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  • Cost of Living

    Cost of Living

    Tariffs added $1,745 per family. The bottom 90% lost 7% of income. 3.5 million lost SNAP. Gas hit $5.87. Social Security recipients lost $20-$30/month after inflation ate the COLA. The Supreme Court struck down the tariffs and prices still didn't come down. Each brief traces a specific cost from the policy to your kitchen table.

    Cost of Living Series
  • Election 2026

    Election 2026

    435 House seats, 35 Senate seats, 36 governor races, and your rights on the ballot. 26 states are rewriting voting rules. Every abortion ballot measure has passed since Dobbs. This is the guide to what matters in November.

    36 governor seats on the ballot. 17 are open. These races determine redistricting, Medicaid, abortion policy, and election rules for the next decade.
    Election 2026 Series
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    LGBTQ Rights

    Tracking the laws, court fights, and policies reshaping LGBTQ lives.

    382,800 transgender youth live in the 27 states that banned access to gender-affirming care.
    LGBTQ Rights Series
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    Follow the Money

    $6.3 billion in presidential profits. $1.9 billion in dark money. 47 lobbyists regulating the industries that paid them. $9 billion to a border wall contractor whose wall collapsed. These briefs trace where the money goes and who it protects.

    Follow the Money Series
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    Medicaid

    The One Big Beautiful Bill cut $911 billion from Medicaid. Work requirements failed in Arkansas and are being imposed nationwide anyway. At least 15 states have trigger laws that drop coverage when federal funding falls. Each brief covers a different piece — the federal cuts, the state-level fallout, and who loses coverage.

    Medicaid Series

How Resist Now Works

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Step 1 Understand the Fight Sourced explainers on how the system works and who it serves. Every number cited, every claim checked against the record. Step 2 Copy the Letter A ready-to-send letter to Congress waits at the end of the page, with the evidence built in. Step 3 Send It in Minutes Copy and paste, or send free through Resistbot or Democracy.io. A call script is included when calling works better.

Start With a Question

74 explainers on how power actually works. Each one ends with a letter you can send.

25 explainers Key Laws The specific laws, amendments, and legal powers that define what government can and cannot do — from the Voting Rights Act to the 25th Amendment to martial law.. 17 explainers How Government Works The systems and processes that decide who holds power and how they use it — elections, redistricting, the legislative process, and the courts. 16 explainers Your Rights What the Constitution protects, what it doesn't, and how to exercise what you have. 11 explainers Money and Power Where money and power flow — the campaign cash that shapes elections and the public spending that decides who government protects. 3 explainers Truth & Media How propaganda, misinformation, and media manipulation shape what you believe and how you vote. 2 explainers Civic Action Practical guides for getting involved.
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Understand the System

The money, the rules, and the structures that determine who has power. Evidence-backed series and explainers on the issues shaping the 2026 election.

Series Multi-part series with data and charts

Series Cost of Living Tariffs cost $1,745 per family. Bottom 90% lost 7% of income. The receipt, state by state. Series Who Runs Your State Your governor, AG, and state court control more of your life than Congress. Series Election 2026 36 governor seats. 34 Senate races. Redistricting, abortion, and voting rights.
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Explainers Deep dives with data and action items

How Government Works Gerrymandering Explained How politicians choose their voters. 84% of House seats are not competitive. How packing and cracking work, the court cases that closed every legal avenue, and what you can do. Your Rights Conversion Therapy Explained 698,000 LGBTQ adults endured it. No study shows it works. 23 states ban it. In 2026 the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 to weaken those bans. The evidence and what you can do. Key Laws The Voting Rights Act Explained The most effective civil rights law ever passed. The Supreme Court gutted it in three decisions. 1,688 polling places closed. 79 restrictive laws passed. Truth & Media Stochastic Terrorism How political rhetoric makes violence statistically likely without a direct order. 520+ incidents in H1 2025. The 4-stage process, documented cases from Pittsburgh to Minnesota, and what you can do.
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Recently Verified Re-checked against the current record

August 20, 2026 The Voting Rights Act Explained The most effective civil rights law ever passed. The Supreme Court gutted it in three decisions. 1,688 polling places closed. 79 restrictive laws passed. August 20, 2026 Stochastic Terrorism How political rhetoric makes violence statistically likely without a direct order. 520+ incidents in H1 2025. The 4-stage process, documented cases from Pittsburgh to Minnesota, and what you can do. August 20, 2026 Running for Local Office 90,837 local governments. 70% of races uncontested. School board to county commission costs $300-$30K. Filing steps, costs, and where to start. August 20, 2026 Propaganda Explained Propaganda is older than its name, wider than politics, and often built from real facts. 30,573 false claims in one presidential term. 86% of people exposed online. The 12 techniques, the psychology, and how to see through it.

Where Things Stand

The latest development in three of the fights we track.

Rule of Law Fauci Contempt Charge A federal judge charged Anthony Fauci with contempt of Congress after he invoked the Fifth Amendment at a Senate hearing led by Rand Paul, who Fauci said has August 9, 2026
Voting Hawaii Senate No-Vote Seat Hawaii's governor is set to appoint the next state senator for District 18 without a public primary or voter input, and the likely pick has ties to officials August 8, 2026
Immigration Maine Blocks ICE Plates Maine refused to issue covert license plates to federal immigration agents, and a coalition of legal groups says the Constitution backs that call. August 6, 2026
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November 2026

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48 million people stayed home last midterm. State races are decided by who shows up. Your right to vote is not guaranteed. Check your registration, research your ballot, and bring three people.

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