British Tell Blair Not to Be President’s ‘Poodle’ British Tell Blair Not to Be President’s ‘Poodle’
"I made up my mind that Saddam needs to go," President Bush told Britain's ITV News as he prepared for the arrival of British Prime Minister Tony Blair Friday for weekend meetings...
Apr 5, 2002 / John Nichols
On Issues of War and Peace, Few in Congress Measure Up On Issues of War and Peace, Few in Congress Measure Up
In most western democracies, matters of war and peace are treated as serious political issues, and substantial numbers of elected officials are willing to stand and be counted for...
Apr 3, 2002 / John Nichols
Enron: What Dick Cheney Knew Enron: What Dick Cheney Knew
A probe of the company's White House ties should begin at his door.
Mar 28, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
The Lollapalooza of the Left The Lollapalooza of the Left
Singer Michelle Shocked strapped on her guitar and took the stage for the performance that would finish the first stop on the Rolling Thunder Down-Home Democracy Tour. Looking out...
Mar 24, 2002 / John Nichols
Rolling Thunder Takes Off Rolling Thunder Takes Off
Dennis Vegas is an unlikely campaigner against corporate excess. Even decked out in casual Friday attire, he still looks like what he used to be -- a vice president for marketing...
Mar 23, 2002 / John Nichols
Illinois Outsider Hollers His Way In Illinois Outsider Hollers His Way In
Last summer, former Illinois state Treasurer Pat Quinn took a 167-mile stroll across the state of Illinois to promote an amendment to the state Constitution that would establish t...
Mar 22, 2002 / John Nichols
Radical on the Inside: Tom Hayden’s Irish Rebellion Radical on the Inside: Tom Hayden’s Irish Rebellion
With "Irish on the Inside: The Search for the Soul of Irish America" (Verso), Tom Hayden has penned a book on the Irish-American experience that has as much to do with Independenc...
Mar 16, 2002 / John Nichols
Pickering Nomination Blocked Pickering Nomination Blocked
After months of struggle, first by Mississippi activists, then by national civil rights groups and finally by a handful of determined Democratic members of the U.S. Senate, the Se...
Mar 15, 2002 / John Nichols
Unspinning the Pickering Push Unspinning the Pickering Push
Supporters of Mississippi Federal Judge Charles Pickering's nomination to serve on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals -- which is expected to be blocked this week by the Senate Judi...
Mar 14, 2002 / John Nichols
Trade Fights Trade Fights
There aren't many Democratic Congressional candidates who can claim that they personally thwarted the agenda of organized labor in the most critical legislative battles of the pas...
Mar 14, 2002 / John Nichols