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.

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The Chauvin Verdicts and the Movement That Made Them Possible The Chauvin Verdicts and the Movement That Made Them Possible

Jody Armour on Minneapolis, plus Mark Hertsgaard on Earth Day.

Apr 22, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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Organizing at Amazon: What Went Wrong? Organizing at Amazon: What Went Wrong?

Jane McAlevey on the fight in Bessemer, plus Amy Wilentz on Hunter Biden.

Apr 15, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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The Next Fight Against Voter Suppression The Next Fight Against Voter Suppression

Dale Ho on Georgia, plus Karen Greenberg on ending our forever wars.

Apr 8, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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What Happened to Kyrsten Sinema? What Happened to Kyrsten Sinema?

Aída Chávez on the Arizona Democrat, plus Joan Walsh on Stephen Breyer.

Apr 1, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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The Covid Vaccines: Big Pharma Profits While the Global South Waits The Covid Vaccines: Big Pharma Profits While the Global South Waits

Gregg Gonsalves on the pandemic, plus John Nichols on Ron Johnson.

Mar 25, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Steve Phillips: How the Democrats Can Win in Ohio

Steve Phillips: How the Democrats Can Win in Ohio Steve Phillips: How the Democrats Can Win in Ohio

Plus Carol Sobel on Black Lives Matter vs. the LAPD.

Mar 18, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Photo via AP)

The Republicans’ Road Not Taken The Republicans’ Road Not Taken

In 2013, Republican strategists were honest about why Mitt Romney lost. They had a chance to heed the lessons—and then Trump blew it all up.

Mar 15, 2021 / Jon Wiener

A person wearing gloves injects another person with a potential Covid-19 vaccine.

Mike Davis: ‘Beware the Light at the End of the Covid Tunnel’ Mike Davis: ‘Beware the Light at the End of the Covid Tunnel’

Plus Amy Wilentz on Michelle Obama’s Becoming.

Mar 11, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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Parents in Prison: An Interview With Chesa Boudin Parents in Prison: An Interview With Chesa Boudin

Plus Amy Wilentz on protest in Haiti.

Mar 4, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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The Trumpers Among Us: Katha Pollitt The Trumpers Among Us: Katha Pollitt

Plus Eric Foner on Will Smith’s series on the 14th Amendment.

Feb 25, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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