"What do I do if my loved ones do not trust verified sources of information?" is the #1 most asked question among trusted messengers navigating conversations about media literacy.

Lateral reading or lateral searching is a strategy that helps us to determine for ourselves who is a credible source of information.

Fixing our gun violence problem will require fixing our democracy — but together, ordinary people can take on the gun lobby and win.

Partisan operatives are trying to change how electoral districts are drawn, in a radical effort to undermine our representative democracy.

Claire Snyder-Hall, executive director of Common Cause Delaware, an organization that advocates for open government, called this an "outrageous attempt to get wealthy property owners, some of whom don't even live in Delaware, an unfair say in town elections."

"We're seeing attacks on freedom to vote all over the country, and mostly Republicans trying to create barriers to voting," she told Delaware Online/The News Journal. "And this is kind of a different way of getting at the same thing, right?

"It's like 'Oh, we...

FEMA was created to save lives, rebuild after devastation, and ensure a faster, more equitable recovery – especially for communities that are hit hardest and have the fewest resources to bounce back.

Kristi Noem must REVERSE her reckless FEMA cuts and prioritize Americans’ safety, not cruel deportations

Americans deserve a democracy that fosters their ability to vote and holds their elected leaders accountable, regardless of whether they have a felony The practice of disenfranchising people because of a felony conviction should no longer be practiced in the U.S.

Trump, Bondi, and their enablers in Congress are putting self-enrichment ahead of public service – all while pretending they’re working for the people.

They’re gutting healthcare, slashing food assistance, and telling working people there’s no money to help us – but plenty for them and their billionaire friends.

We demand Congress do the bare minimum and block Trump from keeping this $1 billion vanity plane.

DOGE is trying to dismantle Social Security and is putting every American’s private information at risk.

Our members of Congress must step up and refuse to let Trump and DOGE’s attacks on Social Security go unaddressed.

We demand you protect Social Security and refuse to give another penny to a rogue agency that’s tearing down our government. Defund DOGE now.

All Trump loyalists in the DOJ must recuse themselves from decisions about Trump’s $230 million administrative claims – including Trump’s personal lawyer Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

And our members of Congress must loudly condemn this scheme and pass legislation to make it illegal for White House officials to seek settlements from the DOJ while in office.