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.

Dust-up in the Dustbowl Dust-up in the Dustbowl

Oklahoma pushes yet again for 'right to work' legislation.

Sep 20, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols

Women: Key to the Senate? Women: Key to the Senate?

If they connect well with voters in 2002, they'll have an edge in a weak economy.

Sep 6, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols

Needed: Fresh Contenders Needed: Fresh Contenders

It is not too early to devise a progressive strategy for the 2004 election.

Sep 6, 2001 / John Nichols

Dark Ages Ahead at the NLRB Dark Ages Ahead at the NLRB

Most Americans are probably unaware that "the Dark Ages were not all bad and the Enlightenment not all good." Or that "homosexuality [is] a sin worthy of death." Or that one of...

Aug 23, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols

They’re Off! They’re Off!

Nine hundred days to go, and Democratic presidential hopefuls are jockeying for position.

Aug 9, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols

Is This the New Face of the Democratic Party? Is This the New Face of the Democratic Party?

Representative Nancy Pelosi is poised to become Congress's most powerful woman.

Jul 27, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols

The Beat The Beat

CIVIL RIGHTS REFORM As House Republican leaders thwarted debate on the tepid Shays-Meehan campaign finance reform bill, the NAACP convention chose a radically different course by ...

Jul 27, 2001 / Column / John Nichols

The Beat The Beat

SENATE SHUFFLE It was a remarkably different Senate that convened following Vermonter Jim Jeffords's switch from Republican to Independent status. The Jeffords jump did more than ...

Jun 21, 2001 / Column / John Nichols

Not This Time in LA Not This Time in LA

Politics, they say, is the art of the possible. And for much of the spring it seemed possible that America's second-largest city would elect as its mayor a progressive Latino who ...

Jun 7, 2001 / John Nichols

The Beat The Beat

TICKED-OFF TEACHERS Washington State teachers got a bitter civics lesson this spring, as legislators refused to implement fully plans to reduce class sizes and increase pay for t...

May 10, 2001 / Column / John Nichols

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