Author: The Young Turks

State Offers ‘Do It Yourself’ Death Row

Arizona wants death row inmates to bring their own lethal injections. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. “As states have faced challenges to carrying out executions by lethal injection, various work-arounds and alternatives have been proposed, including the return of electric chairs and firing squads. Arizona may have come up with the most original concept yet: an invitation for lawyers to help kill their own clients. With drugs that can legally be used for lethal injections in short supply, the Arizona department of corrections’ latest execution protocol states that attorneys for...

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SAVE THE DATE! Women’s General Strike Plan

Women are going on strike! Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, tell you why and when. “Organizers of the Women’s March on Washington have set March 8 as the date for the Women’s General Strike. The Day Without a Woman strike, calling on women to collectively resist in support of our rights, was announced earlier this month without a date. A Women’s March Instagram post reads in part: In the spirit of women and their allies coming together for love and liberation, we offer A Day Without A Woman. We ask: do businesses support...

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