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.

An Un-American Inaugural An Un-American Inaugural

The First Lady has always merited her designation as "the brighter Bush." But, clearly, she needs to study up on American history. With concern mounting about the wisdom of the B...

Jan 19, 2005 / John Nichols

Holding WMD Liars Accountable Holding WMD Liars Accountable

Now that the Bush administration has finally stopped wasting millions of tax dollars each month on the futile search for the weapons of mass destruction it promised would be found...

Jan 17, 2005 / John Nichols

MLK’s moral values MLK’s moral values

The anniversary of the birth of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. falls just five days before the second inauguration of a president who has broken faith with most of the civil righ...

Jan 15, 2005 / John Nichols

Big-League Radio Big-League Radio

George Bush had best be careful when he fiddles with the radio dial in the presidential limousine on Inauguration Day.

Jan 13, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols

A Fight We Can Win A Fight We Can Win

The results of the last election of 2004 could foretell the first serious defeat for the Bush Administration's agenda in the new Congress.

Jan 13, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols

Dr. Dean Calling Dr. Dean Calling

Howard Dean elbowed his way into the 2005 contest for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee with the same unbridled energy, litany of ideas big and small and outs...

Jan 12, 2005 / John Nichols

An Election Reform Movement An Election Reform Movement

David Cobb, the Green Party presidential candidate who has devoted the past two months to the arduous task of pressing for a full review of the mess that Ohio officials made of th...

Jan 10, 2005 / John Nichols

Keep Objecting Keep Objecting

The decision of US Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, to sign on to the objection raised Thursday by US Rep. John Conyers Jr. and other House Democrats to the counting of Ohio's el...

Jan 6, 2005 / John Nichols

An Appropriate Objection An Appropriate Objection

American elections never play out perfectly.

Jan 6, 2005 / John Nichols

The State of US Elections The State of US Elections

American elections never play out perfectly. But the dramatic imperfections in the 2004 presidential election in Ohio, as detailed in a new report (see below) circulated by Repres...

Jan 6, 2005 / John Nichols

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