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Author
Mychal Denzel Smith
Mychal Denzel Smith is the author of
Stakes Is High
, winner of the Kirkus Prize for Non-Fiction.
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February 5, 2025
Mychal Denzel Smith
Imani Perry’s Blue Notes
Her new book tells the story of Black people through an exploration of the color blue.
August 7, 2019
Ryu Spaeth
,
Clint Smith
,
Mychal Denzel Smith
,
Nell Irvin Painter
,
Jo Livingstone
Remembering Toni Morrison
Four writers pay tribute to a great American novelist and groundbreaking intellect.
February 14, 2019
Magazine
Mychal Denzel Smith
Passive Resistance
Is the movement to stop Donald Trump just an exercise in branding?
November 27, 2018
Magazine
Mychal Denzel Smith
Finding a Way
“If Beale Street Could Talk” indicts a world that makes love so difficult.
June 5, 2018
Magazine
Mychal Denzel Smith
Rough Justice
How America became over-policed
December 26, 2017
Mychal Denzel Smith
Will America Ever Really Trust Black Women?
The complicated truth about our relationship with 2017's most celebrated voters
September 27, 2017
Mychal Denzel Smith
Trump Made Kaepernick’s Protest About Him. Here’s How to Take it Back.
Taking the knee has become an anodyne symbol of opposition to a reviled president. But there are ways to get Kaepernick's original message across.
September 11, 2017
Mychal Denzel Smith
What Liberals Get Wrong About Identity Politics
Identity politics has its roots in an expansive, radical agenda. But you wouldn’t know that from its liberal critics.
June 22, 2017
Magazine
Mychal Denzel Smith
A Grief Observed
From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin, the power and pain of black mourning.
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