Is Obama “Fired Up and Ready to Go”? Is Obama “Fired Up and Ready to Go”?
Barack Obama heads to Massachusetts to face a challenge of epic proportions: He must renew the campaign of the Democrat whose victory or defeat will determine whether the presiden...
Jan 15, 2010 / John Nichols
Wyclef Jean’s Urgent Cry to Save Haiti Wyclef Jean’s Urgent Cry to Save Haiti
Before Haiti was hit by an earthquake so devastating that the whole world paid notice to that impoverished and frequently neglected land, the singer Wyclef Jean organized the Yele...
Jan 14, 2010 / John Nichols
Mass. Senate Race Features Real Debate — Thanks to Coakley Mass. Senate Race Features Real Debate — Thanks to Coakley
The Massachusetts special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat that was held for 46 years by the late Edward Kennedy will likely produce another Democratic senator. Massachusett...
Jan 13, 2010 / John Nichols
Feingold Fears “Lawless” Court Ruling on Corporate Campaigning Feingold Fears “Lawless” Court Ruling on Corporate Campaigning
The Supreme Court ruled this morning against restrictions on corporations' spending to influence election outcomes. On January 12, John Nichols filed the post below in anticipatio...
Jan 12, 2010 / John Nichols
Fox’s Newest Star, Sarah Palin, May Be a Bit Dim Fox’s Newest Star, Sarah Palin, May Be a Bit Dim
Here's another notion with regard to Sarah Palin: Maybe it isn't fair to focus on her mean-spirited and ridiculously partisan statements. Maybe it isn't right to harp about her ...
Jan 11, 2010 / John Nichols
The 2010 Political Timebomb Is Unemployment The 2010 Political Timebomb Is Unemployment
American employers eliminated 4.2 million jobs in 2009 and sent unemployment soaring into double digits for the first time in more than a quarter century. Since the fall of last ...
Jan 9, 2010 / John Nichols
Time for Geithner’s Accountability Moment Time for Geithner’s Accountability Moment
If Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner abused his former position with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to encourage the American International Group (AIG) to conceal e...
Jan 8, 2010 / John Nichols
How to Save Journalism How to Save Journalism
The patriotic case for government action.
Jan 7, 2010 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Senator Ed Schultz? Senator Ed Schultz?
Senator Byron Dorgan's decision to forego a 2010 reelection bid has sent Democrats in North Dakota -- and Washington -- searching for a candidate who can hold a blue seat in a red...
Jan 7, 2010 / John Nichols
Dorgan Retirement Will Rob Senate of One of its Last Populists Dorgan Retirement Will Rob Senate of One of its Last Populists
Few senators in either party have more steadily challenged the entrenched powers that be than Byron Dorgan, the North Dakota Democrats who traced his political roots to the proudl...
Jan 6, 2010 / John Nichols