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.

George W. Lieberman George W. Lieberman

If there was one thing that rational political observers agreed upon after last November's Democratic debacle, it was that Democrats need to do a much better job of distinguishing...

Jan 13, 2003 / John Nichols

Memo to the Democrats Memo to the Democrats

If Congressional Democrats want to be more than George W.

Jan 9, 2003 / John Nichols

The Fight for the Future of Music The Fight for the Future of Music

America stands on the cusp of a sweeping set of shifts in federal media ownership rules that could dramatically alter the nature of what we see, hear and read, warns Federal Commi...

Jan 6, 2003 / John Nichols

‘The Politics Were on the Street’ ‘The Politics Were on the Street’

The punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s seized the power of rock-and-roll back from the corporate conglomerates that had warped the music into a flabby, over-produced, stadium-ro...

Dec 23, 2002 / John Nichols

Check and Balance Cheney’s Choice Check and Balance Cheney’s Choice

George W. Bush has chosen a nominee to replace ousted Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. More precisely, the president has rubber-stamped a selection made by Vice President Dick Che...

Dec 21, 2002 / John Nichols

Between a Rock and a Hardass Between a Rock and a Hardass

Trent Lott is at the bottom of a deep hole, and he is digging like crazy. Every time the Dixiecrat cheerleader denies his Confederate tendencies, he comes out looking a little mor...

Dec 19, 2002 / John Nichols

Gore’s Gone, But Will Dems Freshen Up? Gore’s Gone, But Will Dems Freshen Up?

Poor Al Gore, he never could get presidential politics right. Just as the former vice president and 2000 Democratic nominee for the top job was starting to take some of the bold s...

Dec 16, 2002 / John Nichols

The Three Mile Island of Biotech? The Three Mile Island of Biotech?

When plants in Nebraska carrying swine diarrhea drugs mingled with food for humans, all hell broke loose.

Dec 12, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols

Trent Lott’s “Uptown Klan” Trent Lott’s “Uptown Klan”

The incredible thing about the controversy surrounding soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott's kissing up to the racist legacy of Strom Thurmond is that anyone thinks it is...

Dec 12, 2002 / John Nichols

A Democrat Wins by Running Against Bush A Democrat Wins by Running Against Bush

"The light has shown that the Democratic Party is alive and well and united,"Louisiana U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu shouted over the weekend, as she celebratedher victory in the last S...

Dec 9, 2002 / John Nichols

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