Radio Is Wrecked–But It Can Be Repaired Radio Is Wrecked–But It Can Be Repaired
The Future of Music Coalition [FMC], the alliance of musicians and music fans that conducts the nuts-and-bolts research on media consolidation that should be done by the Federal C...
Dec 15, 2006 / John Nichols
Kucinich Tries Again Kucinich Tries Again
Yep, the Congressman from Cleveland's running for President again--but first, he wants to fix the Democratic Party.
Dec 14, 2006 / John Nichols
Health Scare, Democracy Scare Health Scare, Democracy Scare
South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson, reportedly recovering after brain surgery Wednesday, reminds Americans of one of the most troublingly undemocratic aspects of this country's unev...
Dec 14, 2006 / John Nichols
‘Impeachment is Not Optional’ ‘Impeachment is Not Optional’
After the death of her soldier son in Iraq, and after it became clear that the misguided policies that put her boy in harm's way would not be changed, a then little-known woman na...
Dec 11, 2006 / John Nichols
A Closing Call for Impeachment A Closing Call for Impeachment
"President George W. Bush has failed to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States; he has failed to ensure that senior members of his administration do t...
Dec 9, 2006 / John Nichols
Jesse Jackson: Dems Must Hold Bush to Account Jesse Jackson: Dems Must Hold Bush to Account
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is prodding the incoming Democratic Congress to take more seriously its duty to hold President Bush and members of his administration to account for engagin...
Dec 7, 2006 / John Nichols
FCC Chair Schemes to Undermine Net Neutrality FCC Chair Schemes to Undermine Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission is supposed to be made up of five independent members who serve in the public interest. But FCC chair Kevin Martin, a Bush White House retai...
Dec 6, 2006 / John Nichols
The Republican Who Blocked Bolton The Republican Who Blocked Bolton
Lincoln Chafee is cleaning out the Senate office he has occupied since 1999, when he was appointed to complete the term of his late father. The last of what he refers to as the "t...
Dec 5, 2006 / John Nichols
The ‘Seattle Senators’ The ‘Seattle Senators’
Newly elected advocates of fair trade in the House and Senate could reverse the free-trade absolutism of the Clinton and Bush years.
Dec 4, 2006 / John Nichols
Make It a Mandate for Peace Make It a Mandate for Peace
Peace and social justice groups have formed a new Mandate for Peace coalition to pressure incoming Democratic majorities in the House and Senate to use the power they will assume ...
Dec 2, 2006 / John Nichols