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.

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Daniel Ellsberg: Espionage and Julian Assange Daniel Ellsberg: Espionage and Julian Assange

Plus Robert Pollin on Medicare for All and Alyssa Battistoni on climate politics.

May 30, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Bernie Sanders In Thought

‘The New York Times’ vs. Bernie ‘The New York Times’ vs. Bernie

Amy Wilentz on media bias, plus John Nichols on Ilhan Omar and Karen Greenberg on government secrecy.

May 23, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Former Vice President Joe Biden

What Joe Biden Has in Common With Donald Trump What Joe Biden Has in Common With Donald Trump

Harold Meyerson on the candidates, Michael Ames on Bowe Bergdahl, and Laila Lalami on The Other Americans.

May 16, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

The Other Ruined Cathedral of Notre Dame—in Haiti

The Other Ruined Cathedral of Notre Dame—in Haiti The Other Ruined Cathedral of Notre Dame—in Haiti

Amy Wilentz explains why France should pay for the rebuilding.

May 10, 2019 / Jon Wiener

Will Young People of Color Shape the 2020 Election?

Will Young People of Color Shape the 2020 Election? Will Young People of Color Shape the 2020 Election?

Steve Phillips on changes in the electorate, Ben Ehrenreich on climate and Commerce, and Amy Wilentz on Haiti’s Notre Dame.

May 9, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Former Vice President Joe Biden

Does It Have to Be Biden? Does It Have to Be Biden?

Joan Walsh on the candidates, Joshua Holland on impeachment, and Peter Richardson on Carey McWilliams.

May 2, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Green New Deal

Bill McKibben: The ‘Debate’ Over Global Warming Was Always Phony Bill McKibben: The ‘Debate’ Over Global Warming Was Always Phony

But now we have a small window to stave off the worst-case climate-change scenario.

Apr 25, 2019 / Jon Wiener

Margerie Glacier

Bill McKibben: ‘We’re Capable of Doing Remarkable Things to Combat Climate Change’ Bill McKibben: ‘We’re Capable of Doing Remarkable Things to Combat Climate Change’

Plus: Richard J. Evans on Eric Hobsbawm.

Apr 25, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

President Donald Trump

David Cay Johnston: What Is Trump Hiding in His Tax Returns? David Cay Johnston: What Is Trump Hiding in His Tax Returns?

The Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter explains what’s likely in Trump’s returns.

Apr 22, 2019 / Jon Wiener

Is Trump Racist

Trump’s Tax Returns: Why We Will See Them, and What We Will Find Trump’s Tax Returns: Why We Will See Them, and What We Will Find

David Cay Johnston on Trump’s taxes, Zoë Carpenter on plastics, and Laurie Winer on Stephen Miller.

Apr 18, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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