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.

Capitalizing on Crisis: Insurance Profiteers Demand Deregulation Capitalizing on Crisis: Insurance Profiteers Demand Deregulation

It is safe to say that there is no moment more dangerous for consumers – and citizens --than one of financial panic when the federal government is moving boldly to respond. Reg...

Sep 21, 2008 / John Nichols

Three Years Late: McCain Says Cox Wrong for SEC Three Years Late: McCain Says Cox Wrong for SEC

Remember when John McCain's economic guru, Phil Gramm, got in trouble for saying that Americans were whining about a financial mess that the Republican nominee for president now s...

Sep 18, 2008 / John Nichols

Constitution in Crisis, Candidates in Denial Constitution in Crisis, Candidates in Denial

Constitution Day has arrived without major statements from Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on the need to restore this country's commitment to the rule of law. In...

Sep 17, 2008 / John Nichols

Republicans Sue Republicans to Help Palin Republicans Sue Republicans to Help Palin

ANCHORAGE -- Here is an interesting twist on the McCain campaign's determined effort to shut down the investigation of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's abuses of power in what has co...

Sep 16, 2008 / John Nichols

Campaigning to Restore the Constitution Campaigning to Restore the Constitution

Two hundred and twenty-one years ago this week, the Constitutional Convention that had gathered in the touchstone city of Philadelphia to replace the Articles of Confederation wit...

Sep 15, 2008 / John Nichols

“Come Talk about Sarah Palin” “Come Talk about Sarah Palin”

ANCHORAGE – Ed Schultz, the nationally syndicated radio host, came to Alaska looking to find out about Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. The North Dakota-based ...

Sep 14, 2008 / John Nichols

Palin Channels Cheney’s 9/11-Iraq Falsehoods Palin Channels Cheney’s 9/11-Iraq Falsehoods

When everyone's attention was focusing on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's less-than-reassuring interview about foreign policy with ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson, the Republican nom...

Sep 12, 2008 / John Nichols

Looking Forward, Rather Than Backward, on Another 9-11 Looking Forward, Rather Than Backward, on Another 9-11

The various speeches, statements, pronouncements and pontifications by the president and the political class arrayed around him on this seventh anniversary of the September 11, 20...

Sep 11, 2008 / John Nichols

The McCain Support That Dare Not Speak Its Name The McCain Support That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Last week's Republican National Convention heard plenty of testimonies to John McCain's character. Indeed, while the frenzy over Sarah Palin's selection as the party's vice presi...

Sep 10, 2008 / John Nichols

Cheney on Palin: She’s “Superb!” Cheney on Palin: She’s “Superb!”

Vice President Dick Cheney is such an appealing and popular figure that Republicans decided to dispatch the "Darth Vader" of American politics on an "urgent" international mission...

Sep 8, 2008 / John Nichols

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