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.

Tropical Storm Harvey Flood Damage

Houston Developers’ Losing Battle With Climate Change Houston Developers’ Losing Battle With Climate Change

Roane Carey, plus Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio and Bob Dreyfuss on Seth Rich.  

Aug 31, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Trump, Bannon, Kushner

Trump Without Bannon: The Emptiness at the Center Trump Without Bannon: The Emptiness at the Center

Amy Wilentz on what Jared wants.

Aug 25, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Abbie Hoffman

When Abbie Hoffman Threw Money at the New York Stock Exchange When Abbie Hoffman Threw Money at the New York Stock Exchange

To denounce the Vietnam War and bring about the “death of money,” the protest took a playful turn.

Aug 24, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Donald Trump and Jared Kushner

Steve Bannon’s Exit: All Power to Jared Kushner? Steve Bannon’s Exit: All Power to Jared Kushner?

Amy Wilentz on the boy wonder, John Nichols on Trump after Bannon, and Joshua Holland on Russia and democracy.

Aug 24, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Trump, Bannon, Kushner

Why Steve Bannon Calls White Supremacists ‘Clowns’ and ‘Losers’ Why Steve Bannon Calls White Supremacists ‘Clowns’ and ‘Losers’

Bannon says he is leaving the White House to go to war for Trump.

Aug 21, 2017 / Jon Wiener

White Surpemacists Charlottesville

White Nationalists in Charlottesville and the White House: Eric Foner White Nationalists in Charlottesville and the White House: Eric Foner

Plus Bob Dreyfuss on Paul Manafort, and Robert Lipsyte on Trump and golf.

Aug 17, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Confederate flag Charlottesville

Eric Foner: White Nationalists, Neo-Confederates, and Donald Trump Eric Foner: White Nationalists, Neo-Confederates, and Donald Trump

The historian and author explains how racism is part of the Trump family DNA.

Aug 16, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Trump on Air Force One

Frank Rich: Wallowing in Watergate Frank Rich: Wallowing in Watergate

Will the Trump presidency end like Nixon’s?

Aug 15, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Trump Air Force One

Coming Undone: Frank Rich on How the Trump Presidency Ends Coming Undone: Frank Rich on How the Trump Presidency Ends

Plus Joshua Holland on Trump voters and David Cole on the resistance.

Aug 10, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Donald Trump speaking at the final session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

Surviving the Trump Years: Katha Pollitt’s Guide for the Anxious and the Depressed Surviving the Trump Years: Katha Pollitt’s Guide for the Anxious and the Depressed

Plus John Nichols on Medicare-for-All and Rosa Brooks on the generals.

Aug 3, 2017 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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