Kyrsten Sinema Formally Enrolls in the Party of Wall Street and Big Pharma Kyrsten Sinema Formally Enrolls in the Party of Wall Street and Big Pharma
The senator's switch to "independent" aligns her more completely with the special interests that she has so diligently represented since coming to the chamber.
Dec 9, 2022 / John Nichols
Trump’s Sore-Loserism Knows No Bounds Trump’s Sore-Loserism Knows No Bounds
The president’s dismissal of 2020 results, and his demand that the election be redone, are entirely at odds with the intent of the founders.
Dec 8, 2022 / John Nichols
Barack Obama’s Politics 101: Ridiculing Republicans Works Barack Obama’s Politics 101: Ridiculing Republicans Works
The former president is still the ablest campaigner the Democrats have, as his takedown of Herschel Walker’s vampire-vs.-werewolf rumination proved.
Dec 6, 2022 / John Nichols
Senate Democrats Need to Fight Harder Than Marco Rubio for Rail Workers Senate Democrats Need to Fight Harder Than Marco Rubio for Rail Workers
Unless federal intervention to avert a rail strike includes a guarantee of paid sick leave for rail workers, it shouldn’t be approved.
Nov 30, 2022 / John Nichols
A United Front Is Needed to Fight the Threat to Journalism Posed by the Assange Prosecution A United Front Is Needed to Fight the Threat to Journalism Posed by the Assange Prosecution
The New York Times and major European publications recognize the US Department of Justice’s pursuit of Julian Assange as an attack on press freedom. Now, say it louder.
Nov 29, 2022 / John Nichols
The Disturbing World of the New GOP The Disturbing World of the New GOP
The 2022 midterms saw the Republican Party complete its devolution into a party that has fully abandoned its conscience.
Nov 28, 2022 / Feature / John Nichols
Nancy Pelosi’s Next Chapter Nancy Pelosi’s Next Chapter
Instead of taking a behind-the-scenes role, Pelosi should spend her remaining time in Congress embracing and extending her commitment to human rights issues.
Nov 25, 2022 / John Nichols
FDR Served Up a Critique of Capitalism With His Thanksgiving Proclamations FDR Served Up a Critique of Capitalism With His Thanksgiving Proclamations
The 32nd president regularly decried “greed and selfishness and striving for undue riches.”
Nov 24, 2022 / John Nichols
Donald Trump Knows How to Win the Republican Presidential Nomination Donald Trump Knows How to Win the Republican Presidential Nomination
The defeated former president is running again in 2024 and—despite what some pundits say—he’s the favorite to win the GOP nomination.
Nov 16, 2022 / John Nichols
Democratic Myopia About Rural America Cost the Party a House Seat It Could Have Won Democratic Myopia About Rural America Cost the Party a House Seat It Could Have Won
Democrats could be one seat closer to a House majority had they not abandoned a Wisconsin candidate who lost his race by a mere 4 points.
Nov 15, 2022 / John Nichols