MS NOW Daily Columnists
Zeeshan Aleem
Zeeshan Aleem is a writer and editor for MS NOW. Sign up for his free politics newsletter by clicking the link at the top of this bio.
Jacques Berlinerblau
Jacques Berlinerblau is a professor of Jewish civilization at Georgetown University.
Anthea Butler
Anthea Butler is a professor of religious studies and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Michael A. Cohen
Michael A. Cohen is a political writer and a fellow with the Eurasia Group Foundation.
Symone D. Sanders Townsend
Symone D. Sanders Townsend is an author and a co-host of "The Weeknight."
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.
Ayman Mohyeldin
Ayman Mohyeldin is a host of "‘The Weekend: Primetime" and an MS NOW political analyst.
Latest Columns
The looming health care failure is about to put John Thune in an awkward position
The Senate will vote on competing health care bills Thursday, highlighting the jam Republicans find themselves in as Obamacare subsidies expire.
If you want to see how Trump has poisoned our country, go to a citizenship ceremony
Trump has transformed the meaning of what it means to become a citizen.
As Obamacare subsidies near expiration, lawmakers point fingers
With dueling health care bills expected to fail in the Senate on Thursday, lawmakers are already asking themselves a simple question: What comes next?
The unsubtle subtext of Gavin Newsom’s ‘culturally normal’ comment
Moderate Democrats such as Newsom have preaching their idea of being culturally normal to parts of the progressive left whom they believe focus too much on so-called identity politics.
Why Democrats’ mayoral win in Miami is bad news for Trump
A big Republican loss in a big Hispanic city hints at broader national trends.
RFK Jr.’s escape from accountability in the Olivia Nuzzi scandal is no accident
The lack of consequences is telling about the Trump administration.
Missouri activists just took a big step toward stopping their state’s Trump-backed congressional maps
People Not Politicians, an organization opposed to Republicans’ mid-decade redistricting, says it submitted about three times the number necessary to put the Trump-backed redistricting to voters.
Florida AG files suit against medical groups over gender-affirming care
Virtually every reputable medical organization in the U.S. says gender-affirming care is safe and necessary. A state attorney general says this is a conspiracy.
Mamdani vows to resist Trump’s ‘cruel and inhumane’ immigration crackdown
“For the law to have meaning, there has to be accountability for all of us,” the New York mayor-elect told MS NOW’s Jacob Soboroff on Wednesday.Â
