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.

Rachel Corrie’s Echo Rachel Corrie’s Echo

In the last note that 23-year-old American college student Rachel Corrie wrote to her father from a Palestinian community on the Gaza Strip, she thanked Craig Corrie for stepping ...

Mar 20, 2003 / John Nichols

Antiwar America Antiwar America

"This is what democracy looks like" chanted twenty-four antiwar demonstrators as they were arrested outside Toledo's Navy and Air Force recruitment office on the day George W.

Mar 20, 2003 / John Nichols

A War Begun in Failure A War Begun in Failure

It appears that George W. Bush will get his war. But it will be a war begun in failure. Even as Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders in the United States dutifully sign...

Mar 18, 2003 / John Nichols

Harkin Stumps for Peace Harkin Stumps for Peace

No one has made life on the campaign trail more difficult for several of the frontrunning candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination than US Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. L...

Mar 13, 2003 / John Nichols

Building Cities for Peace Building Cities for Peace

How an antiwar initiative is turning into a way to strengthen democracy.

Mar 13, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols

Bush Nominee is Blocked Bush Nominee is Blocked

In the first significant setback for the Bush Administration in the 108th Congress, Senate Democrats blocked a move Thursday by Republicans to force a vote on controversial judici...

Mar 6, 2003 / John Nichols

Donahue–War Casualty Donahue–War Casualty

War may or may not be inevitable, but a one-sided discussion of US policy toward Iraq appears to be all but guaranteed on network television.

Mar 6, 2003 / John Nichols

Challenging the Rush to War Challenging the Rush to War

Considering the fact that the Bush Administration is the planet's primary proponent of war with Iraq, Nancy Lessin wants to know why the US Congress has failed to follow the exam...

Mar 5, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols

Donahue’s Demise Donahue’s Demise

The day before MSNBC announced that it was pulling the plug on Phil Donahue's nightly show, the man who pretty much invented talk TV was interviewing actress and author Rosie O'...

Mar 2, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols

Media Meltdown Obscures FCC Debate Media Meltdown Obscures FCC Debate

As if there was need for more evidence that major media is neglecting to cover Federal Communications Commission deliberations on whether to fundamentally alter media ownership ru...

Feb 28, 2003 / John Nichols

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