John Nichols

National Affairs Correspondent

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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.

Feingold Rejects Compromise, Pushes Exit Strategy Feingold Rejects Compromise, Pushes Exit Strategy

Fifty-seven percent of Americans say that Congress should not compromise with President Bush in the Iraq War funding fight. That's the number that, according to a new CNN poll, wa...

May 9, 2007 / John Nichols

Voting About Issues That Matter Voting About Issues That Matter

EDINBURGH -- The Scottish rock group The Proclaimers sang a quarter century ago: "I cannot understand why we let someone else rule our land." Last week's elections for the Scotti...

May 7, 2007 / John Nichols

Not Quite a French Poodle Not Quite a French Poodle

PARIS -- During the campaign for president of France, Socialist Sègolene Royal's supporters derided conservative front runner Nicolas Sarkozy as "an American neo-conservative wit...

May 6, 2007 / John Nichols

In France, Running Against Bush In France, Running Against Bush

PARIS -- American elections do not usually turn on the question of how the candidates for president propose to relate to foreign countries. But elections in other countries ofte...

May 4, 2007 / John Nichols

“The President Has Effectively Gone AWOL” “The President Has Effectively Gone AWOL”

George Bush, the most ideologically-driven and politically calculating president in American history, wants Americans to believe that he has suddenly discovered a moral high groun...

May 2, 2007 / John Nichols

“Tell Them We Blew It” “Tell Them We Blew It”

The rest of the world does not hate the United States. For the most part, other countries and their peoples are extraordinarily generous and supportive of the U.S., even if they m...

Apr 30, 2007 / John Nichols

Spell It Out: “I-M-P-E-A-C-H!” Spell It Out: “I-M-P-E-A-C-H!”

In January, Brooklyn's Jacob Park made an audacious proposal to the loose coalition of groups that has been campaigning to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney. They ...

Apr 28, 2007 / John Nichols

McCain, Kissinger and America as a Client State McCain, Kissinger and America as a Client State

On his way to formally announcing his latest bid for the White House, John McCain stopped to consult with the most high-profile supporter of his campaign to become the oldest firs...

Apr 26, 2007 / John Nichols

Bill Moyers and the Fight for American Journalism Bill Moyers and the Fight for American Journalism

Bill Moyers is not the first American to ask with regard to the media coverage of the run-up to the invasion of Iraq: "How did the mainstream press get it so wrong?" The man who ...

Apr 25, 2007 / John Nichols

Impeaching Cheney: Step One Impeaching Cheney: Step One

That Vice President Dick Cheney is the ripest target for impeachment in the Bush White House is beyond debate. Cheney was far more aggressive that President Bush in peddling mani...

Apr 23, 2007 / John Nichols

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