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On January 24, 2018, The New York Times announced that Susan Rice, Kashana Cauley, Justin Gillis and Viet Thanh Nguyen have joined the Op-Ed Section as contributing writers.

Susan Rice, the former assistant to the President for national security affairs during the Obama Administration, will write about national security and foreign policy issues.

Kashana Cauly, who served as a staff writer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, will focus on culture, race, and politics.

Justin Gillis, a former New York Times science and environmental reporter and editor, will address environmental policy issues.

Viet Thanh Nguyen will contribute essays on immigration, refugees, politics, culture and South East Asia. Viet Thanh Nguyen is Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English, American Studies, and Ethnicity and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. Nguyen’s debut novel “The Sympathizer” received the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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