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Malaika Jabali

Malaika Jabali is a public policy attorney, writer, and activist whose writing has appeared in Essence, Jacobin, The Intercept, Glamour and elsewhere

April 2024

  • Voting booths in a public building. Each one has white posterboard propped up on three sides, on blue-painted metal rolly carts.

    Almost 50,000 Wisconsin voters just told Biden to stop the Gaza war. Will he listen?

    Malaika Jabali
    Party members in key swing states say they won’t re-elect a president who enables the continued Israeli bombardment

November 2021

  • U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to supporters of Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton during a rally on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)

    We need to discuss the word ‘woke’

    Malaika Jabali, Laura Kipnis, Rebecca Solnit, Bhaskar Sunkara, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Zaid Jilani and Derecka Purnell
    AOC and James Carville just got into a spat over the word. But what does it actually mean?

February 2021

  • NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves at Toronto Raptors<br>Feb 14, 2021; Tampa, Florida, USA; Members of the Toronto Raptors sit on a sign honoring Black History Month before a game between the Toronto Raptors and the Minnesota Timberwolves at Amalie Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mary Holt-USA TODAY Sports

    A corporate, commodified Black History Month is taking hold. We can't let it

    Malaika Jabali
    Instead of transformative changes, we get Black History Month-themed Apple Watches and Black sitcom collections on Netflix

January 2021

  • ‘The fact that Parler has a vague air of legitimacy – unlike other platforms known for their explicitly far-right user bases – normalizes racist violence.’

    I've been on Parler. It's a cesspit of thinly veiled racism and hate

    Malaika Jabali
    The ‘free speech’ app used by US Capitol rioters is an unsettling place where the far right interacts with mainstream conservatives

October 2020

  • ‘The president engaged his base. Biden spoke to a country.’

    The final Biden-Trump presidential debate: our panelists' verdict

    Jill Filipovic, Art Cullen, Lloyd Green and Malaika Jabali
  • ‘If Ice Cube wants to reduce the Black agenda to a mere election-season transaction, he should at least get his basic business sense right. There are some parties you don’t negotiate with, because the starting terms are too far apart.’

    What Ice Cube's collaboration with Trump – and critique of Democrats – reveals

    Malaika Jabali

September 2020

  • ‘Biden and his advisors believe Clinton lost in 2016 because white voters in swing states shifted to Trump. There are two problems with that. For one, it almost entirely ignores the Black working class. For another, it may not even be true.’

    Joe Biden is repeating the same mistakes that cost Hillary Clinton the election

    Malaika Jabali
    Biden is trying to woo unhappy Republicans, when he should be mobilizing hundreds of thousands of Democrats

August 2020

  • Former Vice-President Joe Biden talks to Senator Kamala Harris after the conclusion of the 2020 Democratic presidential debate in Houston, September, 2019.

    The panel
    What to make of the Kamala Harris VP pick? Our panel's verdict

    Theodore R Johnson, Malaika Jabali, Jill Filipovic, Wesley Yang and Geoffrey Kabaservice
    On Tuesday, Joe Biden finally announced his running mate. Here’s what our panelists think about the choice

July 2020

  • ‘Tom Cotton’s legislation is another example of the same old guard of the Grand Old Party seeking to tip the scales where conservatives have historically weighted them.’

    Tom Cotton’s war on the 1619 Project is the real 'cancel culture'

    Malaika Jabali
  • ‘Trump’s assertion doesn’t undermine Black Lives Matter and arguments for police abolition the way he and his rightwing allies believe.’

    White people are killed by cops, too. But that doesn't undermine Black Lives Matter

    Malaika Jabali

June 2020

  • A man gets on his knees in front of police officers during a protest against the death of George Floyd, in St Louis, Missouri.

    If you’re surprised by how the police are acting, you don’t understand US history

    Malaika Jabali
    Policing in America was never created to protect and serve the masses. It can’t be reformed because it is designed for violence

May 2020

  • ‘In the next 66 years, fulfilling the promises of Brown requires we re-imagine and re-think our social structures.’

    The coronavirus has laid bare the reality of America's racial caste system

    Malaika Jabali
    Generations after Brown v Board of Education, the US is still separate and unequal

April 2020

  • A man wearing a mask walks through New York’s Times Square, Thursday, April 9, 2020, during the coronavirus epidemic. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

    Coronavirus policing leads to harsher repercussions for black Americans

    Malaika Jabali
    Recent incidents in New York and Philadelphia make it clear that aggressive policing could become even more normalized, with black people the victims

March 2020

  • Democratic US presidential candidate and former vice-president Joe Biden speaks with his wife Jill at his side.

    What do Joe Biden’s wins mean? Our panelists weigh in

    Art Cullen, Katie Herzog, Benjamin Dixon, Malaika Jabali . Lloyd Green and Andrew Gawthorpe
    The former vice-president takes Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho. What does this say about Democratic voters?
  • Joe Biden Presidential Election Campaigning, Los Angeles, USA - 03 Mar 2020<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Broadimage/REX/Shutterstock (10573681af) Joe Biden at a Super Tuesday Presidential Campaign Rally Joe Biden Presidential Election Campaigning, Los Angeles, USA - 03 Mar 2020

    What to make of the Super Tuesday results? Our panelists' verdict

    Lloyd Green, Art Cullen, Malaika Jabali, Cliff Albright and Benjamin Dixon
    The biggest day on the Democratic primary calendar saw a big boost for Joe Biden. What does this mean for the race?
  • Joe Biden, US Presidential Election Campaigning, Columbia, USA - 29 Feb 2020<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (10571288p) Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the University of South Carolina Carolina Volleyball Center after being declared the winner in the South Carolina Democratic Primary, in Columbia Joe Biden, US Presidential Election Campaigning, Columbia, USA - 29 Feb 2020

    What does Joe Biden's South Carolina win mean for the Democratic race?

    Art Cullen, Lloyd Green , Benjamin Dixon, Cliff Albright andMalaika Jabali
    Our panelists verdict on the last primary before Super Tuesday

February 2020

  • Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In Charleston Ahead Of SC Primary<br>CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 25: Democratic presidential candidates (L-R) former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) participate the Democratic presidential primary debate at the Charleston Gaillard Center on February 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. Seven candidates qualified for the debate, hosted by CBS News and Congressional Black Caucus Institute, ahead of South Carolinas primary in four days. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

    Who won the Democratic debate? Our panelists' verdict

    Jessa Crispin, Lloyd Green, Benjamin Dixon, Art Cullen and Malaika Jabali
  • Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former South Bend Mayor Buttigieg speaks at his New Hampshire primary night rally in Nashua<br>Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at his New Hampshire primary night rally in Nashua, N.H., U.S., February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

    Pete Buttigieg is like Joe Biden without the black friends

    Malaika Jabali
  • Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates participate in the eighth Democratic 2020 presidential debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.<br>Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders participate in the eighth Democratic 2020 presidential debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Who won the last Democratic debate? Our panelists' verdict

    Jessa Crispin, Art Cullen, Malaika Jabali and Jill Filipovic
  • FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2019, file photo, voters cast their ballots at Hampton City Hall, in Hampton, Va. As election results came in last week from Kentucky and Virginia, social media posts offered an unsubstantiated explanation for Republican losses: voter fraud. The responses offer a glimpse into the type of misinformation that could cloud next year’s presidential race. (Jonathon Gruenke/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, File)

    Democrats ignore black, working-class midwesterners at their peril

    Malaika Jabali
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