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War in Iran, News in America

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Tom Stevenson analyzes the war in Iran, and Tara McGowan explains the new media landscape for young and news-avoidant voters. 

Jon Wiener

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Newspapers for sale the day after US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, at a newsstand in Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport.(Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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War in Iran, News in America / Start Making Sense
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Tom Stevenson analyzes the latest news and long-term prospects of Trump's Iran war, for both Iran and the US. Tom is a contributing editor for the London Review of Books, where he writes about, among other things, politics in the Mideast.

Also: what news are people getting these days, and where are they getting it? Especially the people we call “news avoidant” & “low information” voters–the ones we want to vote for Democrats in November: what are the big stories for them? Tara McGowan explains– she’s founder and CEO of Courier Newsroom, a digital media company that operates a network of local news outlets.

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Tom Stevenson analyzes the latest news and long-term prospects for Trump’s Iran War, in both that country and the US.  Tom is a contributing editor of the London Review of Books, where he writes about, among other things, politics in the Middle East.

Also: what news are people getting these days, and where are they getting it?  Especially the people we call “news avoidant” & “low information” voters–the ones we want to vote for Democrats in November: what are the big stories for them? Tara McGowan explains–she’s founder and CEO of Courier Newsroom, a digital media company that operates a network of local news outlets.

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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.

War in Iran, News in America / Start Making Sense
byThe Nation Magazine

Tom Stevenson analyzes the latest news and long-term prospects of Trump's Iran war, for both Iran and the US. Tom is a contributing editor for the London Review of Books, where he writes about, among other things, politics in the Mideast.

Also: what news are people getting these days, and where are they getting it? Especially the people we call “news avoidant” & “low information” voters–the ones we want to vote for Democrats in November: what are the big stories for them? Tara McGowan explains– she’s founder and CEO of Courier Newsroom, a digital media company that operates a network of local news outlets.

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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.


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