Alicia Menendez

co-host of “The Weeknight”

Alicia Menendez is a co-host of “The Weeknight,” which airs Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on MSNBC. She is also the host of the “Latina to Latina” podcast and the author of “The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed As You Are.”


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Alicia Menendez

1year ago
MS NOW Opinion

Democrats face their first test on immigration under Trump

Voting for the Laken Riley Act won’t address Americans’ concerns and will only make meaningful reform harder in the future.

1year ago
MS NOW Opinion

Trump’s nominations present a once-in-a-century test for the Senate

Will they lower the bar for Cabinet picks or demand a higher standard?

1year ago
MS NOW Opinion

The Biden-Trump meeting was the calm before the storm

The transition from the Biden administration is a last gasp of political normalcy.

1year ago
MS NOW Opinion

Harris campaign looks ahead as Trump dwells on the past

The closing arguments reveal starkly different visions for America.

1year ago
MS NOW Opinion

Trump thinks Americans have forgotten how bad his hurricane relief efforts were

The Republican presidential nominee is trying to turn relief efforts into a campaign issue.

1year ago
MS NOW Opinion

Trump uses anti-immigrant rhetoric to distract from his own unfitness

When pressed on a hard question, it’s his signature move.

2years ago
MS NOW Opinion

Kamala Harris is reaching out to rural voters. That will help her win — and govern.

Her bus tour with Tim Walz in Southeast Georgia revealed her strategy for November.

2years ago
MS NOW Opinion

Why Tim Walz’s progressive policies appeal to both urban and rural America

Even with a narrow Democratic majority in his state’s Legislature, Walz has managed to enact a host of progressive policies in Minnesota without alienating his rural constituents.

2years ago
MS NOW Opinion

Why Biden’s latest move has Trump’s immigration advisers freaking out

The executive actions will protect as many as half a million undocumented spouses of American citizens from deportation.

2years ago
MS NOW Opinion

The Trump verdict forces a crucial decision for Biden

The Biden campaign needs to connect the verdict in Trump’s hush money trial to his larger pattern of misbehavior.