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.

“Exhibit A Against Media Concentration” “Exhibit A Against Media Concentration”

CBS officials are still refusing to air a MoveOn.org Voter Fund commercial during Sunday's Super Bowl game because that the 30-second advertisement criticizes President Bush's fis...

Jan 29, 2004 / John Nichols

Angry-About-the-War Candidate Angry-About-the-War Candidate

John Edwards is not running for the Democratic nomination as an anti-war candidate. Even in a campaign that has been defined by nothing so much as a constant process of redefiniti...

Jan 26, 2004 / John Nichols

Bush helps CBS, CBS helps Bush Bush helps CBS, CBS helps Bush

The annual Super Bowl game draws a huge audience of television viewers – 130 million Americans are expected to view the game February 1 -- and advertisers of all types want to r...

Jan 22, 2004 / John Nichols

The Iowa Surprise The Iowa Surprise

Everything about Howard Dean's "Iowa Perfect Storm" strategy seemed to go perfectly, right up to the point at which Iowans actually started voting in the first-in-the-nation cauc...

Jan 22, 2004 / John Nichols

IOWA: Caucusing for Kerry, Edwards IOWA: Caucusing for Kerry, Edwards

DUBUQUE, Iowa -- "We got beat by the nuns," said Carol Petrick, a disappointed supporter of Howard Dean as it became evident that her candidate was going to get whipped by John Ke...

Jan 20, 2004 / John Nichols

IOWA: Kerry Runs as JFK IOWA: Kerry Runs as JFK

GUTTENBERG, Iowa – John Forbes Kerry, who has moved into the frontrunner position in key polls of Iowans who will set the course of the Democratic presidential campaign at Monda...

Jan 19, 2004 / John Nichols

IOWA: President Bartlet Hits the Trail IOWA: President Bartlet Hits the Trail

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet's name cannot be found on the list of candidates contending on Monday for votes at Iowa's first-in-the-nation Democratic presi...

Jan 17, 2004 / John Nichols

IOWA: Moseley Braun and Dean IOWA: Moseley Braun and Dean

DES MOINES -- When the Rev. Al Sharpton tore into Howard Dean's minority hiring record during Sunday's Iowa Black and Brown Forum debate here among the Democratic presidential con...

Jan 15, 2004 / John Nichols

DC VOTE: Dean’s Real; So Is Sharpton DC VOTE: Dean’s Real; So Is Sharpton

While the fact was little noted, voting has finally begun in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. More than 43,000 voters in Washington, DC, participated in a non-...

Jan 14, 2004 / John Nichols

IOWA: John Edwards’ moment IOWA: John Edwards’ moment

DES MOINES -- The big news story out of Iowa last week told of the endorsement by U.S. Senator Tom Harkin of Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean. Harkin, Iowa's senior D...

Jan 12, 2004 / John Nichols

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