In 2004, right after George W. Bush was elected for the second time, Tony Morrison had this to say, quote, this is precisely the time when artists go to work. There's no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear.We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal. I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it's important not to ignore its it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence.Like fai ...

a warning. President Trump is trying to change the narrative of his brutal, indiscriminate, and deliberately cruel immigration crackdown. He wants to change the narrative, but he can't change the story. But he can't change the The one that we see with our eyes and on video and the ones brought to us by journalists who are committed to bearing witness. Following sustained public outrage and sliding poll numbers over violent deployments by federal immigration officers in cities like Minneapolis and Los Angele ...

with our friend Caleb Silver He's the chief business editor at People, Inc. He's the editor-in-chief of Investopedia. Right now, everybody's talking about it. Gas prices are soaring across the country, almost at $4 a gallon as a national average, $5 .65 or something like that if you're in California.This is all because of the war in Iran and a near total block on the crucial strait of Hormuz. Now, spikes in oil prices have happened throughout history. So Caleb and I are going to take a trip through time wit ...

BREAKING: Robert Mueller, the former FBI director and special counsel who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, died Friday at 81, according to two people familiar with the matter. MS NOW Senior Investigative reporter Carol Leonnig has the latest. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For more co ...

We paint a picture for you, you're living with chronic debilitating pain, you've got Medicare, and your plan covers a procedure that could bring you immediate and long-term relief, except that your coverage claim just got denied by AI. That's what's happening to many Medicare patients in several states thanks to a new program by the Trump administration. At the start of the year, Dr.. Mehmet Oz, appointed by Donald Trump to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, all called CMS, launched the so ...

It's going to be good. Margaret Atwood joined the Velsheban book club to talk about her seminal dystopian novel, The Handmaid's Tale. She reminded us that she got all the ideas for the book set in a near-future autocratic theocracy from actual history, from real things that had happened in the world and could happen again.She actually kept the newspaper clippings that she used as research when she wrote this book in 1985. And this week, there's a story out of the state of Ohio that reads like a building blo ...

into our newsroom. MSNOW has now learned former special counsel Robert Mueller has died. MSNOW investigative reporter Carol Lennig has the details.She is now on the phone with us. Carol, what can you tell us. Robert Mueller, who was suffering from Parkinson's disease in the last year or two, and former FBI director and iconic representative of the FBI, also the former special counsel into Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election has died.That's about all we know at the moment. We knew that h ...

It was another big week in the Jeffrey Epstei investigatio His personal attorney since the mid-'90s, Darren N. Dyke testified to the House Oversight Committee that he did not know anything about Epstein's sexual abuse of underage girls at the time it was happening. Meanwhile, questions remain if U U .S.Attorney General Pam Bondi will comply with the committee subpoena to answer questions about the investigation. House Democrats stormed out of a last-minute closed-door briefing with Bondi this week. They say ...

in the Middle East as the war with Iran enters its fourth week. Overnight, Iranian state media says that the country's largest nuclear facility was hit in an airstrike, but there was no radiation leakage from the site. And just hours ago, Israel's defense minister said that his country will intensify its attacks on Iran starting tomorrow.The statement comes amid confusing messaging from the Trump administration about the war. Last night, Trump posted on Truth Social that the U .S. is, quote, very close to m ...

Rachel Maddow explains why she says Russia is coming out on top in the war with Iran. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.ms.now/ ...