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.

Philip Bump

Philip Bump is a data journalist and MS NOW contributor.

Katelyn Burns

Katelyn Burns is a freelance journalist based in New England.

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.

James Downie

James Downie is an opinion editor for MS NOW Daily.

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.

Eric Garcia

Eric Garcia is an author and senior correspondent for The Independent.

Nayyera Haq

Nayyera Haq is a global affairs journalist.

Jessica Levinson

Jessica Levinson is a Loyola Law School professor and MS NOW columnist.

Barbara McQuade

Barbara McQuade is a former Michigan U.S. attorney and legal analyst.

Cynthia Miller-Idriss

Cynthia Miller-Idriss is an author and expert on extremism.

Ayman Mohyeldin

Ayman Mohyeldin is a host of "‘The Weekend: Primetime" and an MS NOW political analyst.

Noor Noman

Noor Noman is a writer focused on culture, race and LGBTQ issues.

Michele Norris

Michele Norris is a senior contributing editor for MS NOW.

Susan Del Percio

Susan Del Percio is a Republican strategist and a political analyst for MS NOW.

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."

Joyce Vance

Joyce Vance is an MS NOW columnist and former U.S. attorney.

Julio Ricardo Varela

Julio Ricardo Varela is the founder of "The Latino Newsletter" and co-editor of "Pressing Issues from Free Press."

Paul Waldman

Paul Waldman is a journalist and author focused on politics and culture.

Latest Columns

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Ted Turner created CNN. But this was his biggest innovation.

The media mogul’s legacy goes beyond round-the-clock TV journalism. He helped invent “narrowcasting.”

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Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’ Iran war mission was over almost as soon as it started

The short-lived naval operation to reopen the strait was working at cross-purposes with the Trump administration’s diplomatic objectives.

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Rubio to visit Vatican amid tension between president and pope

Trump has repeatedly attacked the American pontiff for speaking out against his war with Iran and accused him of supporting Iran’s nuclear program.

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Some are cheering the end of the Saudis’ involvement in sports. Here’s why I’m not

The golf world, and the worlds of other sports, have accepted Saudi money knowing it was filthy, even bloody, lucre.

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Andy Beshear won twice in Trump country. Now he wants to show Democrats how to do it everywhere

As DGA chair — and a potential 2028 contender — Andy Beshear is betting that results matter more than resistance. But can that message unite a fractured party?

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The same Republicans who slammed Biden’s gas prices are preaching patience for Trump

Four years after lambasting the Biden administration, GOP lawmakers are urging voters to be patient as gas prices climb over $4.50 per gallon.

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Iran reviewing U.S. proposal as Trump pressures Tehran for agreement on deal to end war

Hope that the two-month conflict could soon end buoyed international markets on Thursday.

8h ago

New Trump counterterrorism strategy expands targets to antifa and Iran

White House counterterrorism director Sebastian Gorka vowed to take on the biggest threats to the U.S., including “left-wing extremists.”

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Justice Department can keep 2020 election ballots seized from Georgia’s Fulton County, judge rules

U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee’s decision came after lawyers for the county had argued that the ballots and other election materials.

11h ago

Jeffrey Epstein’s purported suicide note made public

The convicted sex offender died at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in 2019. The note was unsealed Wednesday by a federal judge after a petition by The New York Times.

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