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Kevin A. Young

Kevin Young teaches history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

A gas flare at an oil well site on July 26, 2013 in Williston, North Dakota. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Are we finally at a tipping point in the defeat of fossil fuels?

Richard Lachmann, Michael Schwartz, Kevin A. Young
Nurses stage a protest with support from the registered nurses union, SEIU Local 121RN, outside the West Hills Hospital on June 18, 2020 in West Hills, California. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

How the 99% can force the 1% to defeat COVID-19

Kevin A. Young, Michael Schwartz