Kelly Loeffler’s Sacrilegious Campaign Kelly Loeffler’s Sacrilegious Campaign
“She’s lied, not only on me, but on Jesus,” says the Rev. Raphael Warnock, as religious leaders decry the Republican’s vile attacks on the Black pastor.
Dec 29, 2020 / John Nichols
‘Christmas in My Soul’ ‘Christmas in My Soul’
Fifty years ago this season, Laura Nyro delivered a timeless rebuke to racism, militarism, and “the sins of politics.”
Dec 25, 2020 / John Nichols
Ebenezer McConnell Ebenezer McConnell
On the chance that the heartless majority leader is not confronted by spirits on Christmas Eve, the voters of Georgia should be prepared to intervene on January 5.
Dec 23, 2020 / John Nichols
Good Riddance to Robert E. Lee Good Riddance to Robert E. Lee
…and to “very fine people on both sides” apologias for Confederate infamy.
Dec 22, 2020 / John Nichols
Georgia Senators Loeffler and Perdue Are Campaigning Against Democracy Georgia Senators Loeffler and Perdue Are Campaigning Against Democracy
First, they embraced Trump’s scheme to nullify almost 5 million Georgia votes. Now, they’re trying to suppress absentee voting in their own runoffs.
Dec 19, 2020 / John Nichols
Bernie Sanders: ‘Democracy Has Gotten a Reprieve With Biden’s Victory. That’s All It Is.’ Bernie Sanders: ‘Democracy Has Gotten a Reprieve With Biden’s Victory. That’s All It Is.’
Trump may have been defeated, but his extreme agenda poses an ongoing threat, the Vermont senator told Nation Festival attendees.
Dec 18, 2020 / Q&A / John Nichols
The Right Answer Is to Throw Money at the Problem The Right Answer Is to Throw Money at the Problem
Progressive are waging and winning the fight for direct payments because, in a pandemic moment, people need cash to survive.
Dec 17, 2020 / John Nichols
Republicans Will Take Their Assault on Democracy to Congress—and It Will Be Awful Republicans Will Take Their Assault on Democracy to Congress—and It Will Be Awful
Despite Biden’s Electoral College win, Republicans are plotting to disrupt the formal process of accepting the Electoral College result on January 6.
Dec 15, 2020 / John Nichols
Senator Ron Johnson No Longer Has Constituents; He Has a Boss, a Don Senator Ron Johnson No Longer Has Constituents; He Has a Boss, a Don
He’s planned a hearing to promote fantasies about “irregularities,” and threatens to disrupt certification of the Electoral College vote.
Dec 11, 2020 / John Nichols
Trump’s Last Gasp Is a Scheme to Disenfranchise 20,756,421 American Voters—and He’s Getting Help Trump’s Last Gasp Is a Scheme to Disenfranchise 20,756,421 American Voters—and He’s Getting Help
By embracing a Texas lawsuit to cancel the results from Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia, the president pushes the ultimate voter suppression.
Dec 9, 2020 / John Nichols