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.

UCLA’s Dirty Thirty UCLA’s Dirty Thirty

Negative media coverage has succeeded in undermining support among prominent conservatives for a UCLA alumni group that paid students to target and expose left-leaning faculty.

Jan 26, 2006 / Jon Wiener

Remembering Eugene McCarthy Remembering Eugene McCarthy

Eugene McCarthy's political life was full of contradictions: A conventional cold war liberal and fierce anti-Communist, in the Vietnam era, he was transformed into the standard-bea...

Dec 12, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Teaching 9/11 Teaching 9/11

How do you tell a student the story of September 11?

Sep 8, 2005 / Feature / Jon Wiener

Tsuris Over Chutzpah Tsuris Over Chutzpah

Cambridge, Mass.

Aug 11, 2005 / Jon Wiener and Alan M. Dershowitz

Giving Chutzpah New Meaning Giving Chutzpah New Meaning

Alan Dershowitz is on the defensive over his research on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Jun 23, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Israeli Boycott: A Mistake Israeli Boycott: A Mistake

The British Association of University Teachers should overturn its boycott of Israeli academics.

May 19, 2005 / Jon Wiener

LA’s New Latino Mayor LA’s New Latino Mayor

Villaraigosa could make political history not just for his city, but for the country.

May 18, 2005 / Feature / Jon Wiener

Dreams and Delusions Dreams and Delusions

California inspires people to think big, and to write big books. Take, for example, Kevin Starr.

Mar 24, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Cancer, Chemicals and History Cancer, Chemicals and History

Companies try to discredit the experts.

Jan 20, 2005 / Feature / Jon Wiener

Rocking the Youth Vote–From 1972 to 2004 Rocking the Youth Vote–From 1972 to 2004

Lennon spoke out then, as Springsteen speaks out now.

Oct 7, 2004 / Feature / Jon Wiener

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