Obama Should Engage Now for Middle East Peace Obama Should Engage Now for Middle East Peace
An Israeli air assault on Palestinian targets in Gaza has taken an estimated 300 lives over the course of the past several days, and the death toll is mounting rapidly. Dozens of ...
Dec 29, 2008 / John Nichols
Eartha Kitt: An Anti-War Patriot Eartha Kitt: An Anti-War Patriot
Forty years ago, America’s cultural icons expressed the frustration of the American people with the failure of then-President Lyndon Johnson to end this country’s undec…
Dec 26, 2008 / John Nichols
Celebrating a Christmas Truce and the Prospect of Peace Celebrating a Christmas Truce and the Prospect of Peace
On November 11 of this year – the 80th anniversary of that 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month when World War I ended – there was dedicated in Frélinghien, France, a ...
Dec 24, 2008 / John Nichols
A Christmas Pardon and the Making of a Unified Nation A Christmas Pardon and the Making of a Unified Nation
Seventy-five years ago this week, amidst all the demands of the New Deal moment that he was defining, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued a remarkable proclamation that had...
Dec 23, 2008 / John Nichols
A Warrior for Workers A Warrior for Workers
When the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor decided in 2000 that it would stop giving "rubber stamp" backing to disappointing Democrats, the federation's dynamic leader at the...
Dec 19, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama’s Wrong Turn on Trade Obama’s Wrong Turn on Trade
Barack Obama's decision to nominate former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk to serve as the next U.S. Trade Representative is deeply unsettling for those who hoped the president-elect would ...
Dec 19, 2008 / John Nichols
A Cautious Farm and Food Pick A Cautious Farm and Food Pick
The most telling Cabinet nomination that Barack Obama will advance once he assumes the presidency on January 20 -- and from a long-term standpoint perhaps the most meaningful one ...
Dec 14, 2008 / John Nichols
What I Know About Jesse Jackson Jr. What I Know About Jesse Jackson Jr.
A lot of assumptions are being made with regard to Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. The Democratic representative from Chicago is, after 13 years in the House, earning the sort of a...
Dec 14, 2008 / John Nichols
A Senate That Can’t Be Bothered to Help Workers A Senate That Can’t Be Bothered to Help Workers
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, the Wisconsin Democrat who grew up in the car-factory town of Janesville, had the right reaction to the latest proposal to provide needed federal fundi...
Dec 13, 2008 / John Nichols
Labor Victory in Chicago Labor Victory in Chicago
When Barack Obama revealed after the election that he was reading a book on Franklin Roosevelt's first 100 days as president, the "new New Deal" discussion went into overdrive. Pr...
Dec 11, 2008 / John Nichols