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Written by Stacey Khizder Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) has proposed legislation that would legalize the use of marijuana, and would expunge all marijuana-related crimes, convictions, and arrests. This bill also includes protections against racial bias, and aims to fund community programs that aid in job training, and other public services. Although Sen. Booker is not a favorite amongst progressives as he raises...

Written by Stacey Khizder On Wednesday, President Donald Trump told the New York Times that he thinks young people, or by his definition, 21-year olds, pay $12 a year for health insurance. As a fellow millennial, I don't think I'd complain if I had to pay that little.  The reality is that most 21-year olds pay roughly $140 dollars a...

Written by Stacey Khizder Last night, Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare came to a halt. After Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell stated that the installment of Trumpcare will not be successful, Sen. Moran (R-Kan) and Sen Lee (R-UT) simultaneously tweeted that they will not be supporting the new healthcare bill. This means that there are no longer enough votes...

Written by Stacey Khizder Since 2014, scientists have been monitoring a crack in the Larsen C ice shelf of the Arctic peninsula. Earlier on Wednesday, scientists announced that the crack has broken off into the largest iceberg ever recorded, measuring at about the size of Delaware. The ice-age squirrel may not be the only one to blame... While scientist say...

Written by Stacey Khizder On Tuesday, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks CEO, founder, and lead-host, interviewed Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV). Senator Manchin has been labeled as the most conservative Democrat, however, he describes himself as “fiscally responsible and socially compassionate”, as shown in the exclusive TYT interview. Cenk challenged Senator Manchin on topics such as the Dream Act vote, to...

Written by Stacey Khizder On Thursday, President Donald Trump gave a speech in Warsaw, Poland, which is now being critiqued as an “alt-right manifesto” (Vox). In the speech, the President of the United States insinuated that Europe and North America are digressing because of changes in demographic population. He also notes that “the fight against radical Islam” will “prevail” in...

Written by Stacey Khizder Without water, we have no life. That’s as simple as it gets. Yet, American politicians do not understand that a nation cannot thrive without access to clean drinking water. A few weeks ago, news broke that the infamous, but now forgotten, Dakota Access Pipeline started to leak, which would affect drinking water to hundreds of communities....

Written by Stacey Khizder Betsy DeVos, the United States’ education secretary, is a threat to education. Over the past few months, DeVos has shown her disapproval for the public school system, and her hopes to privatize it. Meanwhile, the majority of American students rely on the public-school system for education, as private schools are only obtainable for families of high...

Written by Stacey Khizder In May, Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent a letter asking Congress to authorize the United States Department of Justice to prosecute those who use marijuana for medical or recreational purposes, in states where it is legal. With this, Sessions is actively pushing the U.S. government further away from fully legalizing marijuana nation-wide, which would only be...

Written by Stacey KhizderAlthough The Young Turks has only been around for 15 years, TYT has re-established the standards for authentic and honest journalism. Since 2002, the network has grown to become the largest online independent media outlet in the world. People began to realize that there are other ways to watch the news with the expansion of the internet and...

Written by Stacey Khizder The month of June is International Pride Month, when the impact and influence of the LGBTQ+ community is not only recognized, but celebrated. To have pride is to exert a positive and wholesome approach to fight discrimination, hatred, violence, and marginalization towards the LGBTQ+ community. This month, along with every other day of the year, is...

Written by Stacey Khizder Last Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement, an international consensus made amongst the United Nations regarding climate change. Out of all 197 nations that participated in the Paris climate accord, 147 of them have agreed to take on initiatives that would prevent further continuation of climate change,...

  Let's not beat around the bush. Climate change is the real deal and more people should be talking about it. Start the conversation with one of our in-your-face shirts featuring charts from Al Gore's latest Ted Talk. Click on the shirt to select a size and purchase! 

Written by Stacey Khizder By now, you’ve probably heard about the resistance. But what is it? After the election of Donald Trump, hundreds of thousands of people vowed to join the ‘resistance,’ a movement meant to oppose Trump, his administration, and the right-wing dominance of legislative government. It started off as a sincere initiative to organize the masses towards progressive change,...

Artist, ABCNT, shares his inspiration and process behind this design.

Welcome to the NEW and IMPROVED ShopTYT experience!!  We've heard all of your feedback and updated the site just for you!   YOU have always been the heartbeat of TYT.  We started this shop with just a couple of shirts at the request of our supporters looking for logo shirts to represent.  We have been surprised, but thrilled, with the overwhelming growth and response worldwide!!!...