It’s a common narrative that factory farming—despite animal cruelty, environmental destruction, and human health impacts—has net positives that make it an important part of society, especially in rural America.
The Federal Program That Can Protect Workers When Foreign Trade Kills Their Jobs
James Boutcher seized control of his future several years ago when foreign dumping cost him his entry-level position amid a series of job cuts at Century Aluminum in Hawesville, Kentucky. He enrolled in the federal government’s Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.
Young column: My holiday wish
With all the talk about drug prices, a chief contributor stares at us just beyond our reading glasses: ridiculous, costly, pointless TV spots.
The Economic Realities We Face at the End of 2022
U.S. capitalism and its empire are widely perceived as waning. Europe’s role as a U.S. ally and indeed its economic future became correspondingly riskier as a result.
Our Health Care System Is Broken—Fixing It Is Not Hard
Almost everyone agrees that our health care system is in dire need of an overhaul. But rather than seeing it as a problem that needs solving simply and efficiently, the system has become a target for capitalist opportunism.
The Midterm Election Is Over, But Stolen Election Conspiracies Remain
Republican candidates for governor, secretary of state, and attorney general who denied the results or the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election were widely rejected by battleground state voters in 2022’s general election.
Young column: Silent squires of suffering without Roe
opponent. Like a Senate refusing to have hearings for one Supreme Court nominee and rushing to have hearings for another. This is not majority rule. This is a few having their way over the rest of a nation, and over the Constitution.”
Young column: Staggering toll of willful negligence
“The disease Trump said would cause so little suffering – no worse than the flu – over the last two years was the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer.”
Young column: Of legal weed and monkeys on the wing
“The better times are about more than weed, but it is the most obvious jolt, as any visitor will see with all the refreshed storefronts there.”
Young column: The shrinking tent of Trump’s GOP
“The ’92 convention didn’t look like a big-tent affair. Almost no people of color, and ringing denunciations of the “gay agenda. But at least it had a platform that conventioneers could debate.”
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