Gary Younge
Recent Work
Stormzy: ‘In my diction, in my stance, in my attitude… this is Black British’
Stormzy: ‘In my diction, in my stance, in my attitude… this is Black British.’
By Gary Younge in GQ.
In These Bleak Times, Imagine a World Where You Can Thrive
As I write my last column for the Guardian, my thoughts turn to the life lessons my mother taught me.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
Labour Won’t Win Again Until It Works Out Why It Lost
It’s not enough to blame Jeremy Corbyn, Brexit or the media.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
From Johnson’s Lies to Corbyn’s Promises – This Election Is About Trust
Labour needs to start tying Johnson’s untrustworthiness to Brexit. And stop promising new things.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
Streets on Fire
From Occupy Wall Street to Extinction Rebellion, this has been a combustible 10 years.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
After a Decade of Decay, Labour’s Manifesto Offers Us Hope for the Future
The party has painted a picture of a greener, fairer society – and reminded us of the values that made Corbyn party leader.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
The View from Stevenage
In the first of a three-part series, Gary Younge returns to his home town to see how the bellwether constituency views the election.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
A ‘No 10 Source’ Is the Voice of Power. Too Many Journalists Simply Parrot It
When the media uncritically repeats anonymous quotes, it becomes an enabler of the establishment it should challenge.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
Donald Trump’s Sanity Is not the Question. The Real Issue Is how he Got Into Office
To reduce his presidency to a frail mind is to ignore the fact he’s an emblem of free-market, white supremacist nationalism.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
At Its Best, Britain Can Rise to the Challenge of Racism. In the Case of Windrush, It Hasn’t
Oswald Dixon’s funeral showed this country’s capacity for solidarity. But the scandal of the hostile environment has still not been addressed.
By Gary Younge in The Guardian.
Another Day in the Death of America
A timely chronicle of what is now an ordinary day in America, where gun violence regularly takes the lives of children and teens, and leaves shattered families in its wake.
Stranger in a Strange Land: Encounters in the Disunited States
Black, opinionated, and with a distinctly working-class London accent, Gary Younge is not your typical foreign correspondent. Yet, in three years as The Guardian newspaper’s New York correspondent, Younge has acquired a transatlantic reputation as one of the most thoughtful commentators on contemporary America. Combining insight and panache, he has precisely captured the intricacies of a nation perplexed at its growing isolation from the rest of the world and often bitterly divided against itself.
No Place Like Home: A Black Briton's Journey Through the American South
In 1997 Gary Younge explored the American South by retracing the route of the original Freedom Riders of the 1960s. His road trip was a remarkable socio-cultural adventure for an outsider. He was British, journalistically curious, and black.