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.

Censure and Impeachment: Take 2 Censure and Impeachment: Take 2

New York Congressman Maurice Hinchey is easily the most dogged critic of Vice President Dick Cheney in the House of Representatives, and Hinchey has not exactly been soft on Presid...

Jul 28, 2007 / John Nichols

A Commitment to the Constitution A Commitment to the Constitution

The Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch and MoveOn.org have launched a vital campaign to put restoration of the Constitution on the agenda for Democratic presiden...

Jul 27, 2007 / John Nichols

Impeachable Offenses Impeachable Offenses

The burgeoning movement to impeach Bush and Cheney is a rational response at a time when 80 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.

Jul 26, 2007 / John Nichols

Clinton, Kissinger and the Corruptions of Empire Clinton, Kissinger and the Corruptions of Empire

Of all the corruptions of empire, few are darker than the claim that diplomacy must be kept secret from the citizenry. This hide-it-from-the people faith that only a cloistered g...

Jul 25, 2007 / John Nichols

Cindy Sheehan: “Challenge the Status Quo” Cindy Sheehan: “Challenge the Status Quo”

Fresh from being arrested on Capitol Hill, along with 45 other activists demanding that Congress get about the business of impeaching George Bush and Dick Cheney, Cindy Sheehan ha...

Jul 24, 2007 / John Nichols

Censure and Impeachment Censure and Impeachment

There is every reason to be enthusiastic about U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold's decision to ask the Senate to consider a pair of censure resolutions condemning the President, Vice Presid...

Jul 23, 2007 / John Nichols

President Cheney — Officially President Cheney — Officially

Presuming that he could be distracted by a colonoscopy, George Bush on Saturday arranged to briefly transfer the authority of the presidency to Dick Cheney. Surely, Cheney, who h...

Jul 21, 2007 / John Nichols

Republican Hypocrite Caucus Keeps George Bush’s War Going Republican Hypocrite Caucus Keeps George Bush’s War Going

A night of debate about the war in Iraq yielded two results: 1. Limited progress on getting an honest up-or-down vote on whether to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq on a schedu...

Jul 18, 2007 / John Nichols

Don’t Fence in the Web! Don’t Fence in the Web!

The genius of the Internet, from the distant moment of its inception to the present day, has been its tendency toward openness, freedom and equality. On the great frontier of digit...

Jul 18, 2007 / John Nichols

Harry Reid Finally Starts to Fight Smart Harry Reid Finally Starts to Fight Smart

Harry Reid is finally coming to the realization reached months ago by the American people: That Democrats in Congress have been played for suckers by the Bush White House and its ...

Jul 17, 2007 / John Nichols

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