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Nayyera Haq

MSNBC Columnist

Nayyera Haq is a broadcast journalist focusing on international security and diplomacy who previously served as a senior director at the White House, senior adviser at the State Department and spokesperson at the U.S. Treasury, where she advised the nation’s top leaders. She hosts conversations on SiriusXM talk radio and previously hosted the nightly newscast "The World Tonight," and was chief foreign affairs correspondent for the Black News Channel.

Nayyera Haq is a broadcast journalist focusing on international security and diplomacy who previously served as a senior director at the White House, senior adviser at the State Department and spokesperson at the U.S. Treasury, where she advised the nation’s top leaders. She hosts conversations on SiriusXM talk radio and previously hosted the nightly newscast "The World Tonight," and was chief foreign affairs correspondent for the Black News Channel.

Latest from Nayyera Haq

93d ago

Cutting off food to Ethiopian children is no way to respond to despicable thefts

The United States and the United Nations have cut off food aid to Ethiopia after reports show food donations being diverted away to the Ethiopian military.
147d ago

Why Sudan's power struggle is so ripe for foreign interference

What happens in Sudan echoes throughout the world, not least because global powers have taken an interest in the country's resources.
186d ago

Uganda's new anti-LGBTQ bill grew out of a poisonous American seed

Uganda's Parliament has passed a bill allowing LGBTQ people to be executed, and the White House says "there might be repercussions" if the law is enacted.
230d ago

In Syria and Turkey, politics of conflict and power obstruct aid

Turkey and Syria death toll is at 20,000 gut the politics of disaster recovery and slow churn of bureaucracy is getting in the way of saving people’s lives.
238d ago

The AP’s African American History course still has a lot to teach students

The College Board announced a revised curriculum for its Advanced Placement African American Studies course, after objections from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
242d ago

American exceptionalism paved the way for Haiti's latest crisis

How Haiti went from being a groundbreaking country to a failed state is a sordid tale of American exceptionalism threatened by Black progress.
251d ago

Why Jacinda Ardern's announcement is so important

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern stepped down from office in a move that signals a bold new approach to political leadership in a field so often driven by power.
261d ago

Brazil’s insurrection scare highlights a key difference with Trump’s America

The parallels between Donald Trump and Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro came to a head with a recent attempted coup by a pro-Bolsonaro mob.
290d ago

Zelenskyy is stuck selling democracy to American leaders who no longer want it

Russia's war on Ukraine rages on with no certain end in sight, with Volodymyr Zelenskyy now tasked with convincing Americans to continue to support the cause.
293d ago

Brittney Griner was a pawn in Putin’s relentless crusade to divide America

Brittney Griner was released from Russian imprisonment Thursday as the U.S. swapped Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for the WNBA and U.S. Olympic champion.
302d ago

Why the U.S. is so tepid in response to China's Covid protests

Protests against President Xi Jinping and China's zero-Covid policies have lasted four days and included Shanghai and Beijing.