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.

Could Turnout Turn Jeb Out? Could Turnout Turn Jeb Out?

Opponents of the Florida governor are organizing voters still angry about 2000.

Oct 10, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols

Gaining Governors Gaining Governors

While the Bush Administration's beating of the war drums has drowned out domestic policy debates that should be shaping competition for control of Congress, bread-and-butter is...

Oct 10, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols

Byrd Chastises White House, Democrats Byrd Chastises White House, Democrats

Even though he is unlikely to succeed in preventing a Congressional grant of blank-check warmaking powers to the Bush administration, Senator Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, has don...

Oct 7, 2002 / John Nichols

After Torricelli After Torricelli

Democrats in Washington and New Jersey sighed with relief when scandal-plagued Senator Robert Torricelli ended a doomed run for a second term.

Oct 3, 2002 / John Nichols

Blair’s British Problem Blair’s British Problem

When British Prime Minister Tony Blair presented his "dossier" on the threats that are supposedly posed to the world by Iraq, President Bush was delighted with what he heard from ...

Sep 30, 2002 / John Nichols

Wellstone and the War Wellstone and the War

Even as Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone announced his opposition to George W.

Sep 25, 2002 / John Nichols

Schröder Beats Bush Schröder Beats Bush

The first 2002 election campaign in which George W. Bush's desire to attack Iraq became a major issue did not involve Republicans and Democrats. It was not even held in the United...

Sep 23, 2002 / John Nichols

Women Move Up Women Move Up

Shannon O'Brien had advantages going into the campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Massachusetts. As the state treasurer, she'd won a statewide race.

Sep 19, 2002 / John Nichols

US Rep. Rahall Speaks in Iraq US Rep. Rahall Speaks in Iraq

US Rep. Nick Rahall's policy pronouncements tend toward announcements about extending water and sewer service in southern West Virginia, or the erection of safety barriers on dang...

Sep 17, 2002 / John Nichols

Congress and War Congress and War

In January, when George W. Bush's pollster warned that "Enron is a much bigger story than anyone in Washington realizes," White House political director Karl Rove informed the ...

Sep 12, 2002 / John Nichols

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