National Politics

Handicapping the Key Races San Francisco in 2026 faces an electoral blizzard. Its first contested congressional race since 1987, two tight June supervisor races on top of the November contests, and at least three high-profile ballot measures. San Franciscans will<br> Read More »

The Power of Resistance 2025 was a memorable year for America. Mostly for bad reasons. We learned that the United States Constitution’s heralded “separation of powers” provides no check on the Supreme Court. The Court freely ignores case precedents and<br> Read More »

I’ve been struggling to imagine Elon Musk might do if he gets his trillion-dollar payday. He could spend a million dollars a day for 3,000 years. Or, more realistically, $100 million a day for 30 years. He could spend the<br> Read More »

(Editor’s Note: Harley Augustino runs Base Building for Power, one of the nation’s largest progressive doorknocking groups) I went to New York to participate in the Mamdani campaign. I wanted to see for myself what the Mamdani campaign was doing<br> Read More »

There are four races of national significance on November 4: Zohran Mamdani’s run for New York City mayor, California’s Prop 50, and governor contests in Virginia and New Jersey. New York City also has three pro-housing ballot measures whose outcome<br> Read More »

FCC aggressively shut down nearly 1,400 violators this year; new consumer threats emerge from AI deepfakes, SIM-swapping

 

Four years after Congress required phone companies to start thwarting scam and telemarketing robocalls, we’re getting more of these annoying and sometimes

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Will the Oct 18 No Kings protests equal or surpass the 5 million who marched last June? Trump’s poll numbers keep dropping with his escalating attacks on democracy. People are hungrier than ever for ways to act and resist.  And<br> Read More »