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Mychal Denzel Smith

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Mychal Denzel Smith

Mychal Denzel Smith

Mychal Denzel Smith is a blogger at TheNation.com and a Knobler Fellow at the Nation Institute. He is also a freelance writer and social commentator. His work on race, politics, social justice, pop culture, hip hop, mental health, feminism and black male identity has appeared in various publications, including The Guardian, Ebony, theGrio, the Root, Huffington Post and GOOD.

Articles

News and Features

Let's face the truth: anyone with a gun can be a "bad guy." What we need is fewer guns, period.

Those new to the cause of defending black life will soon have to face the bleak truth black people have lived with for so long: we don’t often win.

Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law puts the threshold for self-defense so low that major questions in this case will likely go unanswered.

Blogs

The state’s recent legislation turns its gun-buyback program into a recycling initiative and underscores the necessity for federal...
It's the only real solution to deaths like those of Trayvon Martin and Rodgrio Diaz. 
The president should condemn violence at home, and hold himself accountable for violence abroad, as well. 
There's nothing natural about black boys dying at age 17. We have to stop acting as if there is. 
Kathryn Jean Lopez is disappointed that the first lady holds Beyoncé in such high regard. Even if she didn’t, that wouldn...
We create images of monsters and then wonder why people go out slaying them.
A mother buries her fourth child lost to gun violence as we as a nation continue to avoid a real solution. 
What’s a little permanent brain damage when you’re facing a life of debilitating poverty?