Jon Wiener

Contributing Editor

@JonWiener1

Jon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.

Protestors gather to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil at Foley Square on March 10, 2025, in New York City.

Trump and the Universities: Submission and Resistance Trump and the Universities: Submission and Resistance

On this episode of Start Making Sense, David Cole finds the unifying thread in Trump's threatened funding cuts, and David Myers comments on “protecting Jewish students” as a ratio...

Mar 19, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol on March 4, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump, the Universities, and the Courts—Plus, the Case of Stephen Miller Trump, the Universities, and the Courts—Plus, the Case of Stephen Miller

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Erwin Chemerinsky asks about if Trump defies the courtsand David Klion talks about the architect of Trump’s attack on the undocumented.

Mar 12, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

The Supremes’ First Trump Case of 2025, plus This Week’s Protest Roundup

The Supremes’ First Trump Case of 2025, plus This Week’s Protest Roundup The Supremes’ First Trump Case of 2025, plus This Week’s Protest Roundup

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Robert Weissman on USAID funding, and John Nichols on recent anti-Trump rallies.

Mar 5, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) questions witnesses during a roundtable on Supreme Court ethics hosted by House Oversight Committee Democrats, Washington, DC, June 11, 2024.

Ro Khanna Is Doing More Than Voting “No” Ro Khanna Is Doing More Than Voting “No”

The Silicon Valley progressive talks about the short-term and long-term strategies for defeating Trump and Trumpism.

Mar 3, 2025 / Q&A / Jon Wiener

A woman completes her ballot at a polling booth in Fairfax on November 5, 2024.

Ro Khanna and Thomas Geoghegan on What Is To Be Done Ro Khanna and Thomas Geoghegan on What Is To Be Done

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Ro Khanna and Thomas Geoghegan talk about how the Democrats can win back working class voters.

Feb 26, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk joins President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Elon Musk’s First Political Contributions of 2025—and the History of Culture Wars Elon Musk’s First Political Contributions of 2025—and the History of Culture Wars

On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols reports on the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election, and Adam Hochschild looks at the Scopes Trial of 1925 and its echoes ...

Feb 19, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

President Donald Trump throws sharpies to the crowd after signing executive orders during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.

David Cole on How the Courts Can Stop Trump David Cole on How the Courts Can Stop Trump

The former national legal director of the ACLU analyzes recent efforts to block the president’s executive orders.

Feb 18, 2025 / Q&A / Jon Wiener

https://www.c-span.org/video/?532147-1/university-presidents-testify-college-campus-antisemitism-part-1.

The Courts v. Trump and Musk The Courts v. Trump and Musk

On this episode of Start Making Sense, David Cole and Robert Weissman on Trump’s current losing streak in federal court.

Feb 12, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Employees and supporters protest outside the headquarters for United States Agency for International Development (USAID), on Monday, February 3, 2025, after Elon Musk posted on social media that he and President Donald Trump would shut down the agency.

Mobilizing Against Trump in Week 3 Mobilizing Against Trump in Week 3

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Rebecca Solnit and Leah Greenberg talk strategy, tactics, and the big picture.

Feb 5, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Chris Hayes on the Fight for Our Attention

Chris Hayes on the Fight for Our Attention Chris Hayes on the Fight for Our Attention

In this interview, the MSNBC host discusses Trump’s mastery of our age of attention, and his new book, The Sirens’ Call.

Feb 3, 2025 / Q&A / Jon Wiener

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