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  • Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., left, announcing that he is nominating Kimberly Teehee, right, as a Cherokee Nation delegate to the US House of Representatives

    One of the Oldest Broken Promises to Indigenous Peoples Is for a Voice in Congress

    A treaty commitment to seat a delegate representing the Cherokee Nation in the House has gone unmet for two centuries.
    by John Nichols via The Nation on November 14, 2023
  • Actors James Stewart as George Bailey, Donna Reed as Mary Hatch, and Frank Faylen as Ernie in the 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images)

    That Time the FBI Scrutinized “It's a Wonderful Life” for Communist Messaging

    The film “deliberately maligned the upper class,” according to a report that didn’t like the portrayal of Mr. Potter as a bad guy.
    by John Nichols via The Nation on December 24, 2021
  • Alternate Histories

    A conversation with John Nichols about the night in 1944 that altered the trajectory of the Democratic Party.
    by John Nichols, Wen Stephenson via The Baffler on May 21, 2020
  • When Socialism Was Tried in America—and Was a Smashing Success

    For much of the 20th century, Milwaukee was run by socialists — and Time magazine called it “one of the best-run cities in the U.S.”
    by John Nichols via The Nation on April 2, 2019
  • 50 Years Ago, Progressive Delegates Commandeered the Democratic Convention

    The surprise vice presidential nomination of Julian Bond suddenly turned the televised discussion to poverty, racism, and war.
    by John Nichols via The Nation on August 29, 2018
  • Roger Goodell’s Father Had a Political Backbone—Why Doesn’t Roger?

    The NFL commissioner is bending to pressure from a reactionary Republican president—something his father refused to do.
    by John Nichols via The Nation on May 27, 2018
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