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<title><![CDATA[Jamil Smith - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/30474.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jamil Smith]]></description><category domain="30474">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Trusts Americans, I Don't]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/03/racism-supreme-court-voting-right-act</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Callais decision is predicated on the idea that American leaders will act justly on their own. That premise has already been proven hollow]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Case for Teaching Black History All Year Round]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/22950866/black-history-month-year</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The backlash against critical race theory has now become a crusade to delete Blackness from the national story. Young people deserve to know the complete American history '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' this month and the 11 others.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Georgia Needs Two New Senators]]></title>
							<link>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/georgia-senate-runoff-loeffler-perdue-1102759/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue have enabled Trump's abuses and haven't come close to serving their constituency in this moment of catastrophe]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blake's Shooting Proves the World Hasn't Changed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/jacob-blake-trey-pellerin-gop-biden-1049626/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Right after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake in the back, Republicans tried to scare voters by falsely painting Democrats and Joe Biden as crusaders against cops. If only]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris the Right Pick for Every Reason That Should Matter]]></title>
							<link>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/kamala-harris-joe-biden-running-mate-vp-trump-1042951/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden chose perhaps the most incisive interrogator in Congress, who stood out in the campaign by making the case against President Trump]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bubba Wallace Is By Himself, Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/bubba-wallace-nascar-jamil-smith-1035004/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The NASCAR driver helped get the Confederate flag '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' long a staple at races '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' banned from the tracks. But in this new interview, he discusses how much farther the sport has to go]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Power of Black Lives Matter and Where It Goes Next]]></title>
							<link>https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/black-lives-matter-jamil-smith-1014442/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How the movement that's changing America was built and where it goes next]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ahmaud Arbery Should Be Alive]]></title>
							<link>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/ahmaud-arbery-georgia-killing-video-emmett-till-lynching-995458/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Convicting his killers is the start. But the family of this modern lynching victim can't have justice in a country with laws that protect white people who kill black people.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unable to Deport the Coronavirus, Trump Tries a Ban]]></title>
							<link>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-coronavirus-response-travel-ban-nationalism-966223/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's national address about the pandemic substituted nativism for leadership, culminating in his pointless ban on European travel]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why It's Time for Joe to Go]]></title>
							<link>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/drop-out-joe-biden-democratic-primary-884047/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats need an antiracist nominee to run against a racist like Donald Trump. The third debate confirmed Biden isn't up to the task]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kamala Harris' Plan to Win the 2020 Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/kamala-harris-2020-election-interview-861340/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The California senator is rising fast in the polls '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' will her past as a prosecutor sink her campaign or be her biggest strength as she makes her case against Trump?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Impeach Justin Fairfax]]></title>
							<link>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/impeach-justin-fairfax-793740/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An impeachment hearing for Virginia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s lieutenant governor over allegations of rape and sexual assault would give his accusers a chance to tell their truth, and grant him the due process that he demands]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kamala Harris Makes Her Case]]></title>
							<link>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/kamala-harris-2020-president-785410/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Sunday in Oakland, the California senator made clear exactly why she is running for president]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stacey Abrams: The Exit Interview]]></title>
							<link>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/stacey-abrams-voter-suppression-758361/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The newest Democratic star maintains that the contentious Georgia governor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s race was far bigger than her]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Andrew Gillum: I'm Not Leaving the Field]]></title>
							<link>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/andrew-gillum-florida-recount-756072/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The rising Democratic star opens up in his first interview since withdrawing his concession in the Florida governor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s race]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Worst Government Possible, on Purpose]]></title>
							<link>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/jamil-smith-betsy-devos-trump-worst-government-possible-on-purpose-w517857</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Revolutionary Power of 'Black Panther']]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/black-panther/?xid=homepage&amp;pcd=hp-magmod</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Revolutionary Power of Black Panther Marvel's new movie marks a major milestone By JAMIL SMITH The first movie I remember seeing in a theater'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Obama Is Finally Changing the Debate on Guns]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/127046/president-obama-finally-changing-debate-guns</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The seditionists who took over a federal building in southeastern Oregon last Saturday now have a moniker. The group, led by two sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, are calling themselves the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom. It is fitting that a name be one of their priorities,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[#BlackLivesMatter Is Not the Problem]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122510/blacklivesmatter-protesters-are-not-problem</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the last year, #BlackLivesMatter has'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'much like Occupy years beforehand'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'fundamentally changed the national conversation about a major societal ill. The movement has made millions of people aware of the white supremacy they either perpetuate themselves or support with their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Structural Racism Needs to Be a 2016 Issue]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122321/fighting-structural-racism-needs-be-presidential-campaign-issue</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This year, as with every other year, nearly every presidential candidate is white, with the only exceptions being long shots in the mushrooming Republican field. Most candidates are making at least rhetorical efforts to present themselves as allies in the increasingly amplified struggle...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Defense of 'Uppity-ism']]></title>
							<link>http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121768/defense-uppity-ism-after-michelle-obamas-commencement-speech</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It became clear during the 2008 presidential campaign that America was going to have some real trouble handling the prospect of a black president of the United States and a black first lady. Despite hip-hop having defined much of pop culture since the 1980s, a fist bump was all of a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Baltimore Bleeds, What New AG Must Do Now]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121655/loretta-lynch-becomes-attorney-general-baltimore-bleeds</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Loretta Lynch, who waited more than five months to be confirmed as U.S. attorney general, was finally sworn in late Monday morning. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Well, here we are!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' she said with a smile, giving a rhetorical wink at the unnecessary and historically long wait Senate Majority Leader Mitch...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Trying to Fight Abortion With Ignorance]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121555/north-carolina-hb-465-bill-shows-gop-losing-abortion-argument</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Dr. Matt Zerden has raised his voice before when he felt something was wrong. As a student at Harvard Medical School in 2009, he told The New York Times he felt "violated" when he and classmates discovered that a pharmacology professor who preached the benefits of cholesterol-lowering...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Loves America, But Not the One Giuliani Does]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121111/obama-loves-america-not-one-giuliani-does</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jamil Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the list of hateful things uttered about Obama by his political adversaries, this one is near the bottom (and that's saying something). After all, Giuliani wasn't questioning Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s parentage, nationality, sexuality, or his children'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s behavior. By comparison, simply saying...]]></description>
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