Sarah Olson and the Struggle to Save Journalism Sarah Olson and the Struggle to Save Journalism
American journalism is under assault. The Telecommunications Act of 1996,with its encouragement of media consolidation and homogenization, hasprovoked a marked decline in the dive...
Jan 22, 2007 / John Nichols
Obama’s Challenge Obama’s Challenge
If Barack Obama is to secure critical grassroots support for his presidential bid, he must be less about celebrity and more about policy.
Jan 21, 2007 / John Nichols
“Cheney Has Stepped Way Over the Line” “Cheney Has Stepped Way Over the Line”
Even historians who are not particularly sympathetic to Jimmy Carter's presidency share the widely accepted view that Carter's vice president, Walter Mondale, was one of the most ...
Jan 19, 2007 / John Nichols
Freshmen Favor Fair Trade Freshmen Favor Fair Trade
In case anyone missed the fact that the new Democrats who were elected to the House in November are economic populists who the free trade policies advanced by the Bush administrat...
Jan 19, 2007 / John Nichols
The Fair Trade Democrats The Fair Trade Democrats
In an interview with Senator Sherrod Brown, Nichols shows that the new Democrats are pursuing a new trade agenda.
Jan 18, 2007 / John Nichols
Freshmen Favor Fair Trade Freshmen Favor Fair Trade
In case anyone missed the fact that the new Democrats who were elected to the House in November are economic populists who the free trade policies advanced by the Bush administrat...
Jan 18, 2007 / John Nichols
Bush Backs Down on Warrantless Wiretaps Bush Backs Down on Warrantless Wiretaps
Does it matter that Democrats took charge of the Senate this month? George Bush seems to think so. In a letter sent today to Senate Judiciary Committee leaders, Attorney General...
Jan 17, 2007 / John Nichols
Obama Steps Up… And Into the 2008 Race Obama Steps Up… And Into the 2008 Race
With his decision to file the necessary paperwork to launch a presidential campaign exploratory committee, Barack Obama puts an end to speculation about whether he really is inter...
Jan 16, 2007 / John Nichols
Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby and the New Definition of “Honesty” Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby and the New Definition of “Honesty”
Dick Cheney worked in the White House of Richard Nixon, who had to resign as Congress began impeachment proceedings that grew out of his dishonest and disreputable stewardship of ...
Jan 15, 2007 / John Nichols
Newspapers…and After? Newspapers…and After?
Newspapers may be dinosaurs in the age of new media, but they have enough life to guide--and even define--our politics.
Jan 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols