Zeeshan Aleem

Zeeshan Aleem is a writer and editor for MS NOW. Previously, he worked at Vox, HuffPost and Politico, and he has also been published in, among other places, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Nation, and The Intercept. You can sign up for his free politics newsletter here.


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Zeeshan Aleem

2w ago
Opinion

What Ken Martin is really saying when he claims the 2024 autopsy would be a ‘distraction’

A party afraid to take accountability for its own errors cannot evolve.

2w ago
Opinion

Trump is done being coy about what he really wants out of Venezuela

Trump says the quiet part out loud about what he wants out of Venezuela.

2w ago
Opinion

Trump’s new rhetoric around fentanyl defies common sense

The president’s designation of the drug as a WMD is dangerous nonsense — and it could also backfire.

3w ago
Opinion

If you want to see how Trump has poisoned our country, go to a citizenship ceremony

Trump has transformed the meaning of what it means to become a citizen.

3w ago
Opinion

Sydney Sweeney still doesn’t get it

The movie star breaks her silence on the controversial American Eagle ad about “great jeans” — yet manages to say nothing.

3w ago
Opinion

A new poll shows where Trump has a surprising vulnerability with his own voters

Almost 1 in 5 Trump voters think he’s entirely responsible for today’s economy.

4w ago
Opinion

Trump wants to withhold SNAP benefits for a terrible new reason

The president is willing to let Americans go hungry in a bid to hoover up sensitive personal data that could be misused.

4w ago
Opinion

Trump’s pardon of Honduras’ former president gives away the game

The only consistent threads in Trump’s “war on drugs” are his feelings and geopolitical motives.

4w ago
Opinion

The Trump administration just admitted to what legal experts call a war crime

After days of denial the White House offered up an absurd defense of a double tap strike.

1mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

A report reveals how we’re tipping toward oligarchy a lot faster than we thought

A new report shows an astonishing trend in the way the ultra-wealthy are intervening in American politics.