Ryan Teague Beckwith

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Ryan Teague Beckwith is a newsletter editor for MS NOW. He has previously worked for such outlets as Time magazine and Bloomberg News. He teaches journalism at Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies and is the creator of Your First Byline.


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Ryan Teague Beckwith

2d ago
Opinion

The MTG special election highlights a better way to vote. Georgia wants to ban it.

Military and overseas voters have already turned in ranked-choice ballots, even as Republicans try to ban them.

4d ago
Opinion

The most shocking thing about Kristi Noem was that she was in a Cabinet in the first place

The heads of government agencies are supposed to be quietly competent. She was neither.

2w ago
News Analysis

The 9 demands Trump made to Congress — and where each stands

The list ranges from requiring ID to vote to limiting Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes.

3w ago
Opinion

Every day is Presidents’ Day now

Donald Trump’s boundless narcissism is holding us all hostage.

1mos ago
Opinion

There’s a deceptively simple problem with Trump’s push to change voter ID rules

Election administrators are already hard at work getting things set up.

1mos ago
Opinion

Trump’s latest argument on the Epstein files was predictable

He’s leaning heavily on a scandal playbook he’s used before, but it’s getting diminishing returns.

2mos ago
Opinion

One of Trump’s favorite tech CEOs just said the quiet part out loud

The head of Peter Thiel’s Palantir Technologies outlined a dystopian vision of the future.

2mos ago
Opinion

8 historians on Trump’s most consequential action during his first year

Eight experts on American history made their picks for his most consequential actions.

2mos ago
Opinion

The next attack on free and fair elections won’t look like Jan. 6

The U.S. isn’t ready for another attempt to undermine elections.

2mos ago
Opinion

USPS’ new postmark policy could backfire on Republicans

A change in Postal Service policy, implemented in late December, could cause some ballots to be disqualified.