Jordan Michael Smith

Jordan Michael Smith is a contributing editor at the New Republic. His writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, and The Atlantic.

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Holden, MA -- 03/17/2022 -- Catherine Nash poses for a portrait at her pond in her backyard on March 17, 2022, in Holden, Massachusetts. Every morning she sits at the pond in her backyard and says prayers in remembrance of her son Jesse Harvey. (Kayana Szymczak for The Intercept)

A Drug War Activist Turned to Civil Commitment for Help — and Found a Civil Liberties Nightmare

Jordan Michael Smith

- Mar. 23, 2022

Overwhelmed with opioid overdoses, many states loosened their laws on involuntary institutionalization to sweep in more people with substance use disorders.

3237716 11/16/2017 Headquarters of Voice of America radio broadcasting network in Washington DC. Russia may recognize several media outlets as foreign agents. Alexey Agarishev/Sputnik via AP

How Voice of America Persian Became a Trump Administration PR Machine

Jordan Michael Smith

- Aug. 13, 2019

Journalists at the U.S. government-funded VOA Persian have been lashing out at people they deem unsupportive of President Donald Trump’s Iran policy.

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A Drug War Activist Turned to Civil Commitment for Help — and Found a Civil Liberties Nightmare

How Voice of America Persian Became a Trump Administration PR Machine