MS NOW Daily Columnists
Zeeshan Aleem
Zeeshan Aleem is a writer and editor for MS NOW. He primarily writes about politics and foreign policy.
Jacques Berlinerblau
Jacques Berlinerblau is a professor of Jewish civilization at Georgetown University.
Hayes Brown
Hayes Brown is a writer and editor for MS NOW. He focuses on politics and policymaking at the federal level, including Congress and the White House.
Anthea Butler
Anthea Butler is a professor of religious studies and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Michael A. Cohen
Michael Cohen is the publisher of the newsletter Truth and Consequences and hosts the weekly podcast “That ‘70s Movie Podcast.”
Jarvis DeBerry
Jarvis DeBerry is an opinion editor for MS NOW Daily. He was previously editor-in-chief at the Louisiana Illuminator and a columnist and deputy opinion editor at The Times-Picayune.
Anthony L. Fisher
Anthony L. Fisher is a senior editor and opinion columnist for MS NOW, often covering free speech, civil liberties and extremism. He was previously the senior opinion editor for The Daily Beast and a politics columnist for Business Insider. He's a two-time winner of the Southern California Journalism Award for investigative reporting on criminal justice issues. Find him on Bluesky and Threads.
Ayman Mohyeldin
Ayman Mohyeldin is a co-host of "‘The Weekend: Primetime" and an MS NOW political analyst.
Symone D. Sanders Townsend
Symone D. Sanders Townsend is an author and a co-host of "The Weeknight."
Latest Columns
Why Trump’s stock trades are so exceptionally corrupt
The president continues to find new, once-unimaginable ways to use the awesome powers of the federal government to enrich himself.
This second Harvey Weinstein hung jury should serve as a message
A Manhattan jury deadlocked Friday on a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul who became a central figure in the #MeToo movement.
Texas orders a children’s hospital to open a ‘detransition clinic’
As a physician-scientist, I am always in favor of expanding support for patients and collecting more research. But a new “detransition clinic” ordered by the state of Texas feels much more driven by political ideology than any medical evidence we’ve seen.
Steve Bannon and others in MAGA world beg Trump to control AI
A MAGA coalition drafted a letter laying out dire concerns about the rise of artificial intelligence. But the group’s proposed solution is to hand more power to Trump.
Trump’s EEOC looks to move race, gender data into shadows
Ending the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s collection of corporate race and gender data would open the door to workplace discrimination.
Police official in Arizona is fired after trying to stoke violence at anti-ICE rally
The MAGA movement tries to portray liberals as “agitators” at protests, yet conservatives keep making headlines over such behavior.
The terrible cost of Republicans’ SNAP cuts is becoming clear
Thanks to the GOP’s cuts to SNAP, the number of people in the U.S. receiving food assistance through the program fell by more than 3.5 million.
Congress could pass the biggest housing law in decades. But one thing might grind it to a halt.
Everyone agrees that there’s a housing crisis in America. Congress wants to help — but keeps getting in its own way.
How Trump’s China mistake will further devastate American workers
The president has admitted he does not think about “Americans’ financial situation.” We need a leader who does.
My father insisted I know this one thing about the South. Republicans are proving him right.
I’ve never lived in a South without a Voting Rights Act that restricted white officials’ worst impulses.
