Shirley Chisholm’s Legacy Shirley Chisholm’s Legacy
Thirty-three years ago this month, a member of the U.S. House from Brooklyn challenged her party and her country to think more boldly than it ever had before about what the occupa...
Jan 4, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Bush Fails a Global Test Bush Fails a Global Test
George Bush ended 2004 on a sour note. But at least he maintained his record as the most disingenuous president since Richard Nixon. When other world leaders rushed to respond t...
Dec 30, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Rule One: Count Every Vote Rule One: Count Every Vote
Politics is a game played by rules. And the most important rule regarding close elections is that you don't win by being conciliatory during the recount process. Indeed, the only ...
Dec 27, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Newfield’s Passionate Journalism Newfield’s Passionate Journalism
In RFK: A Memoir, the finest of the shelf full of books he produced during a career that was as prolific as it was meaningful, Jack Newfield succeeded in explaining the late Rober...
Dec 21, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Flawed Intelligence Bill Flawed Intelligence Bill
The debate held before Congress voted to reorganize the nation's intelligence agencies under the authority of an all-powerful intelligence czar was generally portrayed as a simpl...
Dec 16, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols
Feingold for President? Feingold for President?
The crowd at the Democratic Party's annual dinner in western Wisconsin's Vernon County was large, loud and longing for a little partisan passion. Far from feeling beat down by th...
Dec 15, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Guarantee the Right to Vote Guarantee the Right to Vote
As US Rep. John Conyers, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, chaired Tuesday's hearing on irregularities in the presidential voting in Ohio on November 2, the ...
Dec 8, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Secretary of Agribusiness Secretary of Agribusiness
Democrats are talking a lot these days about how to reconnect with rural voters. It's an important conversation, as much about the decline in the party's fortunes can be traced to...
Dec 7, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Love One Another? Not on NBC, CBS Love One Another? Not on NBC, CBS
The Rev. John Thomas, who serves as general minister and president of the United Church of Christ, is having a hard time figuring out why the same broadcasters that profited so ha...
Dec 1, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
A Touchstone for Self-Reflection A Touchstone for Self-Reflection
Aside from the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving is the most distinctly American of our national holidays. As such, if we see it as more than just the day before the Christmas shoppin...
Nov 24, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols