A Congressman’s Defeat Spells Trouble for Business Democrats A Congressman’s Defeat Spells Trouble for Business Democrats
U.S. Rep. Tom Sawyer, who broke with other industrial-state Democrats to back free trade measures such as NAFTA, suffered a stunning defeat in an Ohio's May 7 Democratic primary. ...
May 10, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
A Voting Reform That Works Is Transforming Texas A Voting Reform That Works Is Transforming Texas
Considering the role that Florida's electoral mess played in making him president, and considering his active disinterest in reforming political processes to assure that the Flori...
May 7, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Seventy-Five Thousand Protest in Washington Seventy-Five Thousand Protest in Washington
"I think the movement is beginning to wake up," Valerie Mullen, an 80-year-old anti-war activist from Vermont, exclaimed as she surveyed the swelling crowd of people protesting ag...
Apr 21, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
It’s Time to Turn the Farm Bill Debate Into a Food Fight It’s Time to Turn the Farm Bill Debate Into a Food Fight
Would someone in Congress please, please, please propose changing the name of the "farm bill" to the "food bill"? Maybe if the issue at hand had a more dramatic name the media a...
Apr 15, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
British Tell Blair Not to Be President’s ‘Poodle’ British Tell Blair Not to Be President’s ‘Poodle’
"I made up my mind that Saddam needs to go," President Bush told Britain's ITV News as he prepared for the arrival of British Prime Minister Tony Blair Friday for weekend meetings...
Apr 5, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
On Issues of War and Peace, Few in Congress Measure Up On Issues of War and Peace, Few in Congress Measure Up
In most western democracies, matters of war and peace are treated as serious political issues, and substantial numbers of elected officials are willing to stand and be counted for...
Apr 3, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
The Lollapalooza of the Left The Lollapalooza of the Left
Singer Michelle Shocked strapped on her guitar and took the stage for the performance that would finish the first stop on the Rolling Thunder Down-Home Democracy Tour. Looking out...
Mar 24, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Rolling Thunder Takes Off Rolling Thunder Takes Off
Dennis Vegas is an unlikely campaigner against corporate excess. Even decked out in casual Friday attire, he still looks like what he used to be -- a vice president for marketing...
Mar 23, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Illinois Outsider Hollers His Way In Illinois Outsider Hollers His Way In
Last summer, former Illinois state Treasurer Pat Quinn took a 167-mile stroll across the state of Illinois to promote an amendment to the state Constitution that would establish t...
Mar 22, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Radical on the Inside: Tom Hayden’s Irish Rebellion Radical on the Inside: Tom Hayden’s Irish Rebellion
With "Irish on the Inside: The Search for the Soul of Irish America" (Verso), Tom Hayden has penned a book on the Irish-American experience that has as much to do with Independenc...
Mar 16, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols