Malcolm Nance, TV pundit turned fighter in Ukraine: ‘I believe in the defense of democracy’

The MSNBC counter-terrorism expert and former US navy servicemember discusses his decision to take up arms in Ukraine

Malcolm Nance, MSNBC'S former military and counter-terrorism expert, is always fighting someone.

As a personal and professional acquaintance of Nance, I wasn't the least bit surprised when the literary agent to whom I had introduced him a few months ago, interrogated me about whether I knew that Nance had joined the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine in March.

Michael Harriot is a writer and author of the upcoming book Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America