Deep Dive Explainers
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
We show how your Yes vote on Prop 50 is necessary to protect democracy in America by looking at the mathematics of gerrymandering.
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.
All you need to know about Prop 50 and why you should vote YES… and GOTV!
Our media and culture is defined by racial rage fomented by white privilege. We must resist it.
Coverage of mass shootings often scapegoats transgender people. We go into detail about it.
Learn how to track federal firings and the damage on government agencies.
We need more safety monitors at our protests. Here’s why.
A 'filibuster' is a tactic used by one or more senators to prevent a majority vote on proposed legislation or some other Senate matter. Historically, the filibuster was first used by southern senators in the 1830s to protect slavery. Ever since, it has most often been used by white supremacists and political conservatives to block progressive social and economic legislation.
The Trump Tariffs are already causing damage, with shipments in American ports beginning to dry up. This will cause higher costs and scarcer goods, with ripple effects comparable to the early-pandemic supply chain shocks of 2020. Let’s dig a little bit into how we can get through what’s coming at a day-to-day level.