Over the past few years, the FBI has been dragging its feet and slow-walking critical investigations into white supremacist violence and extremism, as well as the current scandal on stolen documents. Read our deep dive about Christopher Wray’s FBI and how we can do better.
Read MoreWherever you live, you will have smoke in your area in your future. Prepare now, and stay prepared, so that when it happens, you and your family have the best chance of making it through unharmed.
Read MoreSCOTUS reform will be an important part of the campaign to protect our democracy in 2024, so we have prepared a guide to the key issues and resources.
Read MoreWhat is the debt ceiling? Why do we even have this thing? And what are all these solutions that have been proposed for either getting out of the immediate crisis or putting an end to these shenanigans once and for all?
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s thirty years of service in the Senate will end soon—she has previously said this is her last term and she will not run for reelection. Hospitalized in late February, she’s still out, with no clear time frame for her return at this point. This is causing problems confirming President Biden’s nominees into the federal courts. This whole episode has caused a fresh round of both public concern for Senator Feinstein’s health and calls for her resignation.
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This first indictment is just one case (and an element of a broader track record and criminal conspiracy) and one step on the path to accountability for the American people. There is much more pending criminal and civil litigation facing the former MAGA president, so we’ve prepared a Deep Dive on resources available to help us all track their progress.
Read MoreUrgent ways to help Pajaro residents who have lost everything to recent storms and neglect by the California government.
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The direction of a nation–its very soul–is determined by what it spends its money on. THere’s what you need to know for the upcoming budget negotiations in Congress.
Read MoreThanks to the efforts of President Biden and the Democratic majority of the previous Congress, the State of our Union is stronger than it has been in years. While Republicans will try to distract, the hundreds of great projects started during the 117th Congress in the first two years of the Biden-Harris administration still roll along.
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Qualified immunity has been the major impediment to achieving meaningful accountability for, and deterrence of, police brutality for decades. Read our explainer on the efforts to address it and what you can do.
Read MoreNow that a MAGA-dominated Republican Party holds a majority in the House, we intend to keep track of the worst bills they pass. With their first economic legislation of the new Congress, House Republicans are making clear that their top economic priority is to allow the rich and multi-billion dollar corporations to skip out on their taxes, while making life harder for ordinary, middle-class families that pay the taxes they owe.
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American values include the freedom to choose whether and when to have children. When it comes to reproductive rights, Democrats have fought for governing over gaslighting.
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Assembly District Delegate elections are coming up for the California Democratic Party. Get ready to elect progressives to represent our values in the Democratic Party!
Read MoreRead more about how SCOTUS’ ruling in Moore v. Harper could shape state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections, and check and balances on that power, for years to come.
Read MoreIn America, every vote counts. Voters decide who wins elections, not politicians. And that means the winner can only be known when every vote has been counted.
Read MoreIt is long past time for a significant portion of our defense budget to be redirected towards protecting us from the climate emergency that is already killing Americans, destroying homes and businesses, and crippling our economy right now. The Senate is not addressing this priority in the upcoming NDAA.
Read MoreA number of statewide and local propositions are on the upcoming October-November 2022 election ballot. Read the overview here.
Read MoreAn explanation of key features of the Biden administration’s new student loan relief measures, plus what to do right now to make sure you can get as much relief as possible.
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There is now a deadline of this Friday, September 2—or while supplies last—for ordering your free COVID-19 rapid tests from the Biden Administration.
You can still get free tests via your health insurer; check their website for details. And read our post for more COVID-19 testing info.
Read MoreHow you can help people who face of the devastating loss of their right to make decisions about their own bodies.
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