Jesse Jackson: Dems Must Hold Bush to Account Jesse Jackson: Dems Must Hold Bush to Account
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is prodding the incoming Democratic Congress to take more seriously its duty to hold President Bush and members of his administration to account for engagin...
Dec 7, 2006 / John Nichols
FCC Chair Schemes to Undermine Net Neutrality FCC Chair Schemes to Undermine Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission is supposed to be made up of five independent members who serve in the public interest. But FCC chair Kevin Martin, a Bush White House retai...
Dec 6, 2006 / John Nichols
The Republican Who Blocked Bolton The Republican Who Blocked Bolton
Lincoln Chafee is cleaning out the Senate office he has occupied since 1999, when he was appointed to complete the term of his late father. The last of what he refers to as the "t...
Dec 5, 2006 / John Nichols
The ‘Seattle Senators’ The ‘Seattle Senators’
Newly elected advocates of fair trade in the House and Senate could reverse the free-trade absolutism of the Clinton and Bush years.
Dec 4, 2006 / John Nichols
Make It a Mandate for Peace Make It a Mandate for Peace
Peace and social justice groups have formed a new Mandate for Peace coalition to pressure incoming Democratic majorities in the House and Senate to use the power they will assume ...
Dec 2, 2006 / John Nichols
Colin Powell: “I Would Call It a Civil War,” Colin Powell: “I Would Call It a Civil War,”
When NBC and MSNBC began to refer to the civil war in Iraq by its proper name, they took the predictable hits from rightwing media -- Fox personalities were aghast at the notion t...
Dec 1, 2006 / John Nichols
Farewell to Senator Bill Frist, R-Frist Family Farewell to Senator Bill Frist, R-Frist Family
It is too bad that outgoing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, had decided not to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2OO6. It would have been entertainin...
Nov 30, 2006 / John Nichols
News Flash: Major Media Begins to Think for Itself News Flash: Major Media Begins to Think for Itself
Something important in the overall scheme of the American experiment happened this week. On Monday morning, MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer appeared on cable television screens acro...
Nov 28, 2006 / John Nichols
A Republican Takes the Lead on Iraq A Republican Takes the Lead on Iraq
In radio and television interviews since the election, I have argued repeatedly that the November 7 vote did not just empower Democrats to do the right thing with regard to the Ir...
Nov 27, 2006 / John Nichols
Political “News” Replaced By Political Ads Political “News” Replaced By Political Ads
When Franklin Roosevelt and the first New Deal Congress faced the question of how best to organize broadcasting on the public airwaves, they enacted the federal Communications A...
Nov 24, 2006 / John Nichols