The Hammer Gets Hammered: A Life Sentence for Tom DeLay? The Hammer Gets Hammered: A Life Sentence for Tom DeLay?
The former majority leader's conviction serves as a reminder of just how crooked Congress was during the Bush years.
Nov 27, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Official Washington Worries WikiLeaks Will Reveal Inconsistent Approach to Terror Official Washington Worries WikiLeaks Will Reveal Inconsistent Approach to Terror
The State Department is really worried about the next WikiLeaks document dump, and rightly so. It could expose how the US looks the other way when "allies" enga...
Nov 26, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
The Holiday Pulpit: Thanksgiving Proclamations Should Call Us to Action The Holiday Pulpit: Thanksgiving Proclamations Should Call Us to Action
Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower set an activist standard with their Thanksgiving Proclamations. Obama should emulate it.
Nov 25, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Al Franken Calls the Antitrust Cops on Comcast Al Franken Calls the Antitrust Cops on Comcast
Minnesota senator seeks a Department of Justice investigation into manipulation of NBC by Comcast.
Nov 24, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
The Misunderestimation of Sarah Palin The Misunderestimation of Sarah Palin
As American life becomes more and more like reality television, could product placement of a candidate become the surest route to the presidency?
Nov 23, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
Patriotic Millionaires Explain That Tax Cuts for the Rich Don’t Grow the Economy Patriotic Millionaires Explain That Tax Cuts for the Rich Don’t Grow the Economy
Cutting taxes for millioniares doesn't create jobs or spur business growth. It just widens the gap between the rich and the rest of us. Who says? Millionaires who actually care abo...
Nov 22, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Does The DREAM Act Have A Shot This Time Around? Does The DREAM Act Have A Shot This Time Around?
Several senators still have uncertain positions on the DREAM Act.
Nov 19, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette
Don’t Tell Working Americans to Pick Up the Tab for George Bush’s Tax Giveaways and Wall Street Greedheads Don’t Tell Working Americans to Pick Up the Tab for George Bush’s Tax Giveaways and Wall Street Greedheads
Fiscal Commission member Rep. Jan Schakowsky "gets" that working families should not bear the overwhelming majority of the burden for putting the nation's fiscal house i...
Nov 19, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Slide Show: Young Guns of the GOP Slide Show: Young Guns of the GOP
The GOP’s recently elected “young guns” aren’t necessarily young—but they are gunning to become the next generation of Republican leaders in the House…
Nov 18, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Kucinich Wants to Take the Lead in Battling GOP’s Witchhunters Kucinich Wants to Take the Lead in Battling GOP’s Witchhunters
With Republicans threatening on orgy of partisan excess in the new Congress, an aggressive and determined Democrat want to take over as the ranking member of the House committee ch...
Nov 18, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols