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 moves to rewrite election rules unilaterally
The president has directed his White House counsel to explore a voter ID executive order, even as his own lawyers warn it would likely be struck down — the latest test of his executive authority over American elections.
‘They can’t lose a single vote’: Republicans say a razor-thin majority has made them ‘untouchable’
A recent scandal involving Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, is testing a blunt dynamic with House Republicans: They can get away with just about anything — and leaders won’t call on them to resign.
FBI fires agents who scrutinized Patel in Trump documents case
The terminations are the latest in an ongoing purge of bureau employees who participated in investigations of Donald Trump.
Republicans and Democrats are growing further apart on Homeland Security funding
Negotiations to end the DHS shutdown have moved slowly. Democrats have been waiting for a Republican counteroffer for more than a week. And Trump’s State of the Union didn’t help.
MAGA world’s violent pregnancy-related rhetoric is on full display
In Vermont and Tennessee, two controversies are highlighting some of the violence at the heart of right-wing attacks on reproductive freedom.
Trump administration pauses Medicaid funding to Minnesota
The news comes a day after President Trump tasked Vice President Vance with waging a “war on fraud.” Dr. Mehmet Oz said there’s more to come.
The biggest problem with Trump’s affordability victory lap
The president’s agenda harms typical families’ incomes far more than it reduces their prices, writes economist Josh Bivens.
Democrats raise alarm about betting on death in online prediction markets
Senate Democrats wrote to the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to shine light on the grim realm of online betting in which participants wager on potentially deadly scenarios.
Judge blocks feds from searching Washington Post reporter’s devices
A federal judge slammed the Justice Department for seizing a reporter’s electronic devices, which the Post said contain troves of sensitive source information.
