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.

Hackett Exited Ohio Race After Bad Poll Hackett Exited Ohio Race After Bad Poll

Paul Hackett, who has dropped out of the race for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination with his usual theatrical flourishes, says he quit the contest because of the pressure he cl...

Feb 14, 2006 / John Nichols

Media’s Aim Misses Real Cheney Misdeeds Media’s Aim Misses Real Cheney Misdeeds

The White House press corps, taking a break from its usual stenography duties, actually roused itself to ask truth-impaired spokesman Scott McClellan some tough questions about Di...

Feb 14, 2006 / John Nichols

Cheney Gets His Gun Cheney Gets His Gun

Sure, it's been fun joking about the fact that Dick Cheney obtained five -- count them, five -- deferments to avoid serving in the military during the Vietnam War. Sure, its been a...

Feb 13, 2006 / John Nichols

Feingold’s Call for Checks and Balances Feingold’s Call for Checks and Balances

Americans ought be listening to Russ Feingold in these defining days for the Republic, because what the Democratic senator from Wisconsin is saying goes to the heart of the questio...

Feb 12, 2006 / John Nichols

Dick Cheney Is Not Above the Law Dick Cheney Is Not Above the Law

Twenty-two members of the House have now signed on as co-sponors of the call by Representative John Conyers, D-Michigan, to establish a select committee of the Congress to investi...

Feb 10, 2006 / John Nichols

Democratic Alarms in PA Democratic Alarms in PA

Robert Casey Jr.'s endorsement of Samuel Alito could cost him the support of Pennsylvania Democrats and illustrates the perils of early intervention by DC Democrats in Senate races...

Feb 9, 2006 / John Nichols

Jose Bove’s Not Welcome in Bush’s USA Jose Bove’s Not Welcome in Bush’s USA

Few figures have contributed more to the debate about corporate globalization than Jose Bove, the French farmer whose dismantling of a McDonald's restaurant that was under constru...

Feb 9, 2006 / John Nichols

A Healthy Dose of Reality for Mr. Bush A Healthy Dose of Reality for Mr. Bush

Just as they did following the memorial service for Senator Paul Wellstone in 2002, Republican operatives and their acolytes in the media are now claiming that there was something...

Feb 8, 2006 / John Nichols

Lieberman’s Lapdog Act Not Playing Well Lieberman’s Lapdog Act Not Playing Well

It is no secret that Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman is President Bush's favorite Democrat. With his see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, admit-no-evil defense of the administration's ...

Feb 7, 2006 / John Nichols

A Boehner in the Henhouse A Boehner in the Henhouse

Newly-selected House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, is getting some remarkably good press, considering his remarkably sordid political pedigree. ABC News referred to the g...

Feb 3, 2006 / John Nichols

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