On this episode of Start Making Sense, Indivisible's Leah Greenberg talks about next steps, and labor strategist Ai-jen Poo talks about the summer’s big political campaign.
Thousands of protesters gather in Grand Park by City Hall during the nationwide No Kings protest in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 14, 2025.(Benjamin Hanson / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
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Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ protests, with 5 million people at 2100 events, was the largest single day of protest in American history. Leah Greenberg of Indivisible will talk about how the event was organized, and what comes next.
Also: The Medicaid cuts provide a lifetime opportunity for us to reach the 70 million people who did not vote and the 60 per cent of Trump voters who are not MAGA — that's what Ai-jen Poo says. She's director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and President of Care in Action, and a key labor organizer and strategist.
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Saturday’s “No Kings” protests, with an estimated 5 million people turning out to 2,100 events, seem to have been the largest single day of protests in American history. Leah Greenberg of Indivisible will talk about how the event was organized and what comes next.Also: The Medicaid cuts provide a lifetime opportunity for us to reach the 70 million people who did not vote and the 60% of Trump voters who are not MAGA—that’s what Ai-jen Poo says. She’s director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and President of Care in Action, and a key labor organizer and strategist.
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Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
How are we going to defeat Trump and the Republicans and win control of Congress in the midterms? How are we going to win the White House in two years? Ben Wikler has a plan – he’s published a book with the title This is the Plan. Ben was chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin for six years, ending in 2025, where he shaped what became the most powerful and effective state political party in the country.
Plus: John Nichols on the Senate Candidates in Maine and Nebraska, and the governor’s race in Wisconsin. John of course is executive editor of The Nation.
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Jon WienerTwitterJon 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.