Gary Younge

Scapegoating the Immigrant

In the aftermath of anti-immigrant riots this summer, the British government has refused to confront the root cause of the violence and cracked down on immigration instead.

Small Island

What has happened to Britain?

‘We Return Fighting’

The ambivalence many Black soldiers felt toward the United States during World War II was matched only by the ambivalence the United States demonstrated toward the principles on which the war was fought.

Arriving Without Belonging

Colin Grant’s new memoir explores the unfulfilled promises made to his migrant parents, and the limits of understanding between generations.

‘What the Hell Can I Call Myself Except British?’

Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series presents Black Britons not as objects but as protagonists, not as heroes but as humans.

Rashly Filling the Void

The Bleak Resonance of ‘Native Son’

One of the reasons Richard Wright’s Native Son remains an enduring classic is because while the racial power structure outlined in the book has evolved over the years, its basic underpinnings remain recognizable even eighty years later.

What Black America Means to Europe

What Black America Means to Europe

From the vantage point of a continent that both resents and covets American power, African-Americans represent to many Europeans a redemptive force: living proof that the US is not all it claims to be and could be so much greater than it is.