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.

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

Challenging the Rush to War Challenging the Rush to War

Considering the fact that the Bush Administration is the planet's primary proponent of war with Iraq, Nancy Lessin wants to know why the US Congress has failed to follow the exam...

Mar 5, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols

Donahue’s Demise Donahue’s Demise

The day before MSNBC announced that it was pulling the plug on Phil Donahue's nightly show, the man who pretty much invented talk TV was interviewing actress and author Rosie O'...

Mar 2, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols

Media Meltdown Obscures FCC Debate Media Meltdown Obscures FCC Debate

As if there was need for more evidence that major media is neglecting to cover Federal Communications Commission deliberations on whether to fundamentally alter media ownership ru...

Feb 28, 2003 / John Nichols

Exit Phil Donahue Exit Phil Donahue

The day before MSNBC announced that it was pulling the plug on Phil Donahue's nightly show, the man who pretty much invented talk TV was interviewing actress and author Rosie O'D...

Feb 26, 2003 / John Nichols

Echoing Wellstone on War, Activism Echoing Wellstone on War, Activism

When hundreds of labor, academic and community activists gathered in a City University of New York's graduate school auditorium this week to honor the memory of Paul and Sheila We...

Feb 26, 2003 / John Nichols

Kucinich’s Antiwar Bid Kucinich’s Antiwar Bid

Three days after he sued the President to force a Congressional vote on whether to attack Iraq, and one day after hundreds of thousands of antiwar demonstrators in New York che...

Feb 20, 2003 / John Nichols

‘The Whole World Is Against This War’ ‘The Whole World Is Against This War’

"The whole world is against this war. Only one person wants it," declared South African teenager Bilqees Gamieldien as she joined a Cape Town antiwar demonstration on a weekend wh...

Feb 14, 2003 / John Nichols

Filibustering on Estrada Filibustering on Estrada

Few of George W. Bush's judicial nominees have generated as much opposition as has Miguel Estrada.

Feb 13, 2003 / John Nichols

Dems Move to Block Estrada Dems Move to Block Estrada

Setting up what could be the boldest challenge yet to the Bush administration's drive to pack the nation's courts with conservative judicial activists, Senate Democrats have signa...

Feb 12, 2003 / John Nichols

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