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.

Preaching the Party Line Preaching the Party Line

In the old Soviet bloc states, the official line of the ruling elites did not always come from the government itself. Often it was delivered by journalists who would amplify the p...

Mar 31, 2003 / John Nichols

‘Shoot Movies, Not Iraqis’ ‘Shoot Movies, Not Iraqis’

Well, we can rest assured that the Academy Awards voting is not rigged. Going into Sunday night's Oscars' ceremony, it was a safe bet that, if the people who run the movie-indust...

Mar 24, 2003 / John Nichols

Against the Hijacking of Patriotism Against the Hijacking of Patriotism

"In all good conscience, I cannot and will not vote for a resolution that supports and endorses a failed policy that led us to war," declared US Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, as he ...

Mar 22, 2003 / John Nichols

Rachel Corrie’s Echo Rachel Corrie’s Echo

In the last note that 23-year-old American college student Rachel Corrie wrote to her father from a Palestinian community on the Gaza Strip, she thanked Craig Corrie for stepping ...

Mar 20, 2003 / John Nichols

Antiwar America Antiwar America

"This is what democracy looks like" chanted twenty-four antiwar demonstrators as they were arrested outside Toledo's Navy and Air Force recruitment office on the day George W.

Mar 20, 2003 / John Nichols

A War Begun in Failure A War Begun in Failure

It appears that George W. Bush will get his war. But it will be a war begun in failure. Even as Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders in the United States dutifully sign...

Mar 18, 2003 / John Nichols

Harkin Stumps for Peace Harkin Stumps for Peace

No one has made life on the campaign trail more difficult for several of the frontrunning candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination than US Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. L...

Mar 13, 2003 / John Nichols

Building Cities for Peace Building Cities for Peace

How an antiwar initiative is turning into a way to strengthen democracy.

Mar 13, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols

Bush Nominee is Blocked Bush Nominee is Blocked

In the first significant setback for the Bush Administration in the 108th Congress, Senate Democrats blocked a move Thursday by Republicans to force a vote on controversial judici...

Mar 6, 2003 / John Nichols

Donahue–War Casualty Donahue–War Casualty

War may or may not be inevitable, but a one-sided discussion of US policy toward Iraq appears to be all but guaranteed on network television.

Mar 6, 2003 / John Nichols

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