Your Kid Could Be Trans
Republican attacks on trans kids are attacks on every family. Learn the facts and how to step up to defend your family.
Fighting to Protect Immigrants: How the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law is fighting for refugees in court.
A deep dive on the lawsuits that protect refugees from ICE.
SANCTUARY Legal Defense Fund
The Sanctuary Legal Defense Fund is a community-led effort that provides urgently needed legal support to immigrant families in San Francisco who would otherwise have to face immigration court alone.
The Congressional Healthcare-Subsidy Charade
Most industrialized nations provide their people with single-payer healthcare funded by the government. But such "socialized-medicine" is anathema to the Big-Pharma, Big-Insurance and for-profit hospitals who flood political campaigns with dark money, and as the old saying goes, 'He who pays the piper calls the tune.'
Explaining Regulatory Comment to Oppose the MAGA Regime's Offshore Oil Drilling Expansion.
In addition to legislative, policy, financial, and law-enforcement attacks on our democracy, the MAGA Regime is engaged in a systematic campaign to gut or entirely eliminate environmental, health, anti-discrimination, safety, labor, and other hard-won regulations and policies. Each time they attack a rule, they must provide an online public-comment period that "We the People," can use to express our opposition. This time, we need to comment on their offshore oil drilling expansion
Within the Sea of Solidarity
A new anonymous ISF LGBTQ+ member shares a No Kings 2 debrief
Why You Should Vote for Proposition 50
We show how your Yes vote on Prop 50 is necessary to protect democracy in America by looking at the mathematics of gerrymandering.
Governor Newsom Signs Most But Not All LGBTQ+ Defense Bills
Governor Newsom recently announced a list of bills he has signed or vetoed. He signed most of the bills supported by Equality California , most of which we pushed for as well. Our phone calls, emails, and hand-written letters made a difference!
However, he vetoed two bills…
Update #2 on the Government Shutdown
The partial shutdown of the federal government continues with Congress still gridlocked over the Appropriation bills and a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR). Here is update on what has passed since the shutdown began.
Update on the Government Shutdown
The partial shutdown of the federal government continues with Congress still gridlocked over the Appropriation bills and a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR). Here are some points to keep in mind when talking to your family and friends:
Why We Need Trans Representation in Children’s Shows
Thanks to Elon Musk, transgender representation is in the spotlight again. In an era of both accelerating acceptance of and unprecedented legislative attacks on trans people, it is vital that the public sees accurate portrayals of trans people—and how to behave around them—and for transgender youth and adults to see hopeful role models in the media.
The Regime’s Weaponization of Grief and the Targeted Media Threats from FCC
The cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s show was an exercise in the weaponization of grief around Charlie Kirk from the MAGA regime. Let’s break it down.
YES ON PROP 50 - BACKGROUND AND FAQS
All you need to know about Prop 50 and why you should vote YES… and GOTV!
What happened to the Waterbuck?
Our media and culture is defined by racial rage fomented by white privilege. We must resist it.
Trump Slices up USAID and the Media Stays Silent
As Trump’s slash-and-burn brand of government blunders its way toward the abyss, one of his early catastrophes has faded from memory. Dismantling the US Agency for International Development (USAID) happened so fast it had a blink-and-you’d-miss-it unreality. Staff fired, lifesaving programs halted mid-stream and lettering pulled off the headquarters building in Washington. Elon Musk and his juvenile band of DOGE thugs spearheaded the mutilation, calling the agency “a criminal organization” and “beyond repair.”
Responsibility for the Dead, the Dying, and the Injured: Regarding the Minneapolis Shooter Zeitgeist
Coverage of mass shootings often scapegoats transgender people. We go into detail about it.
Federal Agencies: Tracking the Toll
Learn how to track federal firings and the damage on government agencies.
The Rhetoric Game: A Guide to Messaging and Debate
Explore how you can use rhetoric to change minds and win power so we can start making the changes our country increasingly-desperately needs.