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.

Thank Postal Workers by Fighting to Save the Postal Service

Thank Postal Workers by Fighting to Save the Postal Service Thank Postal Workers by Fighting to Save the Postal Service

The USPS will deliver 15.5 billion pieces of mail this season. Yet it is threatened by devastating closures and cuts.

Dec 23, 2014 / John Nichols

Zephyr Teachout, Hands Up United and John Oliver Made Our 2014 Progressive Honor Roll. Who Else Made the List?

Zephyr Teachout, Hands Up United and John Oliver Made Our 2014 Progressive Honor Roll. Who Else Made the List? Zephyr Teachout, Hands Up United and John Oliver Made Our 2014 Progressive Honor Roll. Who Else Made the List?

From the huge climate march in September to racial-justice activism, it was a year that saw renewal of movement-based politics.

Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / John Nichols

What Bernie Sanders and Dwight Eisenhower Have in Common

What Bernie Sanders and Dwight Eisenhower Have in Common What Bernie Sanders and Dwight Eisenhower Have in Common

“It is unacceptable that the Defense Department continues to waste massive amounts of money,” Sanders argues.

Dec 18, 2014 / John Nichols

VIDEO: Elizabeth Warren Blasts Citigroup From the Senate Floor

VIDEO: Elizabeth Warren Blasts Citigroup From the Senate Floor VIDEO: Elizabeth Warren Blasts Citigroup From the Senate Floor

Out of the Senate debate over another sellout to the big banks comes the clarion call for a new populist politics.

Dec 14, 2014 / John Nichols

DC Voted to Legalize Marijuana. Congress Should Not Overrule It.

DC Voted to Legalize Marijuana. Congress Should Not Overrule It. DC Voted to Legalize Marijuana. Congress Should Not Overrule It.

Congress’s spending bill overrides Washington’s vote to legalize marijuana and thwarts the will of the people.

Dec 11, 2014 / John Nichols

Why Dick Cheney Is Wrong About the CIA Torture Memos

Why Dick Cheney Is Wrong About the CIA Torture Memos Why Dick Cheney Is Wrong About the CIA Torture Memos

The Senate Intelligence Committee is absolutely right to respect transparency and accountability with release of report on Bush-Cheney era abuses.

Dec 9, 2014 / John Nichols

Bogus Bipartisanship: Congress Cooperates in the Service of Corporations

Bogus Bipartisanship: Congress Cooperates in the Service of Corporations Bogus Bipartisanship: Congress Cooperates in the Service of Corporations

House Republicans and Democrats overwhelmingly approve extending absurd corporate tax breaks.

Dec 5, 2014 / John Nichols

Bernie Sanders’s Bold Economic Agenda Seeks to Transform Politics

Bernie Sanders’s Bold Economic Agenda Seeks to Transform Politics Bernie Sanders’s Bold Economic Agenda Seeks to Transform Politics

The senator has a twelve-point plan for getting the debate, and perhaps the movement, started.

Dec 3, 2014 / John Nichols

It Is Time for a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights

It Is Time for a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights It Is Time for a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights

Let’s get serious about addressing erratic, constantly changing schedules that are a Holiday-season nightmare for workers.

Dec 1, 2014 / John Nichols

An Inconvenient Political Truth: That St. Louis Prosecutor Is a Democrat

An Inconvenient Political Truth: That St. Louis Prosecutor Is a Democrat An Inconvenient Political Truth: That St. Louis Prosecutor Is a Democrat

Ferguson teaches us that in elections for local law-enforcement posts the most fundamental choices are made.

Nov 26, 2014 / John Nichols

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