The Dartmouth Political Union recently hosted a debate entitled “Guns in America: An Expert Debate on Gun Control,” in which former Libertarian Party Vice Presidential candidate Spike Cohen squared off against notorious gun control advocate David Hogg. As with most debates regarding gun rights, the focus primarily dealt with various statistics involving firearms and homicides, interpretations of the Second Amendment as understood by the founders, and how civil liberties and the right to self-defense factored into the discussion.    As the debate opened, David Hogg, attempting to appe ..read more

While most news junkies will have their attention drawn to the Presidential election this year, those who follow local politics in the state of Texas will be focusing on a policy fight that is no less, if not more so, controversial: school choice.    Fresh off the heels of the recent GOP primary in which school choice supporters achieved significant victory, many voters and politicians have voiced their opinions regarding the results, either in praise or lamentation.     Chief among those celebrating the victory is Texas Governor Greg Abbott, whose support for school c ..read more

In its way, the state is akin to a virus: it does everything it can to infect an industry in the private sector. It bogs it down with regulations, taxes, and bureaucracy, decreasing competition and raising prices until the contagion eventually spreads to another industry to wreak similar havoc on the health of the market. In particular, there is an industry that unfortunately is not immune to this infection, with an exhibition of much more pronounced symptoms: healthcare.    The debate over state intervention in healthcare in the United States has raged for decades at this juncture ..read more

The rights of American ranchers and farmers are at stake. In early March of this year, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, an omnibus spending bill that included a $15 million earmark for the electronic tracking of cattle owned by farmers and ranchers in the US. Through this act, the Department of Agriculture will be able to monitor and record all data concerning the raising of cattle for the purpose of meat production, subjecting meat producers to further regulations and restrictions on their operations. Accordingly, livestock owners and liberty-minded lawmakers balked ..read more

By Eric Madden With the rise of social media as the new marketplace of ideas, the uniparty elite have set their sights on stifling perhaps the last frontier of free speech in America, encapsulated in H.R. 7521, colloquially known as the TikTok ban bill. The bill, recently passed by a 352-65 margin, nominally would force Bytedance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, to sell the popular social media platform to a U.S. based firm, with the alternative being an outright prohibition of its use in the country.  The prevailing narrative used in justifying the bill is that the Chinese Communist Par ..read more

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YAL’s Student Rights Campaigns end mask and vaccine mandates, remove pepper spray bans, defend free speech, and more Austin, TX — Today, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—announced a major milestone for its Student Rights Campaigns (SRCs) taking place across America. Mobilizing thousands of student activists on behalf of freedom, YAL has officially liberated more than two million students on college campuses around the country. Pushing back against a wide range of unfair, anti-liberty policies, YAL has successfully ended mask and va ..read more

With the Ohio Senate currently debating a new budget for the state, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—is urging Ohio’s state senators to double down on including school choice provisions in the budget. As one of America’s leading advocates for education reform, YAL is also calling on the Ohio House of Representatives to reject any state budget that does not include universal school choice. In 2023, YAL has mobilized thousands of activists in support of school choice, investing significant resources to advance school c ..read more

Today, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—is proud to announce that the final draft of Indiana’s state budget officially features a school choice provision. Fully expecting Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb to sign the budget, YAL worked around the clock to include school vouchers into the state budget, on behalf of parents and students. Education reform was made possible by state Rep. Zach Payne, who is a member of YAL’s Hazlitt Coalition—the growing network of more than 320 pro-liberty legislators from over 40 states. Rep. Payne filed a univers ..read more

With Governor Jim Pillen signing Constitutional Carry into law, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—is proud to celebrate yet another win for gun rights. While the legislation (LB 77) isn’t perfect, YAL’s national push to reaffirm the Second Amendment has received a significant boost with its signing in Nebraska. In recent months, YAL student activists knocked more than 1,000 doors, made nearly 18,000 phone calls, and sent over 20,000 text messages in support of LB 77, building the grassroots momentum that pushed the bill across the finish line ..read more