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.

Mass incarceration

Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Our Democracy in the Worst Ways Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Our Democracy in the Worst Ways

Congressman Mark Pocan just got the House to approve an end to Census counts that distort representation at local and state levels.

Mar 8, 2019 / John Nichols

The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda

The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda

Wisconsin’s Tony Evers moves to upend his predecessor’s “right to work” law and other anti-union, anti-worker provisions.

Mar 7, 2019 / John Nichols

MIchael Cohen testifying

The Real Value of Michael Cohen’s Testimony The Real Value of Michael Cohen’s Testimony

The president’s former personal counsel opened up entire vistas of potential reckoning for Trump and his associates. But the most important venue for accountability remains the US ...

Mar 7, 2019 / John Nichols

Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020

Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020 Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020

He’s repeatedly won elections as a pro-labor, anti-war advocate for civil rights and civil liberties in Ohio, where Democrats have increasingly failed. Could he win the presidency?

Mar 6, 2019 / Feature / John Nichols

Jerry Nadler

The Process of Holding Trump Accountable Has Finally Begun The Process of Holding Trump Accountable Has Finally Begun

House Judiciary Committee chair Jerry Nadler has moved “to begin the investigations to present the case to the American people about obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of...

Mar 4, 2019 / John Nichols

Michael Cohen testimony 2019

Michael Cohen Just Started a Process That Should Lead to Impeachment Michael Cohen Just Started a Process That Should Lead to Impeachment

No one should doubt that this testimony makes the case for impeaching and removing an unfit president.

Feb 27, 2019 / John Nichols

Bernie Sanders at a rally

Bernie Sanders Is Making a National Issue of This Strike Bernie Sanders Is Making a National Issue of This Strike

Democrats and progressives need to focus on what the United Electrical union calls the “first major US manufacturing strike of the Trump era.”

Feb 26, 2019 / John Nichols

Pete Buttigieg 2020

Pete Buttigieg Understands What’s at Stake, and What’s Possible Pete Buttigieg Understands What’s at Stake, and What’s Possible

What makes Buttigieg’s campaigning most interesting is the intense focus he has placed on the need to renew and extend American democracy.

Feb 20, 2019 / John Nichols

Bernie 2020 bid

Bernie Sanders Is Running—and America Just Might Be Ready to Elect a Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders Is Running—and America Just Might Be Ready to Elect a Democratic Socialist

Two years into the presidency of Donald Trump, the nation is ready for radical change.

Feb 19, 2019 / John Nichols

National Emergency Protest

History Will Accord Donald Trump No Forgiveness History Will Accord Donald Trump No Forgiveness

It is not just what the president does but what he tells us not to do–especially on climate change–that makes his tenure strikingly dangerous.

Feb 18, 2019 / John Nichols

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