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.

Standing Up to the FCC Standing Up to the FCC

Even as he condemned the 3-to-2 vote of the Federal Communications Commission to allow media conglomerates to dramatically increase their control over newspapers and radio and ...

Jun 5, 2003 / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

FCC Rejects Public Interest FCC Rejects Public Interest

Monday's 3-2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission to remove barriers to corporate consolidation of control over the media capped a process that, even by the standards of ...

Jun 3, 2003 / John Nichols

Local Heroes Local Heroes

Eight state legislators who are making a difference.

May 22, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols

ALEC Meets His Match ALEC Meets His Match

Challenging the right's powerhouse.

May 22, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols

Taking It to the States Taking It to the States

Important battles are being waged--and won--far beyond the Beltway.

May 22, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols

FCC Travels on Industry’s Dime FCC Travels on Industry’s Dime

With the June 2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission on a series of rule changes that would dramatically reshape the nation's media landscape rapidly approaching, it is a...

May 22, 2003 / John Nichols

FCC: Public Be Damned FCC: Public Be Damned

John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney are founders of the media-reform network Free Press, one of the groups named in this article.

May 15, 2003 / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

Homeland Security Tracks Democrats Homeland Security Tracks Democrats

The Department of Homeland Security's Air and Marine Interdiction Division (AMID) says its mission is to "Protect the Nation's borders and the American people from the smuggling o...

May 14, 2003 / John Nichols

I Want My BBC I Want My BBC

LONDON - Frustrated by the failure of US-based broadcast networks to provide a realistic account of the political machinations that led to the Iraq war, millions of Americans tune...

May 8, 2003 / John Nichols

Blair Misses War Bounce Blair Misses War Bounce

GLASGOW -- The red shirts worn by activists with the Scottish Socialist Party featured the phrase "Axis of Evil," a reference to President Bush's identification of nations that we...

May 6, 2003 / John Nichols

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