I shouldn’t read the news before bed. Because of such an error one night, I was pondering the idiotic political theater of sending troops to “war”-torn Portland when I fell into uneased sleep.
Young column: Life-or-death crossroads for health care
Talk about all of that, and do not stop. Make noise. But at this very moment we need extreme attention – and noise – about something else. Some 24 million Americans stand to take a crippling hit if Republicans disable the thing that makes the Affordable Care Act affordable.
Young column: Speech police have boots on ground
I know your first question:
“Will the speech police be masked?” Why, of course.
Young column: Great Divider sets it on ‘boil’
Now we know about the shooter. He was a white supremacist, captivated and motivated by the right-wing “manosphere,” and of course a nation’s gun fanaticism.
Green Capitalism in the Americas: False Solutions, Real Threats
In this special issue of the NACLA Report, we critically examine the rise of green capitalism in the region in the lead-up to COP30 in Belém, Brazil in November.
Trapped in a Tank: The Hidden Cruelty of the Tropical Fish Trade
Wilde the oscar fish spent 12 agonizing years in a tiny, toxic tank at a car dealership—a cruel fate shared by countless tropical fish sold as “decorations.”
Young column: Anniversary of a stupid, evil lie
It’ll be one year this week. One year ago. Sept. 10, 2024. I know you haven’t been reminded about the anniversary, and that’s not right. I’m here to remind you. If ours were an enlightened society, an exceptional society as anti-woke patriots claim, we’d remark on the anniversary with ceremonies, with discussion panels, with classroom lessons. I’ve not heard of any.
Young column: Meritocracy of dunces — and vacancies
The reader’s email had a preaching tone. The writer spoke as if I hadn’t heard the Good News, and as if the Almighty had chosen her to proclaim it. In rubbing out diversity and equity programs, she wrote, our president had taken a historic turn.
Young column: Heroic resistance amid ICE offensive
Noe Fermin Guerrero-Mendieta was arrested for being brown.
ICE storm troopers broke through his car window and arrested him for being a dangerous criminal. No, the Mexican national is here legally and was headed to his construction job.
Young column: Unchecked: a president on the take
Not one in 100 Americans can tell you what “Abscam” stands for. Make that one in a thousand. It meant a lot in 1978 – an FBI sting behind the biggest bribery scandal in congressional history: six U.S. representatives and one senator taking $50,000 payoffs from an agent impersonating an Arab oilman.
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