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.

Maine Backs Corporate and Presidential Accountability Maine Backs Corporate and Presidential Accountability

Former Common Cause president Chellie Pingree, a passionate reformer who calls for a rapid end to the war in Iraq and supports the opening of impeachment hearings against Preside...

Jun 10, 2008 / John Nichols

McClellan Will Testify, But Will Congress Act? McClellan Will Testify, But Will Congress Act?

Scott McClellan is the John Dean of the Bush-Cheney administration -- an in-the-know White House aide who has begun to provide the details of high crimes and misdemeanors committe...

Jun 9, 2008 / John Nichols

Clinton and Obama Reverse Roles Clinton and Obama Reverse Roles

Usually, it is the plucky outsider, the determined dissenter, the underdog who did not quite make it, who has to swallow hard and tell cheering supporters that they will have to s...

Jun 7, 2008 / John Nichols

Hillary Clinton Versus Shirley Chisholm Hillary Clinton Versus Shirley Chisholm

It is suggested by some of her more ardent advocates that Hillary Clinton should merely suspend, rather than formally finish, her presidential campaign. Then she could retain the ...

Jun 7, 2008 / John Nichols

Obama and Clinton Meet in Washington Obama and Clinton Meet in Washington

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton met in private Thursday night in Washington, D.C. Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, made the symbolically significant move...

Jun 6, 2008 / John Nichols

The Antiwar Plank The Antiwar Plank

Democratic Party leaders should listen to the House members who want a strong antiwar message on the platform.

Jun 5, 2008 / John Nichols

Clinton Urged to Quit Quick, And to Quiet the VP Chatter Clinton Urged to Quit Quick, And to Quiet the VP Chatter

Hillary Clinton is tenacious. Indeed, she is up-to-the-last-possible-moment tenacious. But she is not politically suicidal. And she certainly did not want to keep on campaigni...

Jun 5, 2008 / John Nichols

Hillary Clinton Versus Shirley Chisholm Hillary Clinton Versus Shirley Chisholm

It is suggested by some of her more ardent advocates that Hillary Clinton should merely suspend, rather than formally finish, her presidential campaign. Then she could retain the ...

Jun 5, 2008 / John Nichols

Obama, Clinton and What Has Been Achieved Obama, Clinton and What Has Been Achieved

The longest, most demographically-difficult and highest-turnout campaign ever for the presidential nomination of an American political party was settled Tuesday night when Barack ...

Jun 4, 2008 / John Nichols

Obama’s Super Tuesday Obama’s Super Tuesday

"It's time," said U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, the senior Democratic workhorse from Wisconsin who had resisted making an endorsement in the race for the party's presidential nomination...

Jun 3, 2008 / John Nichols

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