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Jamil Smith

Jamil Smith

Former Senior Correspondent

Latest articles by Jamil Smith

What does it mean to take America’s “jobs of last resort”?
Features

Author Eyal Press on the nation’s most morally troubling labor — and why many refuse to acknowledge it.

By Jamil Smith
Stanley Nelson’s 3 decades of telling Black stories
Culture

The Oscar-nominated director of Attica keeps showing us the real America.

By Jamil Smith
The case for a Black History Year
Politics

Young people deserve to know the complete American history — this month and the 11 others.

By Jamil Smith
Politics
Ahmaud Arbery’s killers convicted on federal hate crimes chargesAhmaud Arbery’s killers convicted on federal hate crimes charges
Politics

The three white defendants were already convicted in the killing of the unarmed Black jogger.

By Jamil Smith
Culture
The NFL had the Brian Flores lawsuit comingThe NFL had the Brian Flores lawsuit coming
Culture

His discrimination lawsuit has highlighted the problem. The NFL could solve it by hiring Black coaches.

By Jamil Smith
Climate
The father of environmental justice, on whether we’re all doomedThe father of environmental justice, on whether we’re all doomed
Podcast
Climate

Robert Bullard joined Vox Conversations to discuss the global struggle to keep this world safe to live in, and how racism gets in the way.

By Jamil Smith
Politics
The ironic spectacle of Kyle Rittenhouse’s Tucker Carlson interviewThe ironic spectacle of Kyle Rittenhouse’s Tucker Carlson interview
Politics

He likened his jail cell to “a one-star hotel” and lashed out at the American legal system.

By Jamil Smith
Criminal Justice
Oklahoma will not execute Julius Jones, but the outcome should still trouble youOklahoma will not execute Julius Jones, but the outcome should still trouble you
Criminal Justice

Jones will remain in prison for life, and the state has yet to reckon with its history of horrific lethal injections.

By Jamil Smith
Food
Soul food and the stories it tells about AmericaSoul food and the stories it tells about America
Food

Poet and author Caroline Randall Williams joined Vox Conversations ahead of Thanksgiving to discuss what we’re getting right — and wrong — about Black culinary traditions.

By Jamil Smith
Kyle Rittenhouse’s tears
Politics

The 18-year-old who shot three men at a protest took the stand and resorted to a tried-and-true strategy for white men in trouble.

By Jamil Smith