Our New Podcast: The United States of Anxiety Our New Podcast: The United States of Anxiety
Sometimes it feels like a huge swath of the country has lost its mind. We partner with WNYC to ask: What’s going on in Election 2016?
Sep 19, 2016 / Feature / Kai Wright
Oliver Stone: Edward Snowden Has Done Something ‘Quite Amazing’ Oliver Stone: Edward Snowden Has Done Something ‘Quite Amazing’
Stone on his new Snowden biopic, Dave Zirin on Colin Kaepernick, and Margo Jefferson on Negroland.
Sep 15, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Join 1 Million People Demanding That Fossil Fuels Stay in the Ground Join 1 Million People Demanding That Fossil Fuels Stay in the Ground
Sign our petition calling on the Obama administration to keep fossil fuels on public lands in the ground.
Sep 14, 2016 / NationAction
Can Clinton Win Over the White Working Class? Can Clinton Win Over the White Working Class?
Joan Walsh on the Democrats’ dilemma, Amy Wilentz on the Clinton Foundation, and Dr. Leah Torres on abortion in Utah.
Sep 8, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Green Party’s Jill Stein Wants a Green New Deal The Green Party’s Jill Stein Wants a Green New Deal
Plus Katha Pollitt on burkinis, and Harold Meyerson on labor victories for Labor Day.
Sep 1, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
What Is It Like to Be an Abortion Provider in an Anti-Choice State? What Is It Like to Be an Abortion Provider in an Anti-Choice State?
In Utah, Dr. Leah Torres has to contend with a slew of medically unsound regulations to care for her patients. And that’s before the death threats.
Aug 29, 2016 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter and Francis Reynolds
Why Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden Why Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden
Seth Freed Wessler on the power of independent journalism, Amy Wilentz on Jared Kushner, and Ben Wizner on Edward Snowden.
Aug 25, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
This Is Why I Come to Work Every Day This Is Why I Come to Work Every Day
Even in the age of Trump, facts still can and do matter. Our work is to ferret them out and wield them as tools for reform.
Aug 19, 2016 / Kai Wright
The Justice Department Will End All Federal Private Prisons, Following a ‘Nation’ Investigation The Justice Department Will End All Federal Private Prisons, Following a ‘Nation’ Investigation
Our yearlong probe uncovered dozens of questionable deaths and years of dire warnings from internal monitors.
Aug 18, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler
The Woman Behind Trump The Woman Behind Trump
Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, plus Calvin Trillin on Mississippi in 1964, and Rosa Brooks on the militarization of everything.
Aug 18, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener