Gary Younge

Columnist

Gary Younge, the Alfred Knobler Journalism Fellow at The Nation Institute, is the New York correspondent for the Guardian and the author of The Speech: The Story Behind Dr Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream (Haymarket). His previous books include Who Are We—And Should it Matter in the 21st Century? (Nation Books), Stranger in a Strange Land: Travels in the Disunited States (New Press), and No Place Like Home: A Black Briton's Journey Through the Deep South (Mississippi).

Articles

George Zimmerman’s Way Is the American Way (Race and Religion)

Instead of focusing on the psychology of Trayvon Martin’s killer, we should be examining the meaning of his actions.

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The Misremembering of ‘I Have a Dream’ (Anti-Racism Activism, Racism and Discrimination, Civil Rights Movement)

Fifty years after the March on Washington, Dr. King’s most famous speech, like his own political legacy, is widely misunderstood.

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Everyone Loves Mandela (Political Figures, World Leaders, Regions and Countries)

South Africans of all races have reason to celebrate the life of the country’s first post-apartheid president.

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Globalization's Scapegoats (Politics, World)

The recent victories of the right-wing, anti-immigrant United Kingdom Independence Party says more about our scapegoats than about its long-term prospects.

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Who Gets Blamed for Globalization? (Regions and Countries, Politics, World)

The recent victories of the right-wing, anti-immigrant United Kingdom Independence Party says more about our scapegoats than about its long-term prospects.

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How Did Margaret Thatcher Do It? (World Leaders, Economic Policy, Inequality)

In every way, her agenda opposed the interests of ordinary working people. How did she get so many of them to vote against their own economic interests again and again?

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Immigration Is Not a Domestic Issue (Immigration)

Whatever reform passes in Washington, poverty in the global South will continue to drive migration.

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Suffer the Children (Guns and Gun Control, Society)

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The Irony of Right-Wing Secessionist Fantasies (States, Conservatives and the American Right, Election 2012, Globalization)

Obama’s re-election inspired residents of states like Louisiana and Alabama to push for independence from the rest of the country. They should be careful what they wish for.

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Where Elections End and Politics Begins (Election 2012)

The disaffection across the country goes way beyond an “enthusiasm gap.”

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