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.

Ambassador Rahm Emanuel? No, No, a Thousand Times No!

Ambassador Rahm Emanuel? No, No, a Thousand Times No! Ambassador Rahm Emanuel? No, No, a Thousand Times No!

His Chicago record is disqualifying, as is his history of dogmatic advocacy for neoliberal trade policies that harm workers and human rights.

Mar 23, 2021 / John Nichols

Representative Ro Khanna Explains Why He Called Out Biden’s Air Strike in Syria

Representative Ro Khanna Explains Why He Called Out Biden’s Air Strike in Syria Representative Ro Khanna Explains Why He Called Out Biden’s Air Strike in Syria

“I thought it was so important that, early on, Congress take a stand.”

Mar 22, 2021 / Q&A / John Nichols

Bernie Backs Covid Nurses Who Are Prepared to Strike for Humane Work Conditions

Bernie Backs Covid Nurses Who Are Prepared to Strike for Humane Work Conditions Bernie Backs Covid Nurses Who Are Prepared to Strike for Humane Work Conditions

The Vermont senator’s championship of a Wisconsin health care union’s demand for a contract respecting work-life balance signals a new era of labor solidarity.

Mar 19, 2021 / John Nichols

Covid Positive

The Essential Pandemic Relief Bill Is Medicare for All The Essential Pandemic Relief Bill Is Medicare for All

Covid-19 further revealed that a for-profit health care system doesn’t work. A coalition of House Democrats has reintroduced the bill that secures health care as a human right.

Mar 18, 2021 / John Nichols

Harry and Meghan’s Interview Has Given a Welcome Boost to the Anti-Monarchy Movement

Harry and Meghan’s Interview Has Given a Welcome Boost to the Anti-Monarchy Movement Harry and Meghan’s Interview Has Given a Welcome Boost to the Anti-Monarchy Movement

Let’s also abolish the monarchical thinking that defers to oligarchy in the UK and the US.

Mar 17, 2021 / John Nichols

Massachusetts’s Governor Is Playing an Ugly Game of Covid Politics With Teachers’ Lives

Massachusetts’s Governor Is Playing an Ugly Game of Covid Politics With Teachers’ Lives Massachusetts’s Governor Is Playing an Ugly Game of Covid Politics With Teachers’ Lives

Governor Charlie Baker’s attack on education unions for wanting vaccines for teachers recalls Scott Walker’s crude anti-labor politics.

Mar 15, 2021 / John Nichols

Stacey Plaskett’s ‘How Dare You?’ Indictment Demolished a Dog-Whistling Republican

Stacey Plaskett’s ‘How Dare You?’ Indictment Demolished a Dog-Whistling Republican Stacey Plaskett’s ‘How Dare You?’ Indictment Demolished a Dog-Whistling Republican

After Glenn Grothman claimed advocates for Black lives don’t like “the old-fashioned family,” Plaskett gave him no quarter.

Mar 11, 2021 / John Nichols

Democrats Refusing to Fight for $15 Are the Best Allies Republicans Have

Democrats Refusing to Fight for $15 Are the Best Allies Republicans Have Democrats Refusing to Fight for $15 Are the Best Allies Republicans Have

When eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus blocked a wage hike, they endangered Democratic prospects in 2022.

Mar 9, 2021 / John Nichols

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Is a Deadlier, More Delusional Alternative to Trump

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Is a Deadlier, More Delusional Alternative to Trump South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Is a Deadlier, More Delusional Alternative to Trump

The governor’s science denialism and Covid lies at CPAC far exceeded those of the former president.

Mar 5, 2021 / John Nichols

$15 an Hour Is the Compromise

$15 an Hour Is the Compromise $15 an Hour Is the Compromise

Biden and the Democrats need to deliver on the wage hike they promised—by any means necessary. Anything less is a moral and political failure.

Mar 2, 2021 / John Nichols

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