Jimmy Carter on “An Unnecessary War” Jimmy Carter on “An Unnecessary War”
Jimmy Carter, the American president more widely and rightly recognized than any other for forging a lasting peace agreement in the Middle East, met with President-elect Barack Ob...
Jan 9, 2009 / John Nichols
The Big Lie on Franken The Big Lie on Franken
There is no one Republicans are more determined to keep out of the Senate than Al Franken. And John Cornyn is poised to use the power of the filibuster to thwart him--and the Democ...
Jan 8, 2009 / John Nichols
Feingold’s Outline for a Constitutional Presidency Feingold’s Outline for a Constitutional Presidency
The new U.S. Senate is struggling to constitute itself this week, and the picture is a sorry one. Fights over how and when to seat potential members -- who have arrived via contr...
Jan 7, 2009 / John Nichols
Franken Named Minnesota Winner Franken Named Minnesota Winner
After weeks of Minnesota recount wrangling over the close contest between Republican Senator Norm Coleman and Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party challenger Al Franken, the state canvas...
Jan 4, 2009 / John Nichols
Most Valuable Progressives of 2008 Most Valuable Progressives of 2008
Progressives had more to celebrate in 2008 than in any year since the Supreme Court got into the business of stealing elections. The jubilant mood is dampened, of course, by the f...
Dec 30, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama Should Engage Now for Middle East Peace Obama Should Engage Now for Middle East Peace
An Israeli air assault on Palestinian targets in Gaza has taken an estimated 300 lives over the course of the past several days, and the death toll is mounting rapidly. Dozens of ...
Dec 29, 2008 / John Nichols
Eartha Kitt: An Anti-War Patriot Eartha Kitt: An Anti-War Patriot
Forty years ago, America’s cultural icons expressed the frustration of the American people with the failure of then-President Lyndon Johnson to end this country’s undec…
Dec 26, 2008 / John Nichols
Celebrating a Christmas Truce and the Prospect of Peace Celebrating a Christmas Truce and the Prospect of Peace
On November 11 of this year – the 80th anniversary of that 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month when World War I ended – there was dedicated in Frélinghien, France, a ...
Dec 24, 2008 / John Nichols
A Christmas Pardon and the Making of a Unified Nation A Christmas Pardon and the Making of a Unified Nation
Seventy-five years ago this week, amidst all the demands of the New Deal moment that he was defining, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued a remarkable proclamation that had...
Dec 23, 2008 / John Nichols
A Warrior for Workers A Warrior for Workers
When the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor decided in 2000 that it would stop giving "rubber stamp" backing to disappointing Democrats, the federation's dynamic leader at the...
Dec 19, 2008 / John Nichols