John Nichols

National Affairs Correspondent

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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.

Gore’s Challenge to Congress and the Media Gore’s Challenge to Congress and the Media

Al Gore did not use the "I" word. But the former vice president did use his Martin Luther King Day speech in Washington to declare that: "A president who breaks the law is a threa...

Jan 17, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols

Rev. King’s Message to the Faithful Rev. King’s Message to the Faithful

Five decades ago this years, in the fall of 1956, the young Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., newly prominent because of the role he played in the boycott by African-Americans of Montg...

Jan 15, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols

Gore to Address “Constitutional Crisis” Gore to Address “Constitutional Crisis”

It sounds as if Al Gore is about to deliver what could be not just one of the more significant speeches of his political career but an essential challenge to the embattled preside...

Jan 13, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols

Alito Testimony Swings Pro-Choice GOPers — Against Him Alito Testimony Swings Pro-Choice GOPers — Against Him

Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees should always be about more than the abortion debate. And the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Judge Samue...

Jan 12, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols

“Principled” Embrace of Abramoff “Principled” Embrace of Abramoff

Best response to the Abramoff Scandal? That's easy. As just about everyone else in Congress is rushing to dispose of campaign contributions received from GOP super-lobbyist and co...

Jan 9, 2006 / The Notion / John Nichols

Senators Should Press Alito on Bush v. Gore Senators Should Press Alito on Bush v. Gore

When the Senate Judiciary Committee begins questioning Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito this week, Americans will again be reminded of the limitations of the confirmation proces...

Jan 9, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols

Samuel Alito v. James Madison Samuel Alito v. James Madison

No member of the Senate who takes seriously the oath they have sworn to defend the Constitution will vote to confirm judicial activist Samuel Alito's nomination to serve on the U....

Jan 6, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols

Jack Abramoff and the Politics of 2006 Jack Abramoff and the Politics of 2006

By any serious definition of the word, Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff is a rat. His decision to enter guilty pleas Tuesday to three felony counts of defrauding his own cl...

Jan 3, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols

Look to The Onion for Accurate War Coverage Look to The Onion for Accurate War Coverage

Sometimes, only The Onion gets it right. The satirical weekly, which does for print journalism what Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" does for cable news, finished off 2005 with ...

Jan 2, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols

The Most Valuable Progressives of 2005 The Most Valuable Progressives of 2005

It is hard to complain about a year that began with George Bush bragging about spending the "political capital" he felt he had earned with his dubious reelection and ended with th...

Dec 28, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols

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