Hayes Brown

MS NOW Opinion Writer/Editor

Hayes Brown is a writer and editor for MS NOW Daily, where he helps frame the news of the day for readers. He was previously at BuzzFeed News and holds a degree in international relations from Michigan State University.


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2mos ago
Opinion

MLK Jr.’s anti-war warning feels impossible to ignore now, due to king’s dream for peace. Check the FD with full title on the site

Americans denounced King in his lifetime for his courageous stance against the Vietnam War. Honoring his ideals should include his rejection of war.

2mos ago
Opinion

How ICE could sink a deal to fund the government

Letting Congress fully fund the Department of Homeland Security without at least trying to rein in ICE would be a major mistake for Democrats.

2mos ago
Opinion

Trump is giving Denmark and Greenland an impossible choice

Even as diplomats try to tone down heated rhetoric, Trump keeps making any option other than surrender impossible for Denmark and Greenland.

2mos ago
Opinion

Trump’s EPA is giving companies a license to make Americans sick

The EPA is reportedly preparing to stop calculating the harm to people when regulating air pollution, focusing only on the harm to businesses.

2mos ago
Opinion

Jeanine Pirro’s office may already be making a mess of its Jerome Powell hatchet job

The Justice Department’s investigation in the Federal Reserve Chair is as ham-fisted as it is unprecedented.

2mos ago
Opinion

Trump’s naked imperialism is on full display

The president has moved on from the isolationism of his first term. “America First” is now a call for global domination.

2mos ago
Opinion

Republicans have landed on a midterms message — and voters may not want to hear it

Republicans are hoping to convince Americans that the status quo is going great for them. It’s a tough sell.

2mos ago
Opinion

Trump’s ‘Patriot Games’ are set to be a very dystopian spectacle

This fall’s competition between high school athletes isn’t exactly poised to be a unifying moment for the country’s 250th birthday.

2mos ago
Opinion

Trump’s Kennedy Center leadership can’t seem to grasp why artists are canceling

The string of cancellations places artistic integrity over commercial considerations, something likely hard to understand for Trump’s appointees.

2mos ago
Opinion

The DOJ’s push to weaponize an 1863 law would be creative if it weren’t so chilling

The Justice Department is reportedly probing corporate documents under the auspices of an 1863 law meant to prevent contractors from defrauding the government.