, 2016 / John Nichols

Bernie Sanders in Puerto Rico

Bernie Sanders Says the US Must End Its ‘Colonial-Type Relationship’ With Puerto Rico Bernie Sanders Says the US Must End Its ‘Colonial-Type Relationship’ With Puerto Rico

Opposing austerity schemes that target the island, the senator rips economic injustice and political inequality.

May 16, 2016 / John Nichols

Bernie and Hillary debate chat

Clinton and Sanders Should Fight Together for a Democratic Platform That Backs DC Statehood Clinton and Sanders Should Fight Together for a Democratic Platform That Backs DC Statehood

Sanders and Clinton are both right: DC statehood is a voting-rights issue and a democracy issue.

May 13, 2016 / John Nichols

Trump Ryan Meeting

It’s Donald Trump’s Republican Party, and Paul Ryan Is Dancing It’s Donald Trump’s Republican Party, and Paul Ryan Is Dancing

Instead of standing on principle, the House speaker says he sees “a great opportunity to unify” with the billionaire.

May 12, 2016 / John Nichols

Sanders in West Virginia

Bernie Sanders Keeps Winning Primaries and Keeps Shaping the Anti-Trump Agenda Bernie Sanders Keeps Winning Primaries and Keeps Shaping the Anti-Trump Agenda

The senator is still in the running, still arguing that Democrats must adopt a boldly progressive economic message.

May 11, 2016 / John Nichols

Speaker Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan’s (Exceptionally Cynical and Self-Serving) Dance With Donald Trump Paul Ryan’s (Exceptionally Cynical and Self-Serving) Dance With Donald Trump

The speaker’s grandstanding has very little to do with political courage, and very much to do with political positioning.

May 9, 2016 / John Nichols

Donald Trump

Would Donald Trump Let the Muslim Mayor of London Visit the United States? Would Donald Trump Let the Muslim Mayor of London Visit the United States?

The newly elected mayor of one of the world’s great cities decries the Republican’s talk of banning Muslims as “a very serious threat.”

May 6, 2016 / John Nichols

Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson

Could an Antiwar, Anti-Surveillance Libertarian Be the Biggest Beneficiary of Trump’s Takeover of the GOP? Could an Antiwar, Anti-Surveillance Libertarian Be the Biggest Beneficiary of Trump’s Takeover of the GOP?

Gary Johnson is making his play for #NeverTrump votes. But is he too open-minded for renegade Republicans?

May 5, 2016 / John Nichols

Bernie Sanders

Indiana Tells Bernie Sanders to Stay in the Race, and Keep Talking About Trade Indiana Tells Bernie Sanders to Stay in the Race, and Keep Talking About Trade

The challenger wins a key primary by declaring that “we must rewrite our disastrous trade policies.”

May 4, 2016 / John Nichols

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