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.

“Tea Party Activists Are the New GOP” “Tea Party Activists Are the New GOP”

Richard Viguerie, the legendary hard-right activist who spent much of the past decade arguing that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were too liberal, now declares that the days of e...

Nov 1, 2009 / John Nichols

Pelosi’s Not-So-Robust Public Option Pelosi’s Not-So-Robust Public Option

The public option was always a compromise for serious supporters of health-care reform, who -- like Barack Obama when he was running for the Senate in 2003 -- knew that a single-p...

Oct 29, 2009 / John Nichols

Warrior-Diplomat Asks of Afghan War: “Why and to What End?” Warrior-Diplomat Asks of Afghan War: “Why and to What End?”

About the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan -- not merely the proposal to surge more troops into the quagmire but the occupation itself -- he says: "I want people in Iowa, people in ...

Oct 28, 2009 / John Nichols

What If, Instead of Fox, Team Obama Tackled Insurance Profiteers What If, Instead of Fox, Team Obama Tackled Insurance Profiteers

Suppose President Obama and his aides had decided to take on the worst offender among the big insurance companies this fall. Suppose the White House had highlighted the failure o...

Oct 26, 2009 / John Nichols

A “Premature Antifascist” — And Proudly So A “Premature Antifascist” — And Proudly So

Clarence Kailin, a son of the Midwest whose lifelong commitment to social and economic justice led him to become one of the first Americans to take up arms against the fascist for...

Oct 26, 2009 / John Nichols

Byrd’s Wise Warning: Afghanistan is the Grave of Foreigners Byrd’s Wise Warning: Afghanistan is the Grave of Foreigners

West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd refers to himself as "a student of history." In fact, he is history. The longest serving senator in the history of the legislative branch of th...

Oct 24, 2009 / John Nichols

Roger Ailes for President? Er, Maybe Not So Much Roger Ailes for President? Er, Maybe Not So Much

It would be difficult to concoct a Washington fantasy more delicious than this one: Barack Obama declares "war" on Fox News and Fox boss Roger Ailes counters by signaling that he ...

Oct 23, 2009 / John Nichols

Congressman Grayson Wins Another Round Congressman Grayson Wins Another Round

Florida Congressman Alan Grayson keeps provoking congressional Republicans and their media allies with fact-based challenges to the lies being used to block health care reform. T...

Oct 21, 2009 / John Nichols

Obama to Karzai: Thanks for Recognizing Your Illegitimacy Obama to Karzai: Thanks for Recognizing Your Illegitimacy

Barack Obama will have to do some awfully embarrassing things as president. The whole pardoning the turkey thing on the eve of Thanksgiving comes to mind. And then there's the tak...

Oct 20, 2009 / John Nichols

Ending Federal Lawlessness: DOJ Eases Off Medical Pot Ending Federal Lawlessness: DOJ Eases Off Medical Pot

During the 2008 campaign, one of candidate Barack Obama's best applause lines was a promise to restore respect for science when it came to federal policy making. On Monday, Presi...

Oct 19, 2009 / John Nichols

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