Marisa Kabas

MSNBC Columnist

Marisa Kabas writes about politics, media and gender and their many intersections. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, HuffPost and The New Republic, and she writes a newsletter called The Handbasket. She is based in Brooklyn, New York. 


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Kathy Hochul’s congestion pricing gaffe is bigger than New York

Incidents of drivers running into protesters are alarming. Lawmakers aren’t helping.

USC’s decision to pull Asna Tabassum’s speech should be a cautionary tale

Sending troops to the subway is not the way to make New Yorkers feel safe

Flooding NYC’s subways with police cost millions — and didn’t fix anything

George Santos’ time in the House of Representatives was 331 days too long

The trick behind George Santos’ pledge not to run for re-election

The ADL’s decision to resume advertising on X is a terrible capitulation

Why Elon Musk is palling around with Benjamin Netanyahu

Fox is elevating this very bad ‘Barbie’ take