Michele Norris
Senior Contributing Editor for MS NOW
Michele Norris is a senior contributing editor for MS NOW and the author of “Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race & Identity.”
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MS NOW Opinion
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s necklace did the talking for her on Monday
Our country’s first and only Black woman justice’s decision to openly honor her ancestors and her family’s wondrous trajectory speaks volumes.
MS NOW Opinion
Kamala Harris explores her most painful campaign moments in ‘107 Days’
Harris has said she tried hard not to write an “I told you so” book. But she did tell us.
MS NOW Opinion
After the Annunciation school shooting, the gun lobby is counting on our doing nothing
The people responsible for writing our laws have developed a tolerance for children being slaughtered in their schools.
MS NOW Opinion
Wes Moore’s response to Trump’s National Guard deployment is textbook perfect
It’s important that Moore’s fellow Democratic governors take note and call out the wrongheadedness of Trump’s plans.
Opinion
I’m proud to wave the American flag — and other liberals should feel the same
Much like the sky, our nation’s flag is too powerful an entity to concede as a symbol of conservatism and exclusion.
MS NOW Opinion
What the Trump administration woefully misunderstands about America’s workforce
The “100% American workforce” pledge is both implausible and distracts from a necessary conversation about immigration reform.
MS NOW Opinion
How this spring’s commencements reflect Donald Trump’s upending of norms
This spring’s graduates are walking into a world where the norms have been upended and into an uncertain job market and a tumultuous economy.
MS NOW Opinion
The truth about Biden’s health doesn’t change anything about America’s future
The cascade of questions is to be expected, but the answers don’t make America kinder or safer or more secure right now.
MS NOW Opinion
Trump can’t attack the Department of Education and expect to dominate China
China graduates almost twice as many STEM-oriented Ph.D.s in science and technology programs than the U.S. does.
MS NOW Opinion
The Trump administration’s glaring contempt for people on Social Security
The Social Security Administration paid $120 billion in benefits to more than 67 million people in 2024.