Cenk Uygur co-founded Justice Democrats, the organization responsible for getting over a dozen progressives elected to public office. For many of these elected officials, TYT was one of the first media outlets to cover their races, giving them a platform to get their message out into the world. Unlike mainstream corporate media, TYT makes it a priority to provide politicians who DON’T take corporate PAC money a voice at a time when corporate influence has infiltrated every sector of our government, media, and society. Check out our interviews below!

Cenk Uygur interviews 2016 Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on The Young Turks.

Cenk Uygur interviews 2020 Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on The Young Turks.

Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Michael Shure interview AOC following her 2018 victory against incumbent Joe Crowley for New York’s 14th Congressional District.

Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Nando Vila sit with AOC to respond to conservative and corporate media framing of healthcare reform and Medicare For All.

“You gave me a platform,” said Rep. Cori Bush on The Young Turks, thanking Cenk Uygur and TYT following her defeat of incumbent establishment Democrat Lacy Clay in 2020.

TYT was the first media organization to interview now Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who won his congressional race in June of 2020.

Progressive firebrand Nina Turner sits down with Cenk Uygur and Dr. Rashad Richey to discuss her experience running for Congress in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District.

Nina Turner speaks out against the disgusting and racist attacks against her from the New Hampshire Libertarian Party on Twitter.

Cenk Uygur interviews Nina Turner, who calls out Joe Biden at the 2020 Democratic Presidential debate.

Emma Vigeland spoke with Rep. Rashida Tlaib in Detroit, Michigan, following her endorsement of Sen. Bernie Sanders for President in 2020.