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Joy-Ann Reid is the host of "AM Joy" on MSNBC and the author of "Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons and the Racial Divide," which is out in paperback on September 27th.

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opinion

Donald Trump Goes to War

Manufacturing Consent

If it becomes apparent that the president is using military action to remake his presidency, we should hope for sober but firm skepticism from the public, the media and Congress.

Joy-Ann Reid | Published Apr 14, 2018
opinion

The Black Lives Matter Deaths That Preceded Dr. King’s

EQUALITY

All but lost to history is the reason Martin Luther King Jr. was in Memphis on April 4, 1968. It’s the same issue 50 years later: the right to equal treatment for all Americans.

Joy-Ann Reid | Published Apr 04, 2018
opinion

The Republicans Are Clinging Frantically to Power

HOLD ON

The GOP is desperately seeking to build a wall around its power, fearing its imminent erosion as a host of forces—demographic, cultural, and political—come barreling its way.

Joy-Ann Reid | Published Mar 30, 2018
opinion

To Retake Washington, Democrats Need to Inspire New Voters

Smart Politics Is Local

Trump’s epic unpopularity gives the party a fairly straightforward path to follow.

Joy-Ann Reid | Published Mar 16, 2018
opinion

The NRA Is Losing

SORE

Message to the NRA: the kids aren’t afraid of you. Your legislative power is waning, and your extreme reactions prove it.

Joy-Ann Reid | Published Mar 10, 2018
opinion

The Right Can't Fight the Future

SLOW TIDE

While Trump and his cabinet loot the palace, the GOP has reckoning coming its way.

Joy-Ann Reid | Published Mar 03, 2018
opinion

This Week Is the Beginning of the End for the NRA

NRA, Meet Abyss

Yes, it’s been said before, and no, it won’t happen fast. But this time it really is different. And the Parkland Kids are leading the charge.

Joy-Ann Reid | Published Feb 23, 2018
opinion

A President’s Day Without a Real President

EMPTY VESSEL

His blame-the-victim response to the Florida shooting combined with Mueller’s indictments of Russians manipulating the U.S. elections confirms Trump lacks any moral authority.

Joy-Ann Reid | Published Feb 17, 2018
opinion

Republican Rule, Week 55: There Is No Bottom to This Bottom

Worse and Worse

Under Trump, the GOP has decided not to govern, but to rule.

Joy-Ann Reid | Published Feb 09, 2018
opinion

Democrats’ Bold Fold Shifts Pressure Onto Trump and GOP

Gang of 30

Democrats freed 9 million child hostages. Republicans got a Willie Horton ad.

Joy-Ann Reid | Published Jan 22, 2018

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