Stories by John Nichols
John Nichols is The Nation's Washington correspondent.
It's not that often that a film achieves the level of awareness that leads a politician to attack its maker in a primetime convention speech.
Posted on Aug 31, 2004, Source: The Nation
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a tepid version of the New York Republicans of old.
Posted on Aug 30, 2004, Source: The Nation
The Democratic candidate on his inner news junkie, media consolidation, and convention coverage.
Posted on Aug 16, 2004, Source: The Nation
The networks' decision to give three hours of coverage to the conventions means that the public misses great speeches – Exhibit A: Barack Obama.
Posted on Jul 28, 2004, Source: The Nation
John Kerry's stand on the death penalty – that there shouldn't be one – is now the Democratic Party's platform.
Posted on Jul 28, 2004, Source: The Nation
The platform that delegates to the Democratic convention are expected to approve is a tepid document largely defined by Kerry's fear of being identified as a liberal.
Posted on Jul 23, 2004, Source: The Nation
John Edwards, who aggressively campaigned for the vice presidency, brings some charisma and star power to the Kerry campaign.
Posted on Jul 6, 2004, Source: The Nation
A court ruling slams the Bush Administration for rewriting regulations to favor media corporations. The FCC must protect – not undermine – the public interest, the court says.
Posted on Jun 25, 2004, Source: The Nation
Some bishops want to deny Kerry the Eucharist for supporting abortion rights. What about Bush and his support of the death penalty and an unjust war?
Posted on May 20, 2004, Source: The Nation
As the radical right pursues the ideological cleansing of Congress, get ready to say goodbye to the most endangered species in American politics -- the moderate Republican.
Posted on Apr 16, 2004, Source: The Nation
Condi Rice won't make time to testify in front of the 9/11 commission, but she's never too busy to brief Fox executives.
Posted on Mar 25, 2004, Source: The Nation
Kucinich's solid second-place finish in Hawaii was one of the strongest showings in any primary or caucus for a candidate stressing an anti-war message.
Posted on Feb 26, 2004, Source: The Nation
Members of Congress are taking aim at the network for its refusal to air a MoveOn ad during the Super Bowl.
Posted on Jan 29, 2004, Source: The Nation
The contest for the Democratic nomination isn't a marathon, it's a 50-state relay race. Candidates, on your mark.
Posted on Jan 16, 2004, Source: The Nation
While other Democratic candidates may be raising more money, the Ohio Congressman's candidacy is inspiring some of the finest campaign concerts in this election.
Posted on Jan 5, 2004, Source: The Nation
Anyone with doubts about the objectivity of the U.S. media need only look at the coverage of Bush's trip to Baghdad in the foreign press.
Posted on Dec 7, 2003, Source: The Nation
The Commerce Committee has endorsed a legislative package that reverses the worst of the rule changes made by the FCC in June.
Posted on Jun 26, 2003, Source: The Nation
Members of Congress are working to reverse the damage done by the recent FCC ruling that opened the floodgates to media consolidation.
Posted on Jun 16, 2003, Source: AlterNet
While the Republican-led commission voted as expected, hope for media reform is not yet dead. A popular grassroots campaign can still force Congress to undo the damage.
Posted on Jun 3, 2003, Source: The Nation
Federal Communications Commission chair Michael Powell is pushing ahead with a June 2 vote to gut longstanding rules designed to prevent the growth of media monopolies.
Posted on May 16, 2003, Source: The Nation
Many Americans tuned into the British news outlets for war coverage because they no longer trust the U.S. press.
Posted on May 12, 2003, Source: The Nation
Senate Democrats hold firm against GOP attempts to break filibuster on controversial judicial nominee Miguel Estrada.
Posted on Mar 7, 2003, Source: The Nation
The Feds are beginning to reassert the all-but-forgotten principle that decisions about media ownership should take into account the public interest.
Posted on Feb 28, 2003, Source: The Nation
Senate Democrats are standing up to Bush's choice of an inexperienced right-wing lawyer for a federal judgeship nomination.
Posted on Feb 13, 2003, Source: The Nation
Fearing antiwar sentiments, the First Lady cancels a White House symposium on the poetry of Whitman, Dickinson and Langston Hughes.
Posted on Feb 4, 2003, Source: The Nation
The pharmaceutical contamination of 250,000 bushels of soybeans by ProdiGene is the public's big chance to push for regulation of this dangerously laissez-faire industry.
Posted on Dec 30, 2002, Source: The Nation
Rarely in the history of the Senate has a member so bluntly criticized the White House and his own party colleagues on a question of warmaking.
Posted on Oct 7, 2002, Source: The Nation
In upcoming midterm elections, candidates have the potential to shift the discourse dramatically. From likely winners to long shots, here are 10 to watch in 2002.
Posted on Aug 15, 2002, Source: In These Times
Virtually alone among Senate Democrats, Paul Wellstone sees himself not just as a member of Congress but as a member of a movement rife with progressives and liberals.
Posted on Jun 3, 2002, Source: The Nation
The long-awaited recount of the Florida election revealed little new information. That didn't stop news outlets from declaring Bush a winner, even though more people intended to vote for Gore.
Posted on Nov 12, 2001, Source: The Nation
A third party presidential campaign against a conservative Republican and an only marginally less conservative Democrat. Issues at stake: corporate power, campaign reform, a two party duopoly. Response to the campaign: attacks from liberals who fear the "spoiler" factor. Nader in 2000? Try "Fighting" Bob La Follette in 1924.
Posted on Nov 2, 2000, Source: Madison Capital Times
Philadelphia is such a Democratic town that the electricians wiring Bush's convention podium wore t-shirts that read "Republican... for a week." (Photo from
NewsForChange.com)
Posted on Aug 3, 2000, Source: The Nation
Thousands of activists disrupted the Republican National Convention on Tuesday afternoon, provoking at least 282 arrests and some police violence, in what may well have been the most raucous convention demonstrations since Chicago in 1968. (Photo from
NewsForChange.com)
Posted on Aug 2, 2000, Source: The Nation
Protesters with School of the Americas Watch made a splash yesterday that ended with eight arrests, while Philadelphia police refused to arrest poor and homeless activists in an unlicensed march.
Posted on Aug 1, 2000, Source: The Nation
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