Demonstrators take part in a nationwide protest against AI data-center expansion in Imperial, California, on July 18, 2026.(Sandy Huffaker / AFP via Getty Images)
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Is the resistance to data centers a new kind of mass politics? David Wallace-Wells explains why the answer is “yes.” He’s a writer for The New York Times Opinion pages and author of the unforgettable book “The Uninhabitable Earth.”
Also: How to be a dissident in an age of fear – Ami Fields-Meyer has thought a lot about that. For starters: don’t start from scratch; don’t try to do it alone. Ami is co-author of the new book “On Courage.”
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On this episode of Start Making Sense, David Wallace-Wells analyzes the new form of protest in America, and Ami Fields-Meyer explains how dissident leaders and movements arise.
Is the resistance to data centers a new kind of mass politics? David Wallace-Wells explains why the answer is yes. He’s a writer for the New York Times’ Opinion pages and author of the unforgettable book The Uninhabitable Earth.
Also: How to be a dissident in an age of fear—Ami Fields-Meyer has thought a lot about that. For starters: Don’t start from scratch; don’t try to do it alone. Ami is a coauthor of the new book On Courage.
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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.
Republicans are spending hundreds of millions on the midterms, but their money hasn’t been able to counter the crisis of affordability, the disgust with Trump’s corruption, and the quality of many of the Democratic candidates. Harold Meyerson comments – he’s editor at large of The American Prospect.
Also: Katha Pollit argues that the gang rape at a Cornell fraternity party could have been stopped–if someone had bothered to intervene. But no one did. “Where were the good guys?” She asks.
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