McCarthy’s (and Ashcroft’s) Nemesis McCarthy’s (and Ashcroft’s) Nemesis
In the summer of 1951, Senator Joe McCarthy's burgeoning red scare had intimidated not just official Washington but the nation's media. Free speech was taking a hit everywhere, bu...
Dec 5, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Electoral Raid on Baghdad Electoral Raid on Baghdad
George W. Bush's Thanksgving Day campaign stop in Baghdad said everything that needed to be said about the success of the US occupation of Iraq. The president, who likes to refer ...
Nov 30, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Why Jesse Jr. Backs Dean Why Jesse Jr. Backs Dean
No single endorsement, save that of next July's party convention, will decide the winner of what remains a remarkably unsettled race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Nov 20, 2003 / Editorial / John Nichols
Tell Us The Truth! Tell Us The Truth!
"The truth is the truth. Not just the government's truth or the church's truth or the truth that won't upset the advertisers and stockholders but THE TRUTH and the TRUTH is that w...
Nov 16, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
The Activist Primary The Activist Primary
A day before the International Committee of the Red Cross announced it would reduce its presence in Iraq because the country was becoming increasingly dangerous, President Bush...
Nov 6, 2003 / Editorial / John Nichols
Up in Flames Up in Flames
The public revolts against monopoly media.
Oct 30, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Labor Warms to Dean Labor Warms to Dean
Even as the labor leaders who support him are redoubling efforts to secure the Democratic presidential nod for Dick Gephardt, it is becoming increasingly clear that the former ...
Oct 30, 2003 / Editorial / John Nichols
Wellstone in 2004 Wellstone in 2004
During the two years when he was exploring a bid for the 2000 Democratic presidential nomination, Paul Wellstone spent a lot of time trying to figure out how a progressive coul...
Oct 23, 2003 / Editorial / John Nichols
Refusing to Write the Blank Check Refusing to Write the Blank Check
In 1965, when President Lyndon Johnson sought a major supplemental appropriation to fund the rapidly expanding US presence in Vietnam, ten members of Congress said "no." The group...
Oct 18, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Needed: A Rural Strategy Needed: A Rural Strategy
Democrats can win the farm and small-town vote--if they pay serious attention.
Oct 16, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols