Fighting for a Fair Vote Fighting for a Fair Vote
Voting debacles in Florida and Ohio have inspired a new crop of Democratic candidates to run for Secretary of State, transforming an oft-neglected post into a platform for activism...
Jun 8, 2006 / John Nichols
La Lucha Continua: Solidarity Across Time La Lucha Continua: Solidarity Across Time
Solidarity, if it is to mean much, must exist not merely in a white-hot moment. It must extend across the arc of history, at least until damage wrought in a particularly dark time...
Jun 8, 2006 / John Nichols
No Majority for Discrimination No Majority for Discrimination
President Bush threw what was left of his influence on Capitol Hill behind the move by social conservatives to amend the Constitution to discriminate against gays and lesbians. Bu...
Jun 7, 2006 / John Nichols
Citizens 1, Corporations 0 Citizens 1, Corporations 0
In states across the country Tuesday, primary elections named candidates for Congress, governorships and other important offices. But the most interesting, and perhaps significant...
Jun 7, 2006 / John Nichols
Gore Vidal Campaigns for “A Real Democrat” Gore Vidal Campaigns for “A Real Democrat”
Gore Vidal, the grandson of a senator who stood himself for the House and Senate and then played a senator in Tim Robbins' brilliant film "Bob Roberts," has been campaigning this ...
Jun 6, 2006 / John Nichols
‘Tester Time’ in Montana ‘Tester Time’ in Montana
John Tester's populist politics and country style make him the perfect candidate to unseat Senator Conrad Burns. Next step is for the progressive Montana farmer to win the June 6 p...
Jun 1, 2006 / John Nichols
Dixie Chicks are No. 1 Dixie Chicks are No. 1
Cultural conservatives, who have been busy of late trying to claim that the rebellious songs of The Who are other rock groups are really right-wing anthems, have misread America's...
Jun 1, 2006 / John Nichols
Impeach Alberto Gonzales? Why, yes! Impeach Alberto Gonzales? Why, yes!
California Congressman Darrell Issa is one of the most conservative Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee. So it should come as no surprise that he offered an approp...
May 31, 2006 / John Nichols
The New Cheerleader The New Cheerleader
The favorite spin of the Bush administration and its amen corner in the media in recent weeks has been the line that: Aside from quagmire in Iraq, things are going great -- especi...
May 30, 2006 / John Nichols
A Time to Mourn A Time to Mourn
The wisdom of wars can be debated on any day, and this column has not hesitated to question the thinking -- or, to be more precise, the lack of thinking -- that has led the United...
May 28, 2006 / John Nichols