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.

The Bad News About White People: Romney Won the White Vote Almost Everywhere The Bad News About White People: Romney Won the White Vote Almost Everywhere

Whites voted Republican in every state except for four.

Nov 7, 2012 / Jon Wiener

Life After Election Day Life After Election Day

No more undecideds.

Nov 7, 2012 / Jon Wiener

Remembering the Berlin Wall Remembering the Berlin Wall

The right celebrates Reagan as the cold war “victor.” American memorials tell a different story.

Oct 31, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

John Lennon and George McGovern: Another Side of the 1972 Campaign

John Lennon and George McGovern: Another Side of the 1972 Campaign John Lennon and George McGovern: Another Side of the 1972 Campaign

The McGovern campaign marked a turning point in many lives, including John Lennon’s.

Oct 22, 2012 / Jon Wiener

Gay Baiting Gore Vidal: Politics in 1960 Gay Baiting Gore Vidal: Politics in 1960

During his Congressional run in 1960, the late writer and Nation contributor fired back at a less-than-friendly newspaper publisher.

Oct 8, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Bob Dylan’s ‘Tempest’: A Q&A with Greil Marcus Bob Dylan’s ‘Tempest’: A Q&A with Greil Marcus

The long-time Dylan historian sounds off on the Bard’s thirty-fifth studio album.

Oct 2, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

David Rakoff, 1964–2012: George W. Bush Made Me Want to Become an American David Rakoff, 1964–2012: George W. Bush Made Me Want to Become an American

He said, “It's not always going to be like this.”

Aug 11, 2012 / Jon Wiener

Medical Research Fraud: Professors Go Unpunished in Glaxo $3 Billion Guilty Plea Over Paxil Medical Research Fraud: Professors Go Unpunished in Glaxo $3 Billion Guilty Plea Over Paxil

Twenty-two “authors” of a fradulent article ghost-written by Glaxo won't feel the heat.

Aug 7, 2012 / Jon Wiener

Remembering Gore Vidal

Remembering Gore Vidal Remembering Gore Vidal

Gore was a citizen of the republic and a critic of the empire.

Aug 1, 2012 / Jon Wiener

What Romney’s Hiding in His Tax Returns: He’s a Muslim Born in Kenya What Romney’s Hiding in His Tax Returns: He’s a Muslim Born in Kenya

Republican secrets, revealed at last.

Jul 21, 2012 / Jon Wiener

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