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.

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

When the Free Press Fails Democracy When the Free Press Fails Democracy

Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan leaves no doubt that an on-bended-knee press corps made it easier to peddle propaganda about the war in Iraq. "If anything, the natio...

May 31, 2008 / John Nichols

Who’ll Unplug Big Media? Stay Tuned Who’ll Unplug Big Media? Stay Tuned

The media reform movement has made a few inroads, but there's still a long way to go.

May 29, 2008 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

Bush Aide Scores White House War Propaganda Bush Aide Scores White House War Propaganda

The Bush administration employed propaganda techniques, political spin and deception to promote and then justify a war with Iraq that was unwise and unnecessary. And a "too-defer...

May 28, 2008 / John Nichols

Which Bob Barr is Running for President? Which Bob Barr is Running for President?

Statements made by political parties, especially around the time of their nominating conventions are, necessarily, suspect. So what should we make of the Libertarian Party's late...

May 27, 2008 / John Nichols

McCain Rejects Another Hate-Preaching Pastor McCain Rejects Another Hate-Preaching Pastor

The last days of May will be remembered as the time of the long knives in John McCain's camp, a period that saw the presumptive Republican candidate for president purge his crusad...

May 23, 2008 / John Nichols

Obama Gets Farm Bill Right Obama Gets Farm Bill Right

The federal farm bill that President Bush vetoed and that the Congress has enacted despite him is, to be sure, a flawed document. For instance, there are still too many of the wro...

May 22, 2008 / John Nichols

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