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.

Listening to a Veteran Listening to a Veteran

Next week, one of the greatest war heroes to ever serve in Congress will return to Washington to discuss how the U.S. should extract itself from the quagmire in Iraq. Former Sen....

Nov 11, 2006 / John Nichols

The Crowded Progressive Caucus The Crowded Progressive Caucus

What will be the largest of the ideological caucuses in the new House Democratic majority? Why, of course, it must be the "centrists" affiliated with the Democratic Leadership Co...

Nov 10, 2006 / John Nichols

Hundreds of Communities Vote for Rapid Withdrawal Hundreds of Communities Vote for Rapid Withdrawal

Political and media insiders were willing to admit, albeit cautiously, that Tuesday's election results -- in which Democrats took control of Congress, with explicitly anti-war can...

Nov 9, 2006 / John Nichols

Measuring the Mandate Measuring the Mandate

Democrats will claim their electoral mandate by understanding how they won: by fielding activist candidates with a clear antiwar message and by defending civil liberties.

Nov 9, 2006 / John Nichols

Tester Takes Montana; Dems Close In on Majority Tester Takes Montana; Dems Close In on Majority

Democrat Jon Tester has defeated Montana Republican Conrad Burns, winning the 50th Democratic seat in the Senate. The Tester victory by a margin of more than 3,000 votes out of a...

Nov 8, 2006 / John Nichols

The Senate! UPDATED The Senate! UPDATED

With an early morning win in the tightly-contested state of Missouri and results that seemed to show Montana and Virginia tipping toward them, Democrats ended one of the most inte...

Nov 8, 2006 / John Nichols

The Iraq War Election The Iraq War Election

What is a one-word description for an anti-war Democrat? "Winner." Despite all the attempts to spin Tuesday's election results as something else, the single most important messag...

Nov 8, 2006 / John Nichols

The Anti-War Wave The Anti-War Wave

Everyone is talking about whether there will be a Democratic wave tonight. That's an important question, to be sure. But there are other, perhaps more telling, waves to watch for....

Nov 7, 2006 / John Nichols

Voting Reform Begins with Secretaries of State Voting Reform Begins with Secretaries of State

Worried about the integrity of today's election? You should be. The United States has a dysfunctional election system that produces unequal results depending on the state in which...

Nov 7, 2006 / John Nichols

Refusing to Swallow the Spin Refusing to Swallow the Spin

No one is going to suggest that the mainstream media that spent much of the last week of a critical national election campaign focusing on a non-candidate's failed attempt to tell...

Nov 7, 2006 / John Nichols

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