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June 28, 2022
The Theocrats on the Supreme Court Strike Again
With the praying football coach decision, the court’s conservatives upended a key precedent and knocked another hole in the wall separating church and state.
Elie Mystal
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June 24, 2022
The Supreme Court Took the Most Extreme Course Possible
In overturning Roe v. Wade, the conservative majority embraced a vision of the United States as a country by and for white men.
Elie Mystal
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June 23, 2022
Sarah Posner on White Evangelicals and the January 6 Insurrection, Plus Joan Walsh on Sex Ed
On this week’s episode of Start Making Sense, discussions on religion’s role in the riots and the “parental rights” movement.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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June 22, 2022
The Supreme Court Strikes Another Blow to the Separation of Church and State
In a new ruling, the theocrats on the court turned one of the nation’s fundamental principles on its head.
Elie Mystal
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June 9, 2022
John Nichols on Crime and the Democrats, Plus Sarah Posner on Sex and the Southern Baptists
Writers join the Start Making Sense podcast to discuss Tuesday’s primaries in California and the scandal that could shake the Christian right.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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June 3, 2022
The Dangers of Biden’s Lesser-Evilism in India
Building an anti-China coalition, the president turns a blind eye to Narendra Modi’s increasingly authoritarian rule.
Jeet Heer
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May 31, 2022
What This Later-Abortion Story Tells Us About a Post-“Roe” Future
The number of people seeking later abortions is undoubtedly about to increase, and our medical system is unprepared to care for them.
Garnet Henderson
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May 24, 2022
Keeping the March of the Living Alive
With thousands of Jewish youth unable to participate in the Holocaust remembrance march because of the war in Ukraine, the organization was forced to adapt.
Charlotte Rubin
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May 23, 2022
Hungarian Rhapsody: The Right Dreams of an “American Orbánism”
Whether it’s a new variation of “the socialism of fools” or the same old fascist shell game, the Hungarian leader’s illiberal democracy has the American right under its spell.
Jeet Heer
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May 18, 2022
The Supreme Court and the Church: A Conversation With Frances Kissling
In the wake of the Supreme Court leak, the former president of Catholics for a Free Choice discusses the moral obligation to take care of women in need of abortions.
Claudia Dreifus