Politics

Politics / February 26, 2026 The mayor mobilized New York’s resources nimbly and creatively. Now, on to the budget Ad Policy New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani records a video alongside …

Jon Wiener: From The Nation magazine, this is Start Making Sense. I’m Jon Wiener. Later in the show: in 1949, Jackie Robinson appeared before HUAC, the House un-American Activities Committee, …

February 25, 2026 How winning people’s trust involves listening to their challenges, ambition, ideas and stories. Ad Policy Striking Kaiser Permanente nurses and healthcare workers in the rain outside the …

Politics / February 25, 2026 An increasingly unpopular Trump lurched from plodding teleprompter readings to gothic MAGA fantasies in his long-winded speech. Ad Policy President Donald Trump giving his State …

Politics / February 24, 2026 What’s a flopping demagogue to do? Lash out at his enemies, pretend he’s doing great, and bore us all into submission. Ad Policy Donald Trump …

Politics / February 24, 2026 The progressive representative from Pennsylvania will speak truth to Trump’s power tonight. Ad Policy Summer Lee (D-PA) participates in a public forum on the violent …

Politics / February 24, 2026 The mayor announced that the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection will investigate employers where more than half their workers take no paid time off …

Politics / February 24, 2026 The 6–3 decision was a rare victory, but it was crafted out of conflicts that leave almost nothing certain—including future tariff rulings. Ad Policy A …

Politics / February 23, 2026 Remarkably, Trump seems on the verge of outdoing George W. Bush in reckless, stupid militarism. Ad Policy Donald Trump waves as he leaves passing a …

Activism / February 23, 2026 Field workers’ highway blockades send a warning to Mexico’s president. Ad Policy SAN QUINTÍN, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO—A farmworker brought her two children to the highway …