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Can Clinton Win Over the White Working Class?

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

Jill Stein

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? 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

Snowden in New York City

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

Reeves riot

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

Adams birdseye prison

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 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

Is Angela Corey the Cruelest Prosecutor in America?

Is Angela Corey the Cruelest Prosecutor in America? Is Angela Corey the Cruelest Prosecutor in America?

The woman who failed to convict Trayvon Martin’s killer is putting hundreds of kids in prison, and dozens of people on death row.

Aug 16, 2016 / Feature / Jessica Pishko

New Mexico Landscape

The Feds Will Shut Down the Troubled Private Prison in a ‘Nation’ Investigation The Feds Will Shut Down the Troubled Private Prison in a ‘Nation’ Investigation

The facility is among several in which our reporting has uncovered dozens of deaths that involved substandard medical care.

Aug 15, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

Trump Fascist

What Donald Trump Got Very Wrong About Sexual Harassment What Donald Trump Got Very Wrong About Sexual Harassment

Katha Pollitt on Fox News, plus Ari Berman on voting-rights victories, and Dave Zirin in Rio.

Aug 11, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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