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.

Blair Misses War Bounce Blair Misses War Bounce

GLASGOW -- The red shirts worn by activists with the Scottish Socialist Party featured the phrase "Axis of Evil," a reference to President Bush's identification of nations that we...

May 6, 2003 / John Nichols

Musicians Against Media Monopoly Musicians Against Media Monopoly

Don't go looking for the compact discs of country singer Toby Keith and jazz player Ellis Marsalis, Jr., in the same section of a music megastore. Don't expect to find a concert v...

May 4, 2003 / John Nichols

Secretary of Enron Exits Secretary of Enron Exits

Army Secretary Thomas White, the Enron executive who parlayed his skills at running private companies into bankruptcy into an important-sounding position in the Bush Administratio...

Apr 28, 2003 / John Nichols

Bigotry, Lies and the GOP Bigotry, Lies and the GOP

Rick Santorum is a bigot. And, like others bigots before him, he seeks to promote his views be claiming the American people face "threats" that do not exist. Santorum, the Penns...

Apr 24, 2003 / John Nichols

The Boss Defends Dissenters The Boss Defends Dissenters

"America has entered one of its periods of historical madness," argues author John Le Carré, who suggests that the current drive by conservatives in Congress and their media alli...

Apr 23, 2003 / John Nichols

Topple the War Profiteers Topple the War Profiteers

In 1917, at the height of World War I, Wisconsin Sen. Robert M. La Follette caused quite a stir when he suggested that one of the best ways to support the US troops fighting in Eu...

Apr 20, 2003 / John Nichols

Riots? Looting? “Stuff Happens” Riots? Looting? “Stuff Happens”

Suppose rioters were wrecking an American city, looting its hospitals and destroying one of the greatest museums in the world.And imagine if, as this happened, one of the nation's...

Apr 14, 2003 / John Nichols

The War Democrats The War Democrats

The Democratic Leadership Council, the lost-inside-the-Beltway group that last fall championed the disastrous Democratic strategy of cozying up to the Bush Administration on mi...

Apr 10, 2003 / John Nichols

Wellstone’s Graceless Replacement Wellstone’s Graceless Replacement

A year ago this spring, I spent several days in Minnesota trailing US Sen. Paul Wellstone as he campaigned for a third term. Wellstone, the most progressive Democrat in the Senate...

Apr 9, 2003 / John Nichols

Republicans at War — With Kerry Republicans at War — With Kerry

Ever since US forces marched into Iraq, conservatives in Congress and their media stenographers have been at war with Americans who fail to read from the Bush Administration's pol...

Apr 8, 2003 / John Nichols

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