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Jamil Smith

Jamil Smith is a journalist, radio host, and contributing editor at The New Republic. He was previously a senior editor for the magazine and hosted the podcast Intersection.

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December 20, 2015
Jamil Smith
Will Rahm Emanuel’s crisis ever be a problem for Hillary Clinton?
December 18, 2015
Jamil Smith
Bernie Sanders is in trouble for good reason.
December 17, 2015
Jamil Smith
Black unemployment is twice as high as white unemployment—even with a degree.
December 17, 2015
Jamil Smith
Black Protesters Have Reinvigorated Campus Activism
Across the country, student protesters joined the fight for racial progress.
December 16, 2015
Jamil Smith
How Rand Paul Proved His Usefulness
While the other Republicans spent debate night measuring their manhood, the senator from Kentucky provided the lone voice of reason.
December 16, 2015
Jamil Smith
Rand Paul didn’t qualify for the Republican varsity debate. CNN put him in anyway.
December 15, 2015
Jamil Smith
Loretta Lynch needs to help Tamir Rice’s family.
December 11, 2015
Jamil Smith
Daniel Holtzclaw, the cop accused of sexually abusing 13 black women in Oklahoma, is going to prison now.
December 7, 2015
Jamil Smith
Families of Police Victims Need to Go on Offense
Victims of police violence are tried in the court of public opinion along with the cops who killed them. Tamir Rice's mother isn't taking that lying down.
December 4, 2015
Jamil Smith
Donald Trump’s fascist ideas have an audience.
November 30, 2015
Jamil Smith
The Necessity of Football
America’s game is a fun-house mirror for our national character.
November 27, 2015
Jamil Smith
Black Friday will be less black again in 2015.
November 25, 2015
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The Execution of Laquan McDonald
A new video shows a Chicago police officer murdering a black teen last year. Why did it take so long for us to get here?
November 24, 2015
Jamil Smith
Case Keenum's head is the NFL's new headache.
November 24, 2015
Jamil Smith
Gunfire interrupts a Jamar Clark protest in Minneapolis.
November 23, 2015
Jamil Smith
Princeton students are calling out Woodrow Wilson's racism. Good.
November 23, 2015
Jamil Smith
Donald Trump’s Recipe for More Tamir Rices
One year after a black Cleveland preteen was killed by a cop, the GOP front-runner is fostering a culture of racial suspicion.
November 20, 2015
Jamil Smith
We're about to see how Laquan McDonald died.
November 19, 2015
Jamil Smith
"RoboCop" just got convicted of police brutality.
November 19, 2015
Jamil Smith
Yes, Donald Trump is a fascist.

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