Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 2, 2017
The right took power in Britain and the United States in 2016 because those who represent the left in electoral arenas failed to provide a compelling vision of a better world, according to Gary Younge at The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Gary Younge / TomDispatchOct 26, 2016
The presence of gangs in neighborhoods where many American children are killed with guns daily is used as a way to dismiss serious thinking about why this is happening. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 8, 2016
While it might be tempting to view the political success of Donald Trump as something uniquely American, Guardian journalist Gary Younge explains that "most Western nations have their own Trump: a racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic demagogue appealing to a mix of nationalist nostalgia, patriotic myth, class grievance and economic insecurity." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigSep 27, 2015
In today's political world, idealism is seen as the enemy of realism and getting things done. But, British journalist Gary Younge argues, idealism is absolutely necessary for society to continue progressing into the world we want to see. It's what makes things that seem impossible today the reality of the future. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 27, 2015
A couple of weeks ago Jeb Bush told Fox News he would have invaded Iraq if he had been president in 2003. His remark and the responses of many of his critics show that the political class is just as calculating and self-interested now as it was then, writes Gary Younge at The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigNov 5, 2014
The Guardian's Gary Younge argues that though Republicans won the Senate on Tuesday, they didn't "win big" by any means. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigMar 4, 2014
Somehow I missed Gary Younge's provocative, fair and devastating review of the Obama presidency in The Guardian. Others didn't, and it's making quite a stir. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 24, 2014
"His ascent to power had meaning," Gary Younge writes at The Guardian. "But now his interventions are too rare and too piecemeal to constitute a narrative." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 17, 2013
"I'm up for us 'All Being Bostonians Today'. But then can we all be Yemenis tomorrow & Pakistanis the day after?" Greenwald's Guardian colleague Gary Younge wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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