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Common Dreams
April 3, 2018
To stop Sinclair from accumulating even more power, argued John Nichols at the Nation, the company's top advocate in the Trump administration—Ajit Pai—should be taken out of the FCC's decision-making process regarding Sinclair. "Pai's machinations have been so concerning that the agency's topÃâà...
The Nation.
April 2, 2018
John NicholsTwitterJohn Nichols is The Nation's national-affairs correspondent. He is the author of Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America, from Nation Books, and co-author, with Robert W. McChesney, of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a JoblessÃâà...
Madison.com
April 1, 2018
Lautenschlager's legal skills were such that she traveled in the circles of the nation's great lawyers. U.S. Supreme Court justices knew .... Associate Editor John Nichols has been with The Capital Times since 1993 and has become one of Wisconsin's best-known progressive voices. He is the author of sevenÃâà...
The Nation.
March 26, 2018
It was a Republican senator, Ohio's George Voinovich, who in 2005 warned the chamber that giving in to Bolton's nomination would “put at risk our nation's ability to successfully wage and win the war on terror.” An even more conservative Republican, South Dakota Senator John Thune, said he rejectedÃâà...
The Nation.
March 22, 2018
... the subject of an ongoing investigation by The Nation into varying forms of voter suppression, was always in conflict with the state constitution and basic premises of American democracy. Now a judge has called the governor out for his antidemocratic machinations—ordering Walker to stop infringing onÃâà...
The Nation.
March 18, 2018
Sanders spoke with The Nation about what he hopes to accomplish. The Nation: You say there are two fundamental issues with inequality. What's the first? Sanders: The first one is that this country is moving into oligarchy. The three wealthiest people in this country own more wealth than the bottom half ofÃâà...
The Nation.
March 17, 2018
By John NicholsTwitter ... Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Louise Slaughter was the co-chair and founding member of the Congressional Pro-Choice caucus, and an original author of the landmark Violence Against Women Act, which has reduced cases of domestic violence by 67 percent since 1994.
The Nation.
March 16, 2018
John NicholsTwitterJohn Nichols is The Nation's national-affairs correspondent. He is the author of Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America, from Nation Books, and co-author, with Robert W. McChesney, of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a JoblessÃâà...
taosnews
March 15, 2018
But when producer-director Robert Redford got hold of "The Milagro Beanfield War," a screenplay adapted from the novel by Taos author John Nichols, it became a whole different animal. The film, which will be screened from a 35mm print, will be celebrated with a "special 30th Anniversary run" FridayÃâà...
The Nation.
March 14, 2018
In the Republican wave election of 2010, when Charles and David Koch emerged as defining figures in American politics, the greatest beneficiary of Koch Industries largesse was a political newcomer named Mike Pompeo. After his election to the House eight years ago, Pompeo was referred to as theÃâà...
Madison.com
March 13, 2018
Shirley Chisholm fought so many historic political battles before others recognized the necessity of those struggles that it has taken decades for her to begin to receive the recognition that she has deserved since the day she was elected as the nation's first African-American congresswoman. But thatÃâà...
The Nation.
March 8, 2018
There will always be those who embrace an American-exceptionalist dogma that insists there is nothing to learn from the rest of the world—and even less to learn from a remote island nation with a population that's dwarfed even by small American states—but Iceland has captured a lot of imaginations.
The Nation.
March 7, 2018
John NicholsTwitterJohn Nichols is The Nation's national-affairs correspondent. He is the author of Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America, from Nation Books, and co-author, with Robert W. McChesney, of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a JoblessÃâà...
Madison.com
March 6, 2018
In December, Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission voted to eliminate net neutrality, which could lead to online superhighways for corporate and political elites and digital dirt roads for the rest of us. But defenders of net neutrality aren't giving up — they are taking their fight to Congress andÃâà...
Madison.com
March 4, 2018
John Nichols. John Nichols. Associate Editor John Nichols has been with The Capital Times since 1993 and has become one of Wisconsin's best-known progressive voices. He is the author of seven books on politics and the media and he also writes about electoral politics and public policy for The NationÃâà...
Madison.com
February 27, 2018
Cameron Kasky, left, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student, questions Sen. Marco Rubio during a CNN town hall meeting Feb. 21 in Sunrise, Florida. Rubio was put on the defensive by angry students, teachers and parents who are demanding stronger gun-control measures after the shootingÃâà...
The Nation.
February 23, 2018
John NicholsTwitterJohn Nichols is The Nation's national-affairs correspondent. He is the author of Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America, from Nation Books, and co-author, with Robert W. McChesney, of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a JoblessÃâà...
The Nation.
February 22, 2018
Four days before the anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration, voters in western Wisconsin sent a devastating message to the president's party. In a State Senate district that Trump won by a landslide in 2016, voters replaced a conservative Republican with a progressive Democrat. The district had beenÃâà...
Madison.com
February 18, 2018
John Nichols is associate editor of The Capital Times. jnichols@madison.com and @NicholsUprising. Nichols is the co-author, along with Dave Zweifel, of the new book "The Capital Times: A Proudly Radical Newspaper's Century Long Fight for Justice and Peace," published by the Wisconsin HistoricalÃâà...
Madison.com
February 15, 2018
John Nichols is associate editor of The Capital Times. jnichols@madison.com and @NicholsUprising. Nichols is the co-author, along with Dave Zweifel, of the new book "The Capital Times: A Proudly Radical Newspaper's Century Long Fight for Justice and Peace," published by the Wisconsin HistoricalÃâà...
The Nation.
February 12, 2018
John NicholsTwitterJohn Nichols is The Nation's national-affairs correspondent. He is the author of Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America, from Nation Books, and co-author, with Robert W. McChesney, of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a JoblessÃâà...
The Nation.
February 8, 2018
John NicholsTwitterJohn Nichols is The Nation's national-affairs correspondent. He is the author of Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America, from Nation Books, and co-author, with Robert W. McChesney, of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a JoblessÃâà...
Madison.com
February 6, 2018
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny,” warned James Madison, the essential author of the Constitution, whoÃâà...
The Nation.
February 5, 2018
John NicholsTwitterJohn Nichols is The Nation's national-affairs correspondent. He is the author of Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America, from Nation Books, and co-author, with Robert W. McChesney, of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a JoblessÃâà...
The Nation.
December 31, 1999
John NicholsTwitterJohn Nichols is The Nation's national-affairs correspondent. He is the author of Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America, from Nation Books, and co-author, with Robert W. McChesney, of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a JoblessÃâà...
The Nation.
December 31, 1999
John NicholsTwitterJohn Nichols is The Nation's national-affairs correspondent. He is the author of Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America, from Nation Books, and co-author, with Robert W. McChesney, of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a JoblessÃâà...
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