John Nichols

National Affairs Correspondent

@NicholsUprising

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.

The New Politics of September 11 The New Politics of September 11

Since September 11, George W. Bush's political team and their Republican allies have used every trick to exploit the tragedy for political advantage.

May 17, 2002 / Editorial / John Nichols

The New Politics of September 11 The New Politics of September 11

Since Sept. 11, George W. Bush?s political team and their Republican allies have used every trick to exploit the tragedy for political advantage. Just this week, they were trying ...

May 16, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols

Derailing Fast Track: Senate votes reopen trade fight Derailing Fast Track: Senate votes reopen trade fight

After the U.S. House of Representatives voted by one vote last December to grant President Bush Fast Track authority to negotiate a sweeping Free Trade Area of the Americas, the W...

May 15, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols

A Congressman’s Defeat Spells Trouble for Business Democrats A Congressman’s Defeat Spells Trouble for Business Democrats

U.S. Rep. Tom Sawyer, who broke with other industrial-state Democrats to back free trade measures such as NAFTA, suffered a stunning defeat in an Ohio's May 7 Democratic primary. ...

May 10, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols

Paul Wellstone, Fighter Paul Wellstone, Fighter

The Senate's most progressive member is in the fight of his life.

May 9, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols

A Voting Reform That Works Is Transforming Texas A Voting Reform That Works Is Transforming Texas

Considering the role that Florida's electoral mess played in making him president, and considering his active disinterest in reforming political processes to assure that the Flori...

May 7, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols

Seventy-Five Thousand Protest in Washington Seventy-Five Thousand Protest in Washington

"I think the movement is beginning to wake up," Valerie Mullen, an 80-year-old anti-war activist from Vermont, exclaimed as she surveyed the swelling crowd of people protesting ag...

Apr 21, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols

It’s Time to Turn the Farm Bill Debate Into a Food Fight It’s Time to Turn the Farm Bill Debate Into a Food Fight

Would someone in Congress please, please, please propose changing the name of the "farm bill" to the "food bill"? Maybe if the issue at hand had a more dramatic name the media a...

Apr 15, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols

Campaign Finance: The Sequel Campaign Finance: The Sequel

With McCain-Feingold finally passed, it's time to focus again on public funding.

Apr 11, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols

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 / Blog / John Nichols

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