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.

Harry Reid Finally Starts to Fight Smart Harry Reid Finally Starts to Fight Smart

Harry Reid is finally coming to the realization reached months ago by the American people: That Democrats in Congress have been played for suckers by the Bush White House and its ...

Jul 17, 2007 / John Nichols

Cheney’s Actions Put Impeachment on the Table Cheney’s Actions Put Impeachment on the Table

Four more members of the U.S. House signed on this week as cosponsors of H. Res. 333, the measure that outlines articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney for acti...

Jul 13, 2007 / John Nichols

Sectarian Extremists Versus Jefferson Sectarian Extremists Versus Jefferson

Sectarian extremists invaded the U.S. Senate chamber Thursday, chanting "There's only one true God" and denouncing religious pluralism as an "abomination." The...

Jul 13, 2007 / John Nichols

Congress Moves Toward Contempt Citation Congress Moves Toward Contempt Citation

"Are congressional subpoenas to be honored or are they optional?" House Judiciary Committee chair John Conyers asked Thursday. It was a rhetorical question. Conyers, who has ser...

Jul 13, 2007 / John Nichols

Murdoch & the Journal Murdoch & the Journal

Under Rupert Murdoch, the paper of record for the global economy won't survive as an independent voice.

Jul 12, 2007 / John Nichols

Bush’s Royal Edict: Don’t Cooperate With Congress Bush’s Royal Edict: Don’t Cooperate With Congress

President Bush has treated Congress with contempt for more than six years. But the most regal executive to reign over the United States since King George III was deposed has neve...

Jul 12, 2007 / John Nichols

Key Republican Snowe Backs Withdrawal Plan Key Republican Snowe Backs Withdrawal Plan

As the most sensible moderate member of the Senate Republican Caucus, Maine's Olympia Snowe should have been on board long ago for a strict timeline to bring the troops home from t...

Jul 11, 2007 / John Nichols

Michael Moore v. CNN Michael Moore v. CNN

The frequently ridiculous Dr. Sanjay Gupta and the always ridiculous Wolf Blitzer tried to take apart filmmaker Michael Moore case against the failed U.S. health care system this w...

Jul 11, 2007 / John Nichols

A “Family Values” Headache for Senate GOP A “Family Values” Headache for Senate GOP

Republicans are already facing a lot of trouble going into the 2008 competition for control of the Senate. And, now, they've got a prostitution problem -- invloving Louisiana Sena...

Jul 11, 2007 / John Nichols

Bush Erects Another Stonewall Against Accountability Bush Erects Another Stonewall Against Accountability

Barely a week after he commuted the 30-month sentence of a former White House insider who was convicted of engaging in felonious attempts to thwart investigations of administratio...

Jul 9, 2007 / John Nichols

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