MS NOW Daily Columnists
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
Trump’s locker-room ‘joke’ was bad. The men’s hockey team made it worse.
On the last day of the Olympics, many fans were able to put aside their feelings about personal politics and just celebrate this win as Americans. And then thanks to Trump’s locker-room “joke,” we were snapped right back to reality.
Pete Hegseth presses AI company to drop significant safety guardrails
The defense secretary summoned Anthropic’s CEO to force compliance, Meta makes a play for the midterms and hackers face fallout over their Epstein ties in this week’s Tech Drop.
Trump allies online push misinfo about Gavin Newsom to deflect Black anger
The president’s supporters have pushed false claims that the California governor belittled Black people’s intelligence with comments he made in Atlanta. The real story is one of MAGA desperation.
As Trump’s election conspiracy theories take an ugly turn, the search for evidence flails
The key detail the administration’s search for voter fraud shares with its search for weaponization: Looking for mirages inevitably fails.
Kash Patel’s use of jet delayed FBI team’s mass shooting response, whistleblower tells top senator
Sen. Richard Durbin says FBI director’s “misplaced priorities” led to the delayed response to the Brown University shooting in December.
Missing Epstein files include interviews with alleged Trump accuser
A woman who came forward in July 2019 to accuse Jeffrey Epstein of assaulting and raping her several times in the 1980s, beginning when she was just 13, is also a Trump accuser featured in the Epstein files.
Supreme Court splits 5-4 to block lawsuits against postal refusals to deliver mail
Justice Thomas authored the ruling, which was joined by all the other GOP appointees except Justice Gorsuch, who joined Justice Sotomayor’s dissent.
Rubio briefs ‘Gang of 8’ as Iran looms over State of the Union
The meeting with the senior GOP and Democratic lawmakers suggests that the administration’s plans for potential military actions may be substantial.
Putin has no path to victory. But here’s what Washington can’t forget about the Ukraine war.
Washington policymakers forget at our peril: Chaos abroad never stays abroad, writes Alexander Vindman.
