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.

The Poindextering of Privacy Rights The Poindextering of Privacy Rights

Back in the days when the United States government was overtly and covertly assisting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the most extreme Muslim fundamentalists in Afghanistan, US...

Nov 21, 2002 / John Nichols

Gore Switches Gears on Health-Care Gore Switches Gears on Health-Care

When the Clinton-Gore administration attempted to reform the nation's approach to financing health care in 1993 and 1994, the one proposal that administration aides always rejecte...

Nov 15, 2002 / John Nichols

Ready to Rumble Ready to Rumble

Nancy Pelosi, a Democratic leader who knows how to fight and what to fight for.

Nov 14, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols

And Now the Good News And Now the Good News

CORRECTION: John Eder of Maine, a Green, won state, not national, office.

Nov 14, 2002 / John Nichols

Pelosi’s Commitments Pelosi’s Commitments

"From the standpoint of commitments, this race is over," House Whip Nancy Pelosi said Friday, as the California Democrat announced that a majority of her colleagues had committed ...

Nov 8, 2002 / John Nichols

Nancy Pelosi Fights to Lead the Democrats Nancy Pelosi Fights to Lead the Democrats

The collapse of Richard Gephardt's leadership of the House Democratic Caucus did not occur on November 5, when the party lost seats in an election where history and economic trend...

Nov 7, 2002 / John Nichols

ELECTION 2002: New Antiwar Senator ELECTION 2002: New Antiwar Senator

Conservative Republicans will take charge of the US Senate as a result of Tuesday's voting. But the nation's newest senator, at least for the time being, is not singing from the r...

Nov 6, 2002 / John Nichols

Failed Midterms Failed Midterms

George W. Bush may have lost the 2000 election, but he won the 2002 election--with a good deal of help from Democrats, who took a dream scenario and turned it into a political ...

Nov 6, 2002 / John Nichols

ELECTION 2002: Mark Twain for Congress ELECTION 2002: Mark Twain for Congress

Mark Twain was no fan of war, which he described as "a wanton waste of projectiles," and he nurtured a healthy disdain for anyone who suggested that patriotism was best displayed ...

Nov 5, 2002 / John Nichols

ELECTION 2002: Challenging “the corporate state” ELECTION 2002: Challenging “the corporate state”

In a state that prides itself on letting corporations off easy – especially local firms such as the DuPont chemical conglomerate – candidates for the position of Delaware Atto...

Nov 3, 2002 / John Nichols

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