Bush Nominee is Blocked Bush Nominee is Blocked
In the first significant setback for the Bush Administration in the 108th Congress, Senate Democrats blocked a move Thursday by Republicans to force a vote on controversial judici...
Mar 6, 2003 / John Nichols
Donahue–War Casualty Donahue–War Casualty
War may or may not be inevitable, but a one-sided discussion of US policy toward Iraq appears to be all but guaranteed on network television.
Mar 6, 2003 / John Nichols
Challenging the Rush to War Challenging the Rush to War
Considering the fact that the Bush Administration is the planet's primary proponent of war with Iraq, Nancy Lessin wants to know why the US Congress has failed to follow the exam...
Mar 5, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols
Donahue’s Demise Donahue’s Demise
The day before MSNBC announced that it was pulling the plug on Phil Donahue's nightly show, the man who pretty much invented talk TV was interviewing actress and author Rosie O'...
Mar 2, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols
Media Meltdown Obscures FCC Debate Media Meltdown Obscures FCC Debate
As if there was need for more evidence that major media is neglecting to cover Federal Communications Commission deliberations on whether to fundamentally alter media ownership ru...
Feb 28, 2003 / John Nichols
Exit Phil Donahue Exit Phil Donahue
The day before MSNBC announced that it was pulling the plug on Phil Donahue's nightly show, the man who pretty much invented talk TV was interviewing actress and author Rosie O'D...
Feb 26, 2003 / John Nichols
Echoing Wellstone on War, Activism Echoing Wellstone on War, Activism
When hundreds of labor, academic and community activists gathered in a City University of New York's graduate school auditorium this week to honor the memory of Paul and Sheila We...
Feb 26, 2003 / John Nichols
Kucinich’s Antiwar Bid Kucinich’s Antiwar Bid
Three days after he sued the President to force a Congressional vote on whether to attack Iraq, and one day after hundreds of thousands of antiwar demonstrators in New York che...
Feb 20, 2003 / John Nichols
‘The Whole World Is Against This War’ ‘The Whole World Is Against This War’
"The whole world is against this war. Only one person wants it," declared South African teenager Bilqees Gamieldien as she joined a Cape Town antiwar demonstration on a weekend wh...
Feb 14, 2003 / John Nichols
Filibustering on Estrada Filibustering on Estrada
Few of George W. Bush's judicial nominees have generated as much opposition as has Miguel Estrada.
Feb 13, 2003 / John Nichols