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4 weeks ago | 
theconversation.com | Donald Tomaskovic-Devey |Jorge Velazco |Kevin Young
In 2020, American businesses responded to an with an equally unprecedented surge in corporate commitments. Even as President Donald Trump was calling protesters “terrorists,” companies in industries across the U.S. pledged donations, launched diversity initiatives and issued statements in support of equity and inclusion.
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Dec 29, 2024 | 
truthout.org | Kevin Young
Part of the Series Communities Beyond Elections Already widespread before, climate despair has likely reached new levels following former President Donald Trump’s reelection. With good reason: Trump is committed to policies that are projected to kill tens of millions of people and unleash unprecedented chaos everywhere. But the climate war isn’t an all-or-nothing affair. Each fraction of a degree of heating that we can prevent will save many lives.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
jacobin.com | Kevin Young
“The struggle against climate change is over” if Donald Trump wins again, tweeted Bernie Sanders before Election Day 2024. Presumably our fate is now sealed. The conclusion is understandable. On our current course, we’re already set for about 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) of heating in the coming decades. That will kill tens of millions of people from heat stroke, starvation, and disease. Vast portions of the globe will be made uninhabitable while chaos spreads everywhere else.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
montrosepress.com | Kevin Young
“Technology is important, but it’s the power of collective action that will drive massive change,” says one of the founders of Food Rescue Hero, whose platform is an end-to-end solution that supports food recovery organizations’ operations. Food is rescued when it is taken out of grocery stores, restaurants, gas stations and hospitals not because it has gone bad but because it cannot be sold for a variety of reasons. The food would otherwise be thrown in the trash.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.co.nz | Kevin Young
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Kevin A. Young, Associate Professor of History, UMass AmherstSigned into law nearly 60 years ago, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination in the U.S. based on “race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.” Yet, as a historian who studies social movements and political change, I think the law’s most important lesson for today’s movements is not its content but rather how it was achieved.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Ariel Fenster |A. Scott Hecker |Kevin Young
Seyfarth synopsis: Today, the U.S.
DOL unveiled its final overtime rule. The rule significantly
increases the minimum salary for so-called "white collar"
employees to be exempt from the federal FLSA's overtime pay
requirements. This development requires attention from virtually
all employers.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
editorandpublisher.com | Ariel Fenster |A. Scott Hecker |Kevin Young
Posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 7:04 pm The DOL’s final overtime rule, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees, revises the Fair Labor Standard Act’s overtime exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, and highly compensated employees. Effective July 1, 2024, an executive, administrative, or professional employee must receive a salary equivalent to $43,888 per year in order to be classified as...
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Apr 6, 2024 | 
montrosepress.com | Kevin Young
“Technology is important, but it’s the power of collective action that will drive massive change,” says one of the founders of Food Rescue Hero, whose platform is an end-to-end solution that supports food recovery organizations’ operations. Food is rescued when it is taken out of grocery stores, restaurants, gas stations, and hospitals not because it has gone bad but because it cannot be sold for a variety of reasons. The food would otherwise be thrown in the trash.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
medium.com | Kevin Young
Greeting friends,Today I bring to you a review that I wrote March of 2023, for Burn Absolutes single titled: “Through My Eyes” (feat. Shawn Spann) of I, The Breather. This piece was done in only two days and I’m honestly proud of it and happy with the band’s reception. I hope to work with them once again. A link to the official audio/visuals video will be placed at the bottom of this post!This was my experience; hope you enjoy the read!Burn Absolute- “Through My Eyes” (feat.
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Jan 1, 2024 | 
nature.com | Kevin Young |Laura Thomas-Walters
The recent debate about whether climate activists should employ disruptive tactics tends to conflate all forms of disruption. The debate typically focuses on the public’s reaction to protesters, yet the more important question is whether a given tactic imposes disruption on elite decision makers. Most external analysts, and many activists themselves, fail to specify what approaches are most disruptive of elite interests and which elite institutions the movement should target.
