Can We Blame Private Equity for Everything? Can We Blame Private Equity for Everything?
Did PE firms make the world worse? Or was it something else?
Nov 20, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Brett Christophers
The Counteroffensive Against Operation Midway Blitz The Counteroffensive Against Operation Midway Blitz
How Chicago residents and protesters banded together against the Trump administration's immigration shock troops.
Nov 20, 2025 / Amanda Moore
How the UK Media Became Complicit in the Gaza Genocide How the UK Media Became Complicit in the Gaza Genocide
An interview with British journalist Peter Oborne.
Nov 20, 2025 / Evan Robins
Zohran Mamdani Is Following a Trail That Jesse Jackson Blazed Zohran Mamdani Is Following a Trail That Jesse Jackson Blazed
Mamdani’s election represents a profound and seismic development in the country's political landscape—one set in motion by Jackson over 40 years ago.
Nov 20, 2025 / Steve Phillips
Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. This Town Listened. Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. This Town Listened.
Through executive orders, Congress, and a loyalist cabinet, the Trump administration has delivered big for enclaves of coal country like Colstrip, Montana. But how long can it las...
Nov 20, 2025 / StudentNation / Ezra Graham
Why Is Larry Summers Still Employed? Why Is Larry Summers Still Employed?
The revelations about the economist’s attempts to pressure a woman into a “relationship”—with guidance from Jeffrey Epstein—should finally disqualify him from teaching students.
Nov 19, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Worldwide Condemnation of Israel’s Actions Worldwide Condemnation of Israel’s Actions
Netanyahu’s genocidal war on Palestine must end.
Nov 19, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Thomas Mann’s Pessimistic Humanism Thomas Mann’s Pessimistic Humanism
What can we still learn from the The Magic Mountain?
Nov 19, 2025 / Susan Bernofsky
The Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses The Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses
The promises of the 26th Amendment remain unfulfilled.
Nov 19, 2025 / Yael Bromberg and Jonathan Becker
House Republicans Defy Trump; Plus, When WWII Vets Came Home House Republicans Defy Trump; Plus, When WWII Vets Came Home
On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols comments on the politics around release of the Epstein files, and David Nasaw discusses The Wounded Generation.
Nov 19, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener