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.

Election Matters Election Matters

Rosa DeLauro, the savvy Connecticut Congresswoman whom Democratic leaders and the Kerry for President campaign put in charge of drafting the party's 2004 platform, says, "It refl...

Jul 15, 2004 / John Nichols

Dean Debates Nader Dean Debates Nader

Dean advises quitting. Nader calls him "a detergent for the dirty linen of the Democratic Party."

Jul 9, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols

Dean Debates Nader Dean Debates Nader

When Howard Dean's outsider campaign for Democratic presidential nomination began to take off year ago, Ralph Nader was at least somewhat enthusiastic about the enterprise, going...

Jul 9, 2004 / John Nichols

Bush Campaign’s Political Fiction Bush Campaign’s Political Fiction

At the risk of bringing too much clarity to the overheated discussion about whether Arizona Senator John McCain really was John Kerry's "first choice" for the number two spot on t...

Jul 7, 2004 / John Nichols

Cautious Kerry Chooses Charisma Cautious Kerry Chooses Charisma

Never let it be said that John Kerry rushes to judgement.

Jul 6, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols

Cautious Kerry Chooses Charisma Cautious Kerry Chooses Charisma

Never let it be said that John Kerry rushes to judgement. Four months after just about every other Democrat had decided a Kerry-Edwards ticket was the best bet for the party, the ...

Jul 6, 2004 / John Nichols

‘The Birthday of the World’ ‘The Birthday of the World’

The Patriot Act, sweeping as it is, does not ban every expression of radicalism. On at least one day each year, Americans still celebrate revolution. Indeed, so long as no one t...

Jul 4, 2004 / John Nichols

A No to Media Monopoly A No to Media Monopoly

Media monopolists were dealt a rare setback when the Philadelphia-based US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit blocked implementation of last year's decision by the Federal Co...

Jul 1, 2004 / John Nichols

Election Matters Election Matters

The striking distinction between the Green Party's national gathering in late June and the Democratic and Republican national conventions, which will come later this summer, was ...

Jul 1, 2004 / John Nichols

Cobb, Not Nader, Is Green Pick Cobb, Not Nader, Is Green Pick

MILWAUKEE--After twice seeking the presidency as the nominee of the Green Party, and playing a critical role in building it into a force capable of delivering almost two-dozen sta...

Jun 27, 2004 / John Nichols

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