John Nichols
John Nichols is national correspondent for The Nation. A co-founder of the media reform organization Free Press, he is the author of Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America, forthcoming from Nation Books this fall, and co-author with Robert W. McChesney of The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again; Tragedy & Farce: How the American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections, and Destroy Democracy; and People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizeness Democracy, published in March 2016 by Nation Books. Follow him on Twitter: @NicholsUprising.
ALL POSTS BY John Nichols
January 2, 2014In 2014, why not assert a progressive politics that is more vital and determined than what has been known to this point?
December 11, 2013The trouble with making “functional” government the great aspiration of America is that a smoothly operating Congress is not necessarily moral, humane or even economically smart.
December 2, 2013Pope Francis encourages resistance to an “economy of exclusion and inequality.”
November 22, 2013The great passion of Kennedy's last year was a struggle to enact an amendment ending the poll tax and removing other barriers to voting.
November 5, 2013Today's state and local elections will be a barometer for the national political climate.
October 28, 2013From Amnesty to Occupy, the Velvet Underground singer was on the frontlines when it mattered.
October 15, 2013The federal judge who ruled on the constitutionality of a voter ID law in Indiana, which has served as justification for tougher laws, says he was wrong.
October 1, 2013Many in Congress are refusing to find common ground for fear of losing primary elections.
September 22, 2013Pope Francis's recent interview was interpreted by many as a "new direction" for the Catholic church and could have significant consequences for American political debates.
September 19, 2013When legislators don't abide by the open-records laws they enact, then “the public’s right to know” is a slogan — not a reality.
