Interviewer: Ed Rampell

John Nichols is one of America’s foremost left-leaning journalists. He earned a master’s degree from the Columbia University School of Journalism, is The Nation’s national-affairs correspondent, contributes to In These Times and The Progressive and is associate editor of the Capital Times, the daily newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin, where Nichols lives. He has appeared in...

Throughout much of the 2020 Presidential race, voting, the fundamental act of democracy, has been troubled. Casting and tabulating ballots has proven a tricky process during the primary/caucus season and serves as a warning sign for November’s general election, particularly with an unpredictable incumbent desperate not to leave the White House. Thankfully, Greg Palast, America’s...