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.

‘Impeachment is Not Optional’ ‘Impeachment is Not Optional’

After the death of her soldier son in Iraq, and after it became clear that the misguided policies that put her boy in harm's way would not be changed, a then little-known woman na...

Dec 11, 2006 / John Nichols

A Closing Call for Impeachment A Closing Call for Impeachment

"President George W. Bush has failed to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States; he has failed to ensure that senior members of his administration do t...

Dec 9, 2006 / John Nichols

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

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