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.

The Right Answer Is to Throw Money at the Problem

The Right Answer Is to Throw Money at the Problem The Right Answer Is to Throw Money at the Problem

Progressive are waging and winning the fight for direct payments because, in a pandemic moment, people need cash to survive.

Dec 17, 2020 / John Nichols

Republicans Will Take Their Assault on Democracy to Congress—and It Will Be Awful

Republicans Will Take Their Assault on Democracy to Congress—and It Will Be Awful Republicans Will Take Their Assault on Democracy to Congress—and It Will Be Awful

Despite Biden’s Electoral College win, Republicans are plotting to disrupt the formal process of accepting the Electoral College result on January 6.

Dec 15, 2020 / John Nichols

Senator Ron Johnson No Longer Has Constituents; He Has a Boss, a Don

Senator Ron Johnson No Longer Has Constituents; He Has a Boss, a Don Senator Ron Johnson No Longer Has Constituents; He Has a Boss, a Don

He’s planned a hearing to promote fantasies about “irregularities,” and threatens to disrupt certification of the Electoral College vote.

Dec 11, 2020 / John Nichols

Trump’s Last Gasp Is a Scheme to Disenfranchise 20,756,421 American Voters—and He’s Getting Help

Trump’s Last Gasp Is a Scheme to Disenfranchise 20,756,421 American Voters—and He’s Getting Help Trump’s Last Gasp Is a Scheme to Disenfranchise 20,756,421 American Voters—and He’s Getting Help

By embracing a Texas lawsuit to cancel the results from Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia, the president pushes the ultimate voter suppression.

Dec 9, 2020 / John Nichols

Mitch McConnell’s Ghoulish Plan to Exploit Covid Desperation to Shield Corporate Crime

Mitch McConnell’s Ghoulish Plan to Exploit Covid Desperation to Shield Corporate Crime Mitch McConnell’s Ghoulish Plan to Exploit Covid Desperation to Shield Corporate Crime

Republicans want to protect corporations from Covid-related lawsuits. Senator Bernie Sanders says it’s wrong morally and economically.

Dec 7, 2020 / John Nichols

Crooked David Perdue Is Afraid to Debate His Record of Self-Dealing

Crooked David Perdue Is Afraid to Debate His Record of Self-Dealing Crooked David Perdue Is Afraid to Debate His Record of Self-Dealing

Amid mounting evidence of sordid financial abuses, the Republican senator from Georgia is skipping a big debate on Sunday with Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff.

Dec 4, 2020 / John Nichols

Do Not Hire This Man

Do Not Hire This Man Do Not Hire This Man

Rahm Emanuel’s record of promoting neoliberal policies, attacking progressives and covering up police violence thoroughly disqualifies him.

Dec 3, 2020 / John Nichols

Donald Trump Just Paid $3 Million to Expand Joe Biden’s Margin of Victory

Donald Trump Just Paid $3 Million to Expand Joe Biden’s Margin of Victory Donald Trump Just Paid $3 Million to Expand Joe Biden’s Margin of Victory

As states certify an ever-expanding win for Biden, the president’s campaign keeps spending money to confirm the Democrat’s mandate.

Dec 2, 2020 / John Nichols

Trump’s Trying to Take the Internet Down With Him

Trump’s Trying to Take the Internet Down With Him Trump’s Trying to Take the Internet Down With Him

A sore-loser president is promoting a last-minute assault on the underpinnings of discourse on the web.

Nov 30, 2020 / John Nichols

FDR speech 1944

Want to Be Like FDR, Joe Biden? Make Your Thanksgiving Proclamations Rallying Cries Want to Be Like FDR, Joe Biden? Make Your Thanksgiving Proclamations Rallying Cries

The 32nd president used every tool—even Thanksgiving Proclamations—to promote a moral vision for social and economic justice. Biden should do the same.

Nov 26, 2020 / John Nichols

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