John D. Nichols

Jan 24, 2025 | givecampus.com | John D. Nichols

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Dec 4, 2023 | wfae.org | Steve Inskeep |John D. Nichols

Israel's military expands Gaza ground offensive — targets all Hamas strongholds. The Purdue Pharma OxyContin settlement lands at the Supreme Court. Former Rep. Liz Cheney's new book is out Tuesday. Copyright 2023 NPR United States & World BooksNational & International Business NewsMorning Edition

Dec 4, 2023 | wfae.org | John D. Nichols |Jillian Taylor

In Oklahoma, some kids get sex education through their church because the state doesn't require the subject to be taught in public schools. Copyright 2023 NPR

Dec 4, 2023 | wfae.org | Michel Martin |John D. Nichols

Michel Martin is the weekend host of All Things Considered, where she draws on her deep reporting and interviewing experience to dig in to the week's news. Outside the studio, she has also hosted "Michel Martin: Going There," an ambitious live event series in collaboration with Member Stations. Eleanor Beardsley began reporting from France for NPR in 2004 as a freelance journalist, following all aspects of French society, politics, economics, culture and gastronomy.

Nov 30, 2023 | newmexicomagazine.org | John D. Nichols

Editor's note: This essay and photos by John Nichols were originally excerpted in the July 1992 issue of New Mexico Magazine from The Holiness of Water, a book that was planned to publish in 1993 as the third of a trilogy, which included The Sky's the Limit and Keep it Simple. WHEN I WAS 5 and living in Montpelier, Vermont, I often visited a tiny pond in a meadow overlooking town. The Tadpole Pond. It had a few cattails, maybe a lily pad or two, lots of green algae.