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 an MS NOW columnist. He is also 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.
Ayman Mohyeldin
Ayman Mohyeldin is a 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."
Charlie Sykes
Charlie Sykes is an MS NOW contributor and the author of the newsletter "To the Contrary."
Latest Columns
The White House’s stance on Trump’s classified documents case gets the facts backward
The Justice Department declined to move forward with the president’s federal criminal cases after he won the election, not before.
Why the latest polls on Trump’s approval rating are especially brutal for the White House
If the president expected to benefit politically from launching a war in Iran, he has reason to be disappointed.
More than three weeks later, Trump still can’t decide whether his war is a war
When the question is “Is the U.S. currently at war?” and the answer from the White House is “It depends on who you ask and when,” there’s a problem.
North Carolina’s top Republican lawmaker loses in ‘earthquake’ primary upset
Phil Berger wasn’t just a legislative leader in North Carolina, he was the GOP’s most powerful figure in state politics for more than a decade. He lost anyway.
Special elections in Florida, including Mar-a-Lago’s district, spell trouble for GOP
The more Democrats win closely watched races and flip seats from red to blue, the more Republicans should be concerned about the 2026 midterms.
This Iraq war general’s infamous question offers an ominous warning for Trump
The administration is letting Iran dictate the terms of the conflict and the path to a cessation of hostilities.
Trump told ICE agents to unmask in airports — and exposed a MAGA lie
If there were a legitimate threat to ICE agents who show their faces outside airports, then that threat would also exist inside airports.
Trump appeared to have business motive for keeping classified documents, Jack Smith finds
The special counsel’s office found that Donald Trump held on to documents so secret that only six people could legally review them — and the team believed his reason for doing so was financial gain.
Sen. Cory Booker argues for a different path for Democrats
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., wants Democrats to embrace virtue and turn away from the vitriolic politics that Donald Trump has promoted.
Democrats and Republicans already showing buyer’s remorse as deal to DHS shutdown takes shape
Republicans offer to leave some ICE funds out of a deal to end the shutdown — without concessions on masks or warrants.
