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.

Trump’s Campaign Chief Paul Manafort Faces Indictment 

Trump’s Campaign Chief Paul Manafort Faces Indictment  Trump’s Campaign Chief Paul Manafort Faces Indictment 

Bob Dreyfuss, plus Sarah Leonard on Hillary’s book and Todd Gitlin on Ken Burns’s Vietnam.

Sep 21, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Hurricane Politics and Climate Change in the Age of Trump

Hurricane Politics and Climate Change in the Age of Trump Hurricane Politics and Climate Change in the Age of Trump

Mark Hertsgaard and John Nichols on Harvey and Irma; plus Alfred McCoy on cyberwar with China.

Sep 14, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Muller in June, 2017

Robert Mueller’s Brilliant Move Against Trump’s Pardon Power Robert Mueller’s Brilliant Move Against Trump’s Pardon Power

Elizabeth Holtzman on New York State’s investigations of Trump associates.

Sep 8, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Trump in Virginia

Behind Trump’s Heartless Attack on the DREAMers Behind Trump’s Heartless Attack on the DREAMers

John Nichols, plus Elizabeth Holtzman on Robert Mueller and Joan Walsh on Mike Pence.

Sep 7, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Port Arthur, Texas, on August 31, 2017.

The Political Roots of Houston’s Flooding The Political Roots of Houston’s Flooding

Roane Carey on how the city’s developers are fighting a losing battle against climate change.

Sep 1, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Arpaio Trump

Erwin Chemerinsky: Trump’s Terrible Pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio Erwin Chemerinsky: Trump’s Terrible Pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio

The dean of the law school at Berkeley explains why Trump’s move violates basic tenets of the separation of powers.

Sep 1, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Tropical Storm Harvey Flood Damage

Houston Developers’ Losing Battle With Climate Change Houston Developers’ Losing Battle With Climate Change

Roane Carey, plus Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio and Bob Dreyfuss on Seth Rich.  

Aug 31, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Trump, Bannon, Kushner

Trump Without Bannon: The Emptiness at the Center Trump Without Bannon: The Emptiness at the Center

Amy Wilentz on what Jared wants.

Aug 25, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Abbie Hoffman

When Abbie Hoffman Threw Money at the New York Stock Exchange When Abbie Hoffman Threw Money at the New York Stock Exchange

To denounce the Vietnam War and bring about the “death of money,” the protest took a playful turn.

Aug 24, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Donald Trump and Jared Kushner

Steve Bannon’s Exit: All Power to Jared Kushner? Steve Bannon’s Exit: All Power to Jared Kushner?

Amy Wilentz on the boy wonder, John Nichols on Trump after Bannon, and Joshua Holland on Russia and democracy.

Aug 24, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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