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."
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The depressing reason Trump may not be worried about Iran war backlash
The unpopularity of Trump and this conflict make it less likely that he’ll be swayed by public opinion.
Supreme Court blocks Calif. policy that prohibited schools from outing trans students to parents
Religious parents argued that state policies violated their rights. The court’s Democratic appointees dissented.
Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran
The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.
Supreme Court sides with Republicans on New York redistricting ahead of midterms
It’s the Supreme Court’s latest action affecting November’s midterm elections, after the court approved ideologically opposing maps in Texas and California.
After attacking Iran, Trump might regret his purge of the FBI
Iran has a long, documented history of striking American interests — at home and abroad — when it believes the moment is right.
Elizabeth Warren looks into bank backed by Peter Thiel
The Massachusetts Democrat is demanding documents related to the Trump administration’s approval of Erebor Bank.
Why you shouldn’t lecture parents whose unvaccinated kids suffered or died with measles
Opening a conversation with, “Are you sorry now that your child wasn’t vaccinated?” will never change the minds of people who are reluctant to accept vaccines.
Why Gorsuch brought up how drunk John Adams and James Madison got ‘back in the day’
A Supreme Court hearing showed the illogic of both the war on drugs and the court’s Second Amendment precedent.
Trump says war with Iran could last ‘far longer’ than a month
Trump claimed without providing evidence Iran was close to having missiles that could reach the U.S.
Polymarket wagers on Iran strikes raise concerns about death-based betting
More Democrats are sounding the alarm on a grim sector of online gambling in which bettors are making bank on Trump’s war on Iran.
