John Nichols

Executive Editor

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John Nichols is the executive editor of The Nation. He previously served as the magazine’s national affairs correspondent and Washington correspondent. Nichols 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.

Hillary At Mayors Conference

What the Democrats Must Learn From Brexit About Free-Trade Deals What the Democrats Must Learn From Brexit About Free-Trade Deals

Sanders and Clinton are right to oppose the TPP, and the Democratic Party should do the same.

Jun 27, 2016 / John Nichols

Trump Speaks on Brexit

An Urgent Message From the UK: Take the Trump Threat Seriously An Urgent Message From the UK: Take the Trump Threat Seriously

A progressive politics that addresses the fears of voters who have been battered by austerity, globalization, and deindustrialization is absolutely necessary.

Jun 24, 2016 / John Nichols

Paul Ryan on Gun Control

The Shaming of Paul Ryan Is Now Complete The Shaming of Paul Ryan Is Now Complete

From silencing debate on guns to backing “textbook-racist” Trump, the GOP “leader” always puts partisanship above principle.

Jun 23, 2016 / John Nichols

Demanding Votes on Gun-Control Bills, John Lewis Leads a Sit-in of the House

Demanding Votes on Gun-Control Bills, John Lewis Leads a Sit-in of the House Demanding Votes on Gun-Control Bills, John Lewis Leads a Sit-in of the House

Lewis, Donna Edwards, Elizabeth Esty, and other Democrats promise to keep demanding action on gun violence.

Jun 22, 2016 / John Nichols

Merrick Garland

This Is Precisely the Right Time for the Senate to Consider Judge Garland’s Supreme Court Nomination This Is Precisely the Right Time for the Senate to Consider Judge Garland’s Supreme Court Nomination

The American Bar Association has given President Obama’s pick its highest rating.

Jun 22, 2016 / John Nichols

Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Sonia Sotomayor’s Epic Dissent Explains What’s at Stake When the Police Don’t Follow the Law Sonia Sotomayor’s Epic Dissent Explains What’s at Stake When the Police Don’t Follow the Law

In an opinion that cited Michelle Alexander and Ta-Nehisi Coates, Justice Sotomayor railed against the gutting of the Fourth Amendment.

Jun 20, 2016 / John Nichols

Jo Cox memorial

An Assassination in Britain Calls Us to Recognize Our Duty to Keep Barbarism at Bay in America An Assassination in Britain Calls Us to Recognize Our Duty to Keep Barbarism at Bay in America

It is time to recognize that “divisive hate-mongering is seeping into the mainstream,” and that a toxic politics threatens not just civility but democracy.

Jun 17, 2016 / John Nichols

Chris Murphy Senate Filibuster

Senators Crack the NRA’s Congressional Wall of Silence With a Filibuster Demand for Action on Gun Violence Senators Crack the NRA’s Congressional Wall of Silence With a Filibuster Demand for Action on Gun Violence

This is the beginning of a new politics that says moments of silence must be replaced with moments of action.

Jun 16, 2016 / John Nichols

Paul Ryan

House Democrats Are So Fed Up With the GOP’s Failure to Act on Guns That They Walked Out on the Speaker House Democrats Are So Fed Up With the GOP’s Failure to Act on Guns That They Walked Out on the Speaker

Walkouts, chants, and demands for action on gun violence rock the first House session after an attack on an LGBTQ club.

Jun 14, 2016 / John Nichols

The Orlando Massacre Demands Not Another Moment of Silence but a New Moment of Action

The Orlando Massacre Demands Not Another Moment of Silence but a New Moment of Action The Orlando Massacre Demands Not Another Moment of Silence but a New Moment of Action

The president is right: This is “something we should politicize.”

Jun 13, 2016 / John Nichols

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