Laura Bassett

MSNBC Columnist

Laura Bassett is an award-winning journalist who writes about gender, culture and politics. Her bylines have appeared in GQ, Elle, The Washington Post, New York Magazine and elsewhere, and she consulted on Netflix’s Emmy-nominated docuseries “The Keepers.” Previously, she was a senior politics reporter at HuffPost for nearly a decade.  


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Laura Bassett

Biden calls on Andrew Cuomo to resign. He’s not the only Cuomo who needs to go.

Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes would have gone unexposed without local journalism

New York mayoral primary election was absolutely perfect chaos

Why the GOP wants Stacey Abrams as the face of Joe Manchin’s election compromise

Manchin-like moderates are exactly why Democrats need to play hardball

Texas’ new abortion law isn’t just dangerous — it’s incredibly hypocritical

Trump’s Supreme Court threatens abortion rights for a lifetime to come

Stacey Abrams just taught Senator John Kennedy a lesson on being prepared

Khloe Kardashian’s unedited photo shows her ‘body positivity’ flaws