Crowds Press Antiwar Message Nationwide Crowds Press Antiwar Message Nationwide
"I want Bush to see that his people are against the war," declared 38-year-old Aris Cisneros, as he and his two childern joined a demonstration that filled the streets of downtown...
Jan 18, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
George W. Lieberman George W. Lieberman
If there was one thing that rational political observers agreed upon after last November's Democratic debacle, it was that Democrats need to do a much better job of distinguishing...
Jan 13, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Memo to the Democrats Memo to the Democrats
If Congressional Democrats want to be more than George W.
Jan 9, 2003 / Editorial / John Nichols
The Fight for the Future of Music The Fight for the Future of Music
America stands on the cusp of a sweeping set of shifts in federal media ownership rules that could dramatically alter the nature of what we see, hear and read, warns Federal Commi...
Jan 6, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
‘The Politics Were on the Street’ ‘The Politics Were on the Street’
The punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s seized the power of rock-and-roll back from the corporate conglomerates that had warped the music into a flabby, over-produced, stadium-ro...
Dec 23, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Check and Balance Cheney’s Choice Check and Balance Cheney’s Choice
George W. Bush has chosen a nominee to replace ousted Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. More precisely, the president has rubber-stamped a selection made by Vice President Dick Che...
Dec 21, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Between a Rock and a Hardass Between a Rock and a Hardass
Trent Lott is at the bottom of a deep hole, and he is digging like crazy. Every time the Dixiecrat cheerleader denies his Confederate tendencies, he comes out looking a little mor...
Dec 19, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Gore’s Gone, But Will Dems Freshen Up? Gore’s Gone, But Will Dems Freshen Up?
Poor Al Gore, he never could get presidential politics right. Just as the former vice president and 2000 Democratic nominee for the top job was starting to take some of the bold s...
Dec 16, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
The Three Mile Island of Biotech? The Three Mile Island of Biotech?
When plants in Nebraska carrying swine diarrhea drugs mingled with food for humans, all hell broke loose.
Dec 12, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
Trent Lott’s “Uptown Klan” Trent Lott’s “Uptown Klan”
The incredible thing about the controversy surrounding soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott's kissing up to the racist legacy of Strom Thurmond is that anyone thinks it is...
Dec 12, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols