Yesterday, the Department of Motor Vehicles suspended its authorization of Cruise, one of the two companies actively operating in the City. Read more on the efforts to roll out driverless vehicles in our city.

A lot has happened—and some things haven’t happened—with student loans since 2022. Find out the state of student loan relief in 2023 and beyond in this explainer.

To keep ourselves, our loved ones, and our neighbors safe from respiratory illnesses that can cause long-term complications, it's important that we keep up with our annual vaccinations. There are at least two shots you should get this fall: one for COVID-19 and one for flu. If you’re 60 or older, you should also get the new vaccine for RSV. Make your appointments today to renew your protection into the new year.

Trump has disqualified himself from ever running for office again, per Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of our Constitution, as is now being recommended by both Prof. Laurence Tribe and retired Judge J. Michael Luttig. Read more about this in our blog post.

Like Joseph warning of famine to come, we're alerting our members to the possibility of a shutdown so that those who might be negatively affected can prepare in advance. If the past is prologue, Social Security and Medicare benefits will not be affected by a shutdown and the Postal Service will continue to deliver mail. But many other services might be suspended…

“Good evening. Today, an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters, and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. The indictment was issued by a grand jury of citizens here in the District of Columbia and sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full.” U.S. Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith, 8/01/2023 

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.

Wherever 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.

SCOTUS 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.

What 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?

Urgent ways to help Pajaro residents who have lost everything to recent storms and neglect by the California government.

Thanks 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.

Now 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.

Read 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.