Obama, Clinton and What Has Been Achieved Obama, Clinton and What Has Been Achieved
The longest, most demographically-difficult and highest-turnout campaign ever for the presidential nomination of an American political party was settled Tuesday night when Barack ...
Jun 4, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama’s Super Tuesday Obama’s Super Tuesday
"It's time," said U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, the senior Democratic workhorse from Wisconsin who had resisted making an endorsement in the race for the party's presidential nomination...
Jun 3, 2008 / John Nichols
When the Free Press Fails Democracy When the Free Press Fails Democracy
Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan leaves no doubt that an on-bended-knee press corps made it easier to peddle propaganda about the war in Iraq. "If anything, the natio...
May 31, 2008 / John Nichols
Who’ll Unplug Big Media? Stay Tuned Who’ll Unplug Big Media? Stay Tuned
The media reform movement has made a few inroads, but there's still a long way to go.
May 29, 2008 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Bush Aide Scores White House War Propaganda Bush Aide Scores White House War Propaganda
The Bush administration employed propaganda techniques, political spin and deception to promote and then justify a war with Iraq that was unwise and unnecessary. And a "too-defer...
May 28, 2008 / John Nichols
Which Bob Barr is Running for President? Which Bob Barr is Running for President?
Statements made by political parties, especially around the time of their nominating conventions are, necessarily, suspect. So what should we make of the Libertarian Party's late...
May 27, 2008 / John Nichols
McCain Rejects Another Hate-Preaching Pastor McCain Rejects Another Hate-Preaching Pastor
The last days of May will be remembered as the time of the long knives in John McCain's camp, a period that saw the presumptive Republican candidate for president purge his crusad...
May 23, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama Gets Farm Bill Right Obama Gets Farm Bill Right
The federal farm bill that President Bush vetoed and that the Congress has enacted despite him is, to be sure, a flawed document. For instance, there are still too many of the wro...
May 22, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama Gets Pledged Delegate Majority, But Clinton Stays In Obama Gets Pledged Delegate Majority, But Clinton Stays In
Barack Obama may have reached what he describes as "a major milestone on this journey" up the 2008 campaign trail. The senator from Illinois has now secured a majority of the "ple...
May 21, 2008 / John Nichols
The Fight of His Life The Fight of His Life
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, diagnosed today with a malignant brain tumor, is sidelined at the moment his party is poised to realize the causes and ideals he has promoted for so long...
May 20, 2008 / Feature / John Nichols