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.

Nurses Prescribe a White House Rethink on Financial Transactions Tax Nurses Prescribe a White House Rethink on Financial Transactions Tax

National Nurses United and the AFL-CIO have been urging the White House to stop opposing a global financial transactions tax. It’s working.

Nov 3, 2011 / John Nichols

Occupy the Ballot: Colorado Voters Reject Corporate Power Occupy the Ballot: Colorado Voters Reject Corporate Power

Boulder votes against corporate personhood, and then they vote to replace their private power supplier with a municipal utility.  

Nov 3, 2011 / John Nichols

Herman Cain, David Koch, Scott Walker, Paul Ryan & the Smoking Man Herman Cain, David Koch, Scott Walker, Paul Ryan & the Smoking Man

Mark Block helped elect Scott Walker and promoted Paul Ryan’s assault on seniors. Now his own history of political wrongdoing is being exposed.

Nov 2, 2011 / John Nichols

Herman Cain’s Next Scandal: His Smoking Campaign Manager Herman Cain’s Next Scandal: His Smoking Campaign Manager

Mark Block, who is all over the media defending his boss against allegations of sexual harassment, has his own scandal-plagued past.

Nov 1, 2011 / John Nichols

Paul Ryan Can’t Hear the Catholic Church’s Call for Economic Justice Paul Ryan Can’t Hear the Catholic Church’s Call for Economic Justice

The church has proposed a financial transaction tax in order to steer the economy “towards achieving the common good.” Is that class warfare?

Oct 30, 2011 / John Nichols

How the Wounding of a Vet Who Dared to Dissent Stirred a New Wave of Dissent How the Wounding of a Vet Who Dared to Dissent Stirred a New Wave of Dissent

The violence in Oakland has provoked a global outcry, as activists ask how a Marine can survive Iraq only to be seriously injured while peacefully protesting on the streets of an A...

Oct 27, 2011 / John Nichols

Vet Survived Iraq, Only to Be Wounded Defending Civil Liberties in Oakland Vet Survived Iraq, Only to Be Wounded Defending Civil Liberties in Oakland

Clashes over the Occupy Oakland clearance leave an Iraq War veteran seriously wounded. As with the Bonus Army of 1932, vets who make economic demands at home find themselves u...

Oct 27, 2011 / John Nichols

Occupy Wall Street and the Pope Agree: It’s Time to Tax Speculators Occupy Wall Street and the Pope Agree: It’s Time to Tax Speculators

On the streets, at the Vatican, at the G-20, in Congress and in front of the US Treasury building: The call is rising for a financial transactions tax. It will get a lot louder in ...

Oct 26, 2011 / John Nichols

Karl Rove’s 2011 Election Priority: Busting Public-Sector Unions in Ohio Karl Rove’s 2011 Election Priority: Busting Public-Sector Unions in Ohio

The former White House political czar, who pulls so many Republican and conservative strings, is all over the fight to defend Ohio Governor John Kasich’s anti-union law....

Oct 25, 2011 / John Nichols

Why is George Bush Wading Into Denver’s Education Debate on the Eve of Critical School Board Elections? Why is George Bush Wading Into Denver’s Education Debate on the Eve of Critical School Board Elections?

What's the “No Child Left Behind” president doing in Denver barely a week before a critical school board election? Helping the fake “reformers” make th...

Oct 24, 2011 / John Nichols

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