Jamil Smith
Former Senior Correspondent
Latest articles by Jamil Smith
Revisiting the lesson of an activist and former sharecropper: “You are not free whether you are white or black, until I am free.”
The lawyer discusses expanding a museum on enslaved people and why working to end racism isn’t enough.
The filmmaker and his daughter Sarah Burns discuss their new PBS documentary about Muhammad Ali.
The Atlantic writer joined Jamil Smith on Vox Conversations to discuss his bestselling book, How the Word Is Passed.
On Vox Conversations, the Berkeley professor and former secretary of labor speaks about changing the world not inside government, but on your timeline.
What Larry Krasner has learned about trying to reform policing from the inside.
A conversation with author Kiese Laymon on writing, revision, and the unfinished — and contested — story of America.
Vox Conversations explores big ideas and hard questions with the most fascinating people.
A Black LGBTQ high school student was found dead in the woods near Boston last month. Her family is searching for justice.