For Competitive Primaries For Competitive Primaries
Yes, primaries can be divisive and expensive. But the Democratic Party is usually at its best when it trusts grassroots activists and voters to make choices.
Sep 9, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama Goes Before Congress to “Dispel Myths, Silliness” Obama Goes Before Congress to “Dispel Myths, Silliness”
When a president schedules an address to a joint session of the Congress, he essentially says: "OK, folks, this time it's for real." The speech to the assembled members of the Ho...
Sep 9, 2009 / John Nichols
Afghanistan Election Fraud and the High Price of Empire Afghanistan Election Fraud and the High Price of Empire
It is amusing, if remarkable, that there are still some players in Washington who try to maintain the fantasy that Afghan President Hamid Karzai governs with anything akin to legi...
Sep 9, 2009 / John Nichols
Three Words Mr. President: “Medicare for All” Three Words Mr. President: “Medicare for All”
As President Obama prepares to deliver a Wednesday address to Congress that must reframe the debate about healthcare reform, he is getting plenty of advice and counsel with regard...
Sep 8, 2009 / John Nichols
Van Jones Exit Isn’t Right-Wing Win, It’s an Obama Surrender Van Jones Exit Isn’t Right-Wing Win, It’s an Obama Surrender
The decision of Van Jones to resign as President Obama's "green jobs" czar is not a victory for Republicans who griped about the White House environmental aide's willingness to ca...
Sep 6, 2009 / John Nichols
Give States an Option to Lead on Single-Payer Give States an Option to Lead on Single-Payer
The goal of real reformers is clear: a "Medicare for all" single-payer national healthcare system.
Getting there could be a little tough this fall.
But America will get there.
Sep 4, 2009 / John Nichols
Food Without Fear Food Without Fear
Bad peanuts and killer spinach: that's the food story of 2009. But in the coming months we may see a huge turning point in the fight for safety.
Sep 2, 2009 / John Nichols
Auden’s Love Poem for Humanity Auden’s Love Poem for Humanity
The poet's "September 1, 1939" saw the start of World War II and declared: "We must love one another or die."
Sep 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
The Kennedy Seat: Vicki’s a “No,” But Maybe Joe The Kennedy Seat: Vicki’s a “No,” But Maybe Joe
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has scheduled the special election to fill the US Senate seat vacated by the death of Senator Edward Kennedy's seat. The date is January 19, ...
Sep 1, 2009 / John Nichols
Senator Vicki Kennedy? Senator Vicki Kennedy?
Ted Kennedy has been well remembered and buried. Now, the question becomes, who will replace "the lion of the Senate" in the seat representing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ...
Aug 31, 2009 / John Nichols