The Young Turks 01.22.18: Ryan Bribe, Income ...

Steve Scalise is so afraid of Donald Trump that he's promoting the 2020 election was stolen without ever fully saying it. Senator Kyrsten Sinema has reportedly proposed cutting $100 billion in climate provisions from the reconciliation package. Former Trump attorney Lin Wood call ...  Show more

Senator Joe Manchin had a very noticeable reaction to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Kyrsten Sinema TSchumer’s debt ceiling speech. The Senate Judiciary Committee released details of Trump's attempts to weaponize the DOJ to overturn the election. Gavin Newsom gets slammed for issui ...  Show more

Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg, Elon Musk and George Soros are household names. They are among the wealthiest people in the United States.

But a recent report by ProPublica has found another thing that separates them from regular Americans citizens: They have paid almost ...

Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is one of President Biden's priorities with the newest COVID-19 relief package. But Republicans say it will hurt small businesses too much and some swing voting Democrats are hesitant too. The history of the minimum wage in the U.S. is tied ...  Show more

The passage of the stimulus package last week ushered in an expansion of the social safety net that Democrats have celebrated. But one key policy was not included: a doubling of the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.  

Today, we look at the history of that demand, and ...

As a new president prepares to take office and the country continues to reel from the effects of the pandemic, income inequality and workers' rights remain a central issues in our country. To speak more about these issues, Pete is joined by two of the most active and dynamic figu ...  Show more