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.

Bernie or Bust

Can the Democratic Party Be United? Can the Democratic Party Be United?

Plus: the myth of “independent voters,” and Tom Frank on Hillary Clinton and poor women.

May 26, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Hillary Clinton in Kentucky

Donald Trump Knows the Age of Reagan Is Over. Does Hillary? Donald Trump Knows the Age of Reagan Is Over. Does Hillary?

Plus climate protests around the world, and Patrick Cockburn’s ISIS update.

May 19, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Start Making Sense: Hillary Clinton Is Donald Trump’s Dream Opponent

Start Making Sense: Hillary Clinton Is Donald Trump’s Dream Opponent Start Making Sense: Hillary Clinton Is Donald Trump’s Dream Opponent

Plus: Ari Berman on how Trump could win, and Eric Foner on Hillary Clinton and the African-American vote.

May 12, 2016 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Start Making Sense: If Donald Trump Loses, Will There Be Violence?

Start Making Sense: If Donald Trump Loses, Will There Be Violence? Start Making Sense: If Donald Trump Loses, Will There Be Violence?

Plus: The life, and death, of Sandra Bland.

May 5, 2016 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Donald Trump

Start Making Sense: Could Donald Trump Actually Win Some of Bernie’s Supporters? Start Making Sense: Could Donald Trump Actually Win Some of Bernie’s Supporters?

Plus, why Trump loves talking about “political correctness,” and what makes Prince a gay icon.

Apr 28, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Start Making Sense: Yes, Hillary Could Lose to Trump

Start Making Sense: Yes, Hillary Could Lose to Trump Start Making Sense: Yes, Hillary Could Lose to Trump

Plus Amy Wilentz on Hillary and Haiti, and the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel about Vietnam.

Apr 21, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Bernie Sanders New Hampshire

Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein Says Climate Justice Requires Bernie’s Boldness Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein Says Climate Justice Requires Bernie’s Boldness

Plus Andrew Bacevich on our wars in the Middle East, and Amy Goodman on 20 years of Democracy Now!

Apr 14, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Start Making Sense: Bernie Has Momentum on His Side

Start Making Sense: Bernie Has Momentum on His Side Start Making Sense: Bernie Has Momentum on His Side

Plus David Cole on the Supreme Court and Gary Younge on Obama’s legacy.

Apr 7, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Start Making Sense: What Kind of President Would Donald Trump Be?

Start Making Sense: What Kind of President Would Donald Trump Be? Start Making Sense: What Kind of President Would Donald Trump Be?

Sasha Abramsky on Trump, Andrew Cockburn on the Election-Industrial Complex, Erin Aubrey Kaplan on Obama, and Noam Chomsky on baseball.

Mar 31, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Start Making Sense: Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End

Start Making Sense: Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End Start Making Sense: Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End

Gary Younge on Obama’s legacy, plus Richard Parker on long-term political change, and Rebecca Solnit on hope.

Mar 24, 2016 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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