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.

Dems Move to Block Estrada Dems Move to Block Estrada

Setting up what could be the boldest challenge yet to the Bush administration's drive to pack the nation's courts with conservative judicial activists, Senate Democrats have signa...

Feb 12, 2003 / John Nichols

Aussies Aboard? Not Exactly Aussies Aboard? Not Exactly

In the White House's latest attempt to suggest that the United States has garnered significant international support for an at´tack on Iraq, President Bush met Monday with Austra...

Feb 10, 2003 / John Nichols

Dubious Dossier Dubious Dossier

Speaking to the United Nations on Wednesday, in an address that was broadly portrayed as a case for war with Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell argued that, "Iraq today is acti...

Feb 7, 2003 / John Nichols

Media Democracy’s Moment Media Democracy’s Moment

Suddenly, there are serious discussions about the danger of monopoly power.

Feb 6, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

As Not Seen on TV As Not Seen on TV

The debate over the dangers of media monopoly got a lot less theoretical in the last week of January, when Comcast, the nation's No.

Feb 6, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols

Poetic Protests Against War, Censorship Poetic Protests Against War, Censorship

A bit of advice for the Bush White House: Don't pick fights with professional wordsmiths. First Lady Laura Bush's decision to cancel a White House symposium on the poetry of Walt...

Feb 3, 2003 / John Nichols

Racing Into 2004 Racing Into 2004

Arnie Arnesen does not know exactly when the political wind shifted. It might have been on the day Trent Lott was forced to step down as Senate majority leader.

Jan 30, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols

Bumbled Response Bumbled Response

When Congressional Democrats asked Governor Gary Locke of Washington state to deliver the party's response to President Bush's State of the Union address, they ceded what could ha...

Jan 29, 2003 / John Nichols

Let Inspections Work Let Inspections Work

As President Bush prepared to deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night, he received a letter signed by more than 120 House members of the House of Representatives aski...

Jan 27, 2003 / John Nichols

Crowds Press Antiwar Message Nationwide Crowds Press Antiwar Message Nationwide

"I want Bush to see that his people are against the war," declared 38-year-old Aris Cisneros, as he and his two childern joined a demonstration that filled the streets of downtown...

Jan 18, 2003 / John Nichols

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