Educating young adults on the world of politics is about to broaden beyond the core lessons they learn in their history classes. On March 9th, 2017 The New York Times announced that their "sponsor a subscription program" has reached 15.5 million in donations that range from the value of $4 and up, and that someone has donated a very generous one million dollar anonymous contribution (now that's what you call true altruism.) With the money earned from donations, The New York Times will provide interactive tools, webinar services from advanced journalist professionals, and unlimited access to the New York Times for over 1.3 million students.

“The genesis of the ‘sponsor a subscription’ program came directly from readers who approached us with the desire to help support independent journalism and promote news literacy after the U.S. elections. Thanks to their tremendous generosity, schools that would not normally have had the means to pay for resources like The Times are now able to empower their students with the news and information they need to help them understand the world around them.” — Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., publisher of The New York Times

The New York Times posted that due to the overwhelming amount of donations and the most surprising anonymous donation of one million dollars, they will be able to "enhance the program through a variety of initiatives that will offer a more robust educational experience for students and teachers." Recently, The New York Times has come under heavy fire from the Trump administration, with President Trump going as far as calling The New York Times fake news and barring them from White House press briefings. Even with the push back from the Trump administration, The New York Times has not stopped in their proclamation to write the truth with a recent television advertisement—their first advertisement in seven years—that highlights the free press.

Although The New York Times has been in the spotlight lately and has been talked down upon by the sitting president, they clearly want to attract younger audiences. They want younger generations to be conscious of what is going on now in the hopes that one day they will be running for office or deciding what goes on in the country, and they will make the right choices.

Thanks to an anonymous million dollar donation and the efforts of The New York Times to promote such an amazing program, younger generations will know more about what's going on in the world.