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.

Election Dysfunction Election Dysfunction

The Sunday Washington Post headline said it all. Echoing a theme that is finally being picked up by print and broadcast media that for too long has neglected the dramatic problems...

Sep 19, 2006 / John Nichols

Let the People Lead Let the People Lead

"... it may, perhaps, on some occasion, be found necessary to impeach the President himself..." -- JAMES MADISON On Sunday, September 17, I appeared on the National Mall in Washi...

Sep 17, 2006 / John Nichols

Camp Democracy and the Genius of Impeachment Camp Democracy and the Genius of Impeachment

No point is of more importance than that the right of impeachment should be continued. Shall any man be above Justice? -- George Mason, 1787 More than 5,000 people crowded the ...

Sep 15, 2006 / John Nichols

Refusing to Exploit 9-11 Refusing to Exploit 9-11

Two days after President Bush used a nationally-televised address to exploit the memory of September 11 for political purposes – employing language and logic so crude that it wo...

Sep 15, 2006 / John Nichols

What Can Sherrod Brown Do for the Democrats? What Can Sherrod Brown Do for the Democrats?

The road to the Democrats' renewal runs through Ohio, and Sherrod Brown is on it, looking for the towns his party forgot and the voters who got away.

Sep 15, 2006 / Feature / John Nichols

No Clear Antiwar Signal No Clear Antiwar Signal

Anyone looking for a signal from the primaries that Democrats will be a clear antiwar party didn't get it.

Sep 14, 2006 / John Nichols

Following Wellstone Following Wellstone

Press reports on the primary victory of Minnesota Democratic U.S. House candidate Keith Ellison make note of the fact that he is now likely to become the first Muslim elected to C...

Sep 13, 2006 / John Nichols

Pushing Democrats in an Antiwar Direction Pushing Democrats in an Antiwar Direction

There are plenty of anti-war Democrats running in today's primary elections in states across the country. There are even a few anti-war Republicans -- mostnotably Rhode Island Sen...

Sep 12, 2006 / John Nichols

The “Vote For What You Believe In” Campaign The “Vote For What You Believe In” Campaign

Senator Hillary Clinton's army of political aides, strategists and tacticians has spent an inordinate amount of time in recent months worrying about the Democratic primary challe...

Sep 10, 2006 / John Nichols

Antiwar Primaries Antiwar Primaries

Key primary races in Maryland, Rhode Island and even New York are making the Iraq War what it should be in every 2006 political contest: the central issue.

Sep 6, 2006 / John Nichols

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