John Nichols

National Affairs Correspondent

@NicholsUprising

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.

Feingold’s Frustrating Fight to Fix Patriot Act Feingold’s Frustrating Fight to Fix Patriot Act

The Patriot Act needs to be reformed so that it can serve as a legitimate national security tool without undermining basic liberties. That's the view of legal scholars, civil liber...

Feb 15, 2006 / John Nichols

Cheney, “A Beer or Two” and a Gun — UPDATED Cheney, “A Beer or Two” and a Gun — UPDATED

Vice President Dick Cheney, who was forced to leave Yale University because his penchant for late-night beer drinking exceeded his devotion to his studies, and who is one of the s...

Feb 15, 2006 / John Nichols

John Edwards Should Do a Truman John Edwards Should Do a Truman

In her "Editor's Cut" call for the establishment of an independent commission to investigate war profiteering by U.S. corporations -- operating on the ground in Iraq and ...

Feb 14, 2006 / John Nichols

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

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