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Our media and culture is defined by racial rage fomented by white privilege. We must resist it.

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.”

Explore how you can use rhetoric to change minds and win power so we can start making the changes our country increasingly-desperately needs.

DHS and ICE could not do what they do without goods and services being provided through multi-million contracts funded with taxpayer money. See the corporations complicit with ICE.

The Trump administration has been attacking education in this country. It has made attacks on the Department of Education. 50% of the workforce at the Department of Education has been laid off and there are significant cuts in funding of educational programs there. This is part of the authoritarian playbook. It is easier to control people who do not think for themselves.  

Trump hates being laughed at. He’s said as much. And while the erosion of our democracy is no laughing matter, satire and humor have often played an important role in undermining authoritarian regimes.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is shutting down after losing government funding, affecting public media like PBS and NPR. Our Media Accountability team wrote an explainer about the history of public broadcasting, why public media is important, and what we can do to move forward. Read more on our blog.

Kaiser Permanente recently ended gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 years old. Read more about the moral panic against trans people and what you can do.

Indivisible is launching One Million Rising, a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. This is how we build people-power that MAGA can’t ignore. You can join us—and lead.

Learn what Federal agencies do, how unions can help, and what you can do to help save our Civil Service.

As this administration continues its assault on immigration in the United States, these are the bills to watch out for and take action on.

We are pleased to announce that after six months of intense advocacy, the Faith In Action Bay Area Homeless Families Committee and their allies recently won an end to the City’s experimental policy of evicting families from homeless shelters after 90 days, and $30 million in new investments in the City Budget to house homeless families and young adults! 

Get ready now to become a Disinformation Disrupter. Disinformation is rampant on the internet and in social media, and especially on far-right platforms. Some examples you might have heard about: Obama’s birth certificate, Russian bots attempting to influence elections, non-citizens voting in US elections, vaccinations causing autism, January 6 being a false-flag operation – the list could be endless. With the 2026 mid-term and 2028 general elections presenting the best opportunities for reversing the slide into authoritarianism, the possibility that disinformation could disrupt those processes is especially concerning.