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.

Needed: A Rural Strategy Needed: A Rural Strategy

Democrats can win the farm and small-town vote--if they pay serious attention.

Oct 16, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols

A Healthy Debate A Healthy Debate

Twelve years ago, Harris Wofford made healthcare an issue. Promising to fight for coverage for all, Wofford scored a surprise victory in a Pennsylvania Senate race--inspiring spec...

Oct 16, 2003 / John Nichols

Dick’s Special Interest in $87 Billion Dick’s Special Interest in $87 Billion

Vice President Dick Cheney has a special interest in this week's Congressional debate on the Bush administration's request for $87 billion to maintain the occupation of Iraq and o...

Oct 15, 2003 / John Nichols

Trading Barbs on Trade Trading Barbs on Trade

When Paul Wellstone opted out of the 2000 presidential race, he fretted that trade policy would not be debated in the Democratic primaries and that the party would run a Novemb...

Oct 2, 2003 / John Nichols

Against Blind Imperial Arrogance Against Blind Imperial Arrogance

Edward Said closed one of his last published essays with the lines: "We are in for many more years of turmoil and misery in the Middle East, where one of the main problems is, to ...

Sep 25, 2003 / John Nichols

Which Side Is Clark On? Which Side Is Clark On?

The media shorthand for retired Gen. Wesley Clark's much-anticipated presidential candidacy made him the "antiwar warrior," a military man fully aware of the folly of George Bu...

Sep 25, 2003 / John Nichols

Blair Takes a Hit–Bush Next? Blair Takes a Hit–Bush Next?

Forget about the economy. Forget about the environment. Forget about the mess that he has made of US relations with the rest of the world. The issue that is on George W. Bush's m...

Sep 19, 2003 / John Nichols

Taking Sides Taking Sides

Democrats who want to deny Howard Dean the party's 2004 presidential nomination have a new issue: They are complaining that the front-runner is insufficiently unequivocal in hi...

Sep 18, 2003 / John Nichols

Enter the General Enter the General

When activists began cobbling together a Draft Wesley Clark for President campaign, their Internet initiative looked to be longer on idealism than pragmatism. George W.

Sep 18, 2003 / John Nichols

First Cancún, Then Washington First Cancún, Then Washington

When the World Trade Organization's fifth ministerial conference in Cancun collapsed Sunday without reaching agreement on how to launch new free-trade initiatives, American activi...

Sep 16, 2003 / John Nichols

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