Bernie Sanders Applies ‘ACORN Standard’ to Defense Contractors Bernie Sanders Applies ‘ACORN Standard’ to Defense Contractors
Now that the U.S. House and Senate have established an "ACORN Standard" for policing federal expenditures -- if even a few employees of an organization that feeds at the...
Oct 4, 2009 / John Nichols
Who Decides About War? What About the People? Who Decides About War? What About the People?
The U.S. occupation of Afghanistan has reached its "sell-by…" date. A majority of Americans now tell pollsters the mission was a mistake.Ninety-eight members of the House – i...
Oct 2, 2009 / John Nichols
Congressman Grayson Has Just Begun to Fight Congressman Grayson Has Just Begun to Fight
Washington Republicans are horrified, horrified, horrified by the bluntness of Florida Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson. The tough kid from the Bronx (and Harvard Law School) ...
Oct 1, 2009 / John Nichols
Public Option Rejected As Key Dems Vote “No” Public Option Rejected As Key Dems Vote “No”
The healthcare reform debate – such as it is – has already provided more than enough disappointment for Americans who recognize the need for a thorough reordering of the way i...
Sep 29, 2009 / John Nichols
Can the Public Option Be Saved? Can the Public Option Be Saved?
Outside Washington, there is still a sense that a serious debate about healthcare reform is going on. In Washington, there is a good deal of fear among informed and engaged progr...
Sep 29, 2009 / John Nichols
William Safire: Conservative Critic of Media Monopoly William Safire: Conservative Critic of Media Monopoly
Bill Safire and I disagreed on more issues than we agreed. It's like that with former Nixon speechwriters and Nation scribes. But Safire, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Tim...
Sep 28, 2009 / John Nichols
MoveOn Calls for Afghanistan Exit Strategy MoveOn Calls for Afghanistan Exit Strategy
The online activist group MoveOn.org, which experienced its mostexplosive growth when it emerged as a focal point for opposition to thewar in Iraq, has been criticized for failin...
Sep 25, 2009 / John Nichols
Senate-Pick Kirk ‘s Insurance, Drug-Industry “Conflicts” Senate-Pick Kirk ‘s Insurance, Drug-Industry “Conflicts”
On Friday, former Democratic National Committee chair Paul Kirk cleared what was probably his last legal hurdle to become the selected-not-elected "temporary senator" from Massach...
Sep 25, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama At the UN: Think of Me as FDR, Not Bush Obama At the UN: Think of Me as FDR, Not Bush
Distancing himself from George Bush and embracing the legacy of Franklin Roosevelt -- to the point of quoting the 32nd president on the need for "the cooperative effort of the who...
Sep 23, 2009 / John Nichols
G20 Schemes Threaten Democracy, Sustainability G20 Schemes Threaten Democracy, Sustainability
PITTSBURGH – The G20 Summit that opens Thursday is unlikely to achieve much when it comes to restructuring the global economic order. That's good news for workers, farmers, cons...
Sep 23, 2009 / John Nichols