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.

Striking Where Bush Is Weakest Striking Where Bush Is Weakest

If the Bush administration had gone after Osama bin Laden with anything akin to the energy it is expending to discredit Richard Clarke, the story of America's response to terroris...

Mar 25, 2004 / John Nichols

When Rupert Murdoch Calls… When Rupert Murdoch Calls…

Last Friday, the Bush Administration was busy pumping up hopes that the war on terrorism was about to yield a victory: the capture along the border between Pakistan and Afghanista...

Mar 21, 2004 / John Nichols

Avoiding Dean’s Mistakes Avoiding Dean’s Mistakes

Barack Obama's victory in the hard-fought Democratic primary for an open US Senate seat from Illinois has instantaneously made him a political star. CNN analysts were calling the ...

Mar 19, 2004 / John Nichols

An Indecent Proposal An Indecent Proposal

"We are moving in the direction of undermining the First Amendment," said US Representative Ron Paul, the maverick Texan who was the only Republican member of the House to oppose ...

Mar 15, 2004 / John Nichols

Exploiting 9/11, Badly Exploiting 9/11, Badly

It should not come as a surprise to anyone who has watched American politics over the past several years that George W. Bush has begun his formal reelection campaigning by exploit...

Mar 5, 2004 / John Nichols

Kerry’s Challenge Kerry’s Challenge

The John Kerry who won nine of ten Super Tuesday states, and with those victories Democratic nominee-in-waiting status, was not the John Kerry who officially launched his preside...

Mar 4, 2004 / John Nichols

Running for Running Mate Running for Running Mate

Had John Edwards won the Ohio and Georgia primaries on Tuesday, it would have been difficult to prevent him from staking his claim on the Democratic nomination for vice president....

Mar 3, 2004 / John Nichols

Antiwar Primary Challenge Antiwar Primary Challenge

In 1966, barely two years after the Gulf of Tonkin resolution was passed by the House and Senate, a handful of intrepid candidates challenged pro-Vietnam War Democratic incumbents ...

Mar 1, 2004 / John Nichols

Trade, War, Socialism & Capitalism Trade, War, Socialism & Capitalism

Thursday night's wide-ranging and refreshingly substantive debate between the four remaining contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination did little to slow the momentum ...

Feb 27, 2004 / John Nichols

Aloha Dennis Aloha Dennis

Democratic frontrunner John Kerry coasted on Not-So-Super Tuesday, winning three more states as Idaho, Utah and Hawaii quietly picked delegates to the Democratic National Conventi...

Feb 25, 2004 / John Nichols

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