Louisiana is going to have so much fun with T-publicans.

Calvin Duncan is innocent. But I'm hoping his story can change the way we think about people who aren't. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...

My appreciation to @allyfromnola.bsky.social for chatting with me about mandatory smile policies like the one Target is adopting: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Thanks for the great documentary, @maddow.msnbc.com!

Mississippi will always be home. It hurts to see what's happening there. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

If you weren't there in '95 when "Brown Sugar" landed like an earth-shattering meteor, it's hard to make you understand D'Angelo's impact. He was old school and innovative, a student of the greats but seemingly fully formed and wise. Listen to this genius. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3y2...

“When Burton was hosting the show, there did not appear to be many people arguing against the idea of introducing children to books by authors of different colors, cultures, ethnicities and experiences.” My column at @msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

OPINION by @jarvisdeberry.bsky.social: “To reduce government programs, as Trump did, to 'things Democrats like' is to disregard the real needs such programs address.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

"The Ghetto," esp. the live version. "This is it!"

I wrote this in March when Hegseth announced his obviously racist policy of getting rid of Marines with chronic razor bumps. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

"It’s a shame that since Kirk’s death, arguing in bad faith has become characterized as virtuous and edifying. It’s not. And it’s not beneficial to try to rebut people making bad faith arguments." My column at @msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Trump saying he hates his opponents belies the faith he claims. But more importantly for the country, it's his acknowledgement that he doesn't think of himself as everybody's president. Read me at @msnbc.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Kash Patel not knowing Dylann Roof's name "not only typifies a general incompetence among Trump’s Cabinet, it exemplifies the administration’s disregard for news that doesn’t jibe with the story of America it wants to tell." My column at @msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

"Despite professing the same faith, Black and white Protestant Christians in the U.S. often have near opposite worldviews." My column at @MSNBC on the resistance to attempts to venerate Charlie Kirk. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

*Land of the free for us, but not for y’all* is not an argument a white Southern Republican like Mike Johnson should expect Black Democrats farther north to accept. My column at MSNBC Digital: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

"It’s inconceivable that stories of people aiming to shoot down rescue helicopters, raping babies and slaughtering one another would have been swallowed as often as they were if they weren’t stories of Black people doing such things." Me at @msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

My latest column is on USCIS’ intensified focus on the moral character of those applying for citizenship.

Conservatives embracing Confederate flags, monuments and names is never about history. It's always about the present. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

"It’s not true that DEI efforts are backfiring. What’s true is that people who feel threatened by a more diverse, equitable and inclusive society are firing back." -- my column at @msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Anybody seen the FEMA director? www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

OPINION by @jarvisdeberry.bsky.social: Jarvis highlights why ICE agents’ masks are especially disturbing. “The basic principle is that the police are accountable to the public. And that requires, at a minimum, knowing who the police are.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

Bill Cassidy put his desire for a third Senate term over his concerns for public health and struck a deal with RFK that was sure to be broken. My column at MSNBC. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

OPINION by @jarvisdeberry.bsky.social: ’It seems safe to assume that President Trump’s aim in getting rid of FEMA is not to find a better way to help people who suffer weather-related catastrophes but to find a way to help as little as it can — if at all.’ READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

My column: Even people who’ve had bad experiences with FEMA should worry about Trump’s wish to get rid of it. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

There’s a framework that helps leaders think through policies that might seem fair and neutral but result in some people having disadvantages others don’t. It's called Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, which has been effectively outlawed by Trump’s administration. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Jessie Hoffman has been executed, his attorney says.

As a reporter who covered his trial, I know every gruesome detail of what Jessie Hoffman did to Molly Elliott. He's as guilty as anybody whose trial I ever covered. And, yet, I stand opposed to Louisiana's plan to suffocate him to death tonight. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Five years after Covid was declared a pandemic, see this @msnbc.com series on the multiple ways the U.S. response failed: www.msnbc.com/the-covid-test

Are you a recently dismissed federal employee? MSNBC.com is looking for first-person pieces about what you were working on, why you joined the government, etc. We're interested in hearing from air traffic controllers, USAID employees, and everyone in between. Contact me at jdow.92 on Signal.

✨💜 NOLA, you were everything! In one of the Blackest cities, you showed LEGACY and me so much love and I will be FOREVER grateful. Thank you to Black-owned Baldwin and Company for hosting my book event and to @jarvisdeberry.bsky.social for being the most wonderful conversation partner!

Distant relatives of JD Vance's think their unvaccinated 12-year-old should be put on a heart transplant list. As a transplant patient myself, I explain why they're wrong: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

My column today at MSNBC:

Never expected to hear Jesse Jackson’s “I AM SOMEBODY” mantra in a Super Bowl ad.

It’s no secret why conservatives hate the federal government so much. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

"Back the Blue" unless you're a Jan. 6 rioter who attacked the blue.

if your car got 4 different brands of tires on it; you do not need to be trying to drive in this weather.

Me at MSNBC: The new policy treats people as freeloading loiterers until they prove otherwise and says staff “may ask for help from law enforcement” to have them removed. It’s difficult to cultivate a third space when you’re adopting a policy that makes baristas narcs. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

"Dr. Feelgood," "Aretha Live at Fillmore West"

L-EAUX-L

My take on Biden's claim that he could have beat Trump. Not only does it not square with the facts, but it's an ungracious dig at his vice president. If you sub yourself out of the game, go sit down. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

It’s funny Zuck says “I started building social media to give people a voice” when in fact, he started building social media to publicly rate the hotness of undergrads.

“An attitude that ‘the show must go on’ isn’t surprising. Still, it left some New Orleanians expressing a long-standing sorrow that what’s good for the people who visit this city is always prioritized over what’s good for the people who call it home.” www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

“kids keep living past the age of 5, because of woke” - a substantial chunk of the american public

They mocked Carter for this answer, but it reflected a person serious about his faith and his shortcomings: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

"Perhaps most importantly, why does he not know that, in the end, Steve Urkel embarked upon a successful STEM career — and won the beautiful Laura Winslow?! Did his parents ban the show? Wait, he’s including himself in the 'wildly successful STEM graduates, isn’t he?" www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

"At the risk of sounding like Charlie Brown sighing and complaining to Linus, I fear the gift card has taken some of the joy out of Christmas." -- my latest column at MSNBC Digital: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Jamie Foxx had an opportunity to make "What Had Happened Was" helpful to so many people. He missed it. www.msnbc.com/opinion/opin...

Trump’s’Make America Healthy Again’ is a threat: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Michelle Norris is a real one.