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Jon Wiener

The Nation

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Past articles by Jon:

Mike Davis: 1946–2022

A brilliant radical reporter with a novelist’s eye and a historian’s memory. → Read More

Amy Littlefield on the Abortion Fight and Chesa Boudin on Progressive Prosecutors

How Americans are fighting back to protect abortion rights. → Read More

Omicron: A Kinder, Gentler Covid?

Mike Davis on the pandemic, plus John Nichols on January 6. → Read More

The Predictable Backlash to Critical Race Theory: A Q&A With Kimberlé Crenshaw

“Wherever there is race reform, there’s inevitably retrenchment.” → Read More

Palestinian Lives, and Death: An Interview With Rachel Kushner

“It was really demoralizing to people that he died in this way. It hurt so sharply, and it still hurts,” the author said. → Read More

The Republicans’ Road Not Taken

In 2013, Republican strategists were honest about why Mitt Romney lost. They had a chance to heed the lessons—and then Trump blew it all up. → Read More

Parents in Prison: An Interview With Chesa Boudin

Plus Amy Wilentz on protest in Haiti. → Read More

Rennie Davis, 1940–2021

“It was there that I learned about the Democratic National Convention,” he said. “It was there that I made the decision: I am going to Chicago.” → Read More

The Trump Mob that Stormed the Capitol

Joan Walsh weighs in on one of the worst days in the history of American democracy. → Read More

Why I Hope Trump Does Not Watch ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’

We don’t need the president to get any more ideas in his addled mind about how to punish American cities and activists. → Read More

Mike Davis: Is Coronavirus Ushering in a New World Order?

Plus Barbara Ehrenreich on low-wage work. → Read More

Los Angeles Faces Down Covid-19

With a massive homeless population and crowded prisons, LA is struggling to handle the coronavirus crisis. → Read More

Gail Collins: Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the Complicated Story of Women and Aging in America

Plus Rick Perlstein on impeachment and Eric Foner on The 1619 Project. → Read More

Joe Biden’s Campaign Is Faltering

Jeet Heer on Moderate Dems, plus Elie Mystal on Senate Republicans and Amy Wilentz on Haiti. → Read More

The White Power Movement from Reagan to Trump

Kathleen Belew explains the links between “lone wolf” white supremacist attacks like those in Charleston, Charlottesville, and El Paso. → Read More

Is Trump’s Escalating Racism a Sign of Political Desperation?

Harold Meyerson on Trump, Jeet Heer on Al Franken, and Paul Krassner remembered. → Read More

Opposing Julian Assange’s Extradition Is Essential—Even if You Dislike Him

Why the indictment of the Wikileaks publisher is an attack on freedom of the press. → Read More

Daniel Ellsberg: Espionage and Julian Assange

Plus Robert Pollin on Medicare for All and Alyssa Battistoni on climate politics. → Read More

‘The New York Times’ vs. Bernie

Amy Wilentz on media bias, plus John Nichols on Ilhan Omar and Karen Greenberg on government secrecy. → Read More

What Joe Biden Has In Common with Donald Trump

Harold Meyerson on the candidates, Michael Ames on Bowe Bergdahl and Laila Lalami on The Other Americans. → Read More