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.

Bill Moyers Fights Back Bill Moyers Fights Back

Bill Moyers is not taking attacks by Bush Administration allies on public broadcasting in general and his journalism in particular sitting down. "I should put my detractors on no...

May 15, 2005 / John Nichols

Fight for Media Reform Fight for Media Reform

The first National Conference on Media Reform was held 18 months ago in Madison, Wisconsin. That conference, which drew 1,800 people from across the country and around the world, ...

May 12, 2005 / John Nichols

Warrior for Workers Warrior for Workers

The labor movement is not about one individual or one moment in time. It goes on, regardless. But there are some individuals who rise through the ranks of the movement at the righ...

May 8, 2005 / John Nichols

“Pork-Laden” Iraq Bill “Pork-Laden” Iraq Bill

Just when you thought it might be impossible for the Bush administration and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to stoop any lower, they have sunk to a new depth. They are now, in th...

May 6, 2005 / John Nichols

Congress Tunes In Congress Tunes In

Chastened by voter response to their earlier errors, many legislators push reform.

May 5, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols, Robert W. McChesney, and Ben Scott

The Ditch Blair Project The Ditch Blair Project

In Britain, the leader of the government is not elected by a national vote. Rather, the prime minister is the head of the dominant party caucus in the parliament. It is probably ...

May 4, 2005 / John Nichols

Making Iraq the Issue Making Iraq the Issue

The US media barely covers the world anymore – except stories that involve those countries that the administration is actively considering attacking and, of course, those lands ...

May 3, 2005 / John Nichols

Fight for the Filibuster Fight for the Filibuster

Never underestimate the determination of Washington Democrats to try and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Just as it was reported Tuesday that Americans strongly support t...

Apr 26, 2005 / John Nichols

The Vatican’s Enforcer The Vatican’s Enforcer

The Sacred College of Cardinals is supposed to be one of the world's great deliberative bodies. Yet, despite the many challenges faced by the Catholic church, the deliberations r...

Apr 19, 2005 / John Nichols

The Papal Chase The Papal Chase

When hundreds of thousands of global justice campaigners flocked to Genoa in the summer of 2001 to protest at the G-8 summit of major industrialized nations, the found an unlikely...

Apr 17, 2005 / John Nichols

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