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 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."
Latest Columns
Trump’s Saturday: LIV golf, punishing gas prices and radio silence from Iran
One analyst warned that this weekend’s gas prices are only “the calm before the storm.”
Person dies after being hit by Frontier Airlines plane that was taking off at Denver airport
“We’re stopping on the runway,” the pilot tells the control tower according to the site ATC.com. “We just hit somebody. We have an engine fire.”
Democrats lose edge to retake House after Virginia redistricting ruling
Democrats still have a path to regain power but “they are no longer overwhelming favorites,” the Cook Political Reports finds.
There is a crisis unfolding across the South — but Americans may not fully understand the emergency
Americans should stop pretending we aren’t seeing a retrenchment of racial power.
Trump’s World Cup ticket shock makes the FIFA president look worse — but it doesn’t add up
Americans already pay exorbitant ticket prices for sporting events that aren’t anywhere near as rare as World Cup matches on our soil.
The frustrating reason Trump may ultimately get his tariffs — even after losing yet another legal challenge
The U.S. Court of International Trade is the latest court to toss Trump’s tariffs. But the administration will keep going to this well, no matter how unpopular it is.
What’s happening to British Jews could foreshadow America’s future
Antisemitic violence and harassment have become the new normal for British Jews — and increasingly common in the U.S. as well.
Handwriting on newly released note matches one found after Epstein’s death, experts tell AP
Three forensic document examiners who reviewed the notes at the request of The Associated Press concluded that they have or appear to have common authorship.
ABC accuses Trump administration of threatening free speech over ‘The View’
The ABC filing marked the latest clash between the media and Trump over what journalists see as attacks on free speech.
The government finally released its UFO files. Prepare to be underwhelmed
The Defense Department released 161 documents on unidentified aerial phenomena Friday. Secretary Pete Hegseth called it a “historic transparency effort.” Researchers called it more of the same.








