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• Civil Rights Organizations
• Educational Groups and Sites
• E-mail Newsletters and Action Alerts
• Environmentalists
• Grassroots Web Sites (separate page)
• Health Issues (including reproductive rights)
• Local (Grassroots) Groups
• Political and Lobbying Organizations
• Social Issues

Think Tanks

• Brookings Institution
  Nonprofit, nonpartisan (centrist) research institute for economic, foreign policy, and government issues.
• Campaign for America's Future
  Organization founded to promote a progressive political and social agenda.
• Center for American Progress
  "A nonpartisan research and educational institute dedicated to promoting a strong, just and free America that ensures opportunity for all Americans"
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  "A nonpartisan research organization and policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low- and moderate-income people."
• Commonweal Institute
  Think tank dedicated to to bringing moderate and progressive messages to the public and building widespread support for those issues.
• Freedom Forum
  "Nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people."
• Inciting Democracy: A Practical Proposal for Creating a Good Society

Civil Rights Organizations

• American Civil Liberties Union
  Organization whose mission is to defend Constitutional Rights
• Americans United for Separation of Church and State
  Organization founded to protect our First Amendment rights against theocratic encroachment.
• Amnesty International – USA
• Anti-Defamation League
• NAACP
  The groundbreaking organization, still in the forefront of the fight for civil rights
• External site: National Lawyers Guild
  Dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system to use the law to safeguard all citizens' rights
• National Organization for Women
  Home page, including alerts related to the Bush regime.
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
  "A national public interest law firm dedicated to using trial lawyers' skills and resources to create a more just society"
• United States Commission on Civil Rights

Educational Groups and Web Sites

• Center for Public Integrity
  Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that conducts investigations and analyses of public service, government accountability, and ethics-related issues.
• Conservative Web Watch
  Exposés of the misinformation in reactionary web sites.
• Interfaith Alliance
  "Promote the positive and healing role of religion in public life through encouraging civic participation, facilitating community activism, and challenging religious political extremism."
• National Charities Information Bureau
  Check them out before you donate.
• OpenSecrets
  Comprehensive database of political contributions, searchable by donor, recipient, and other criteria.
• Political Research Associates
  "An independent, not-for-profit research center which monitors and analyzes those organizations, leaders, ideas, and activities of the US political right that undermine democracy and diversity."
• Project Vote Smart
  Nonprofit site for information about candidates' and elected officials' positions on political issues.
• The Vanishing Voter Project
  "A project to study and invigorate the American electoral process" sponsored by the Joan Shorenstein Center, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

E-mail Newsletters and Action Alerts

• Democrats.com Daily Digest
  Links to essays in the Democrats.com web site and to news reports of particular interest.
• FringeFolk: National database of protestors
  • To declare yourself one of the "fringe people" who protest Bush's illegitimacy, visit the FringeFolk web site.
  • To be notified of events in your area, send e-mail with your name, city/state, and e-mail address. List your state in the subject line of the e-mail message.
• People for the American Way
  Action alerts on an irregular schedule.
• Truthout
  Newsletter featuring progressive Democrats discussing current political issues. To subscribe, send e-mail to SUBSCRIBE@truthout.com, with Subscribe in the subject line.

Environmentalists

• Action Network
  Coalition of environmentalist groups
• Conservation Action Network
  Grassroots network sponsored by the World Wildlife Federation
• Earthjustice
  Non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting natural resources, wildlife, and the right to a healthy environment.
• Greenpeace USA International organization for environmental activism and peace
• National Environmental Trust
  'The Environmental Action Network for the 21st Century'
• Natural Resources Defense Council
  Fighting to preserve the environment
• Rocky Mountain Institute
  Entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources
• Sierra Club
  Lobbying organization for environmental issues
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
  "A national public interest law firm dedicated to using trial lawyers' skills and resources to create a more just society"

Health Issues

• National Abortion Rights Action League
• Planned Parenthood

Local (Grassroots) Groups

• Affiliates of national organizations (separate page)
• Michigan: Triangle Foundation (Michigan)

Political and Lobbying Organizations

• Alliance for Democracy
  "A progressive populist movement — not a political party"
• Amendment II Democrats
  "To remove all gun legislation from the books is to invite anarchy. What we want, as Amendment II Democrats, is a paradigm of gun legislation that promotes the general welfare while, at the same time, securing the blessings of our liberty to ourselves and our posterity. We are convinced that our right to keep and bear arms is as important to our freedom as freedom of the press, the right to trial by jury, freedom of speech, the right to privacy, and freedom of religion."
• American Constitution Society
  Founded to "restore the fundamental principles of respect for human dignity, protection of individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice to their rightful — and traditionally central — place in American law."
• Campaign for Peace and Democracy
  Progressive coalition campaigning for a new, democratic U.S. foreign policy
• Center for Voting and Democracy
  The mission is to "study how voting systems affect participation, representation and governance, and ... disseminate our findings to civic organizations, elected officials, journalists and the general public."
• Common Cause
  "A nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen's lobbying organization promoting open, honest and accountable government."
• Democracy Corps
  Polling and political consulting organization offering support "to organizations and individuals who want Congress to address the issues that are consistent with the interests of the American people"
• Democratic National Committee
• Democratic Party state offices
• Friends Committee on National Legislation
  "A Quaker lobby in the public interest"
• Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
  A "clearinghouse for ... an international citizens movement" to prevent the militarization of space.
• International Action Center
  Consortium providing "Information, activism, and resistance to U.S. militarism, war, and corporate greed"
• League of Women Voters
  Pioneering advocates for voting rights and citizens' concerns
• Progressive Majority
  Organization founded to support progressive candidates for elective office.
• Public Campaign
  Devoted to campaign finance reform

Social Issues

• Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
  Lobbying organization
• Children's Defense Fund
  "The mission ... is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities."
• Million Mom March
  Fast-growing grassroots campaign for gun control; allied with the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
• Peace Action
  Activist network for peace and disarmament
• People for the American Way
  Devoted to opposing the "Christian" Coalition and similar reactionary organizations
• Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
  "A progressive organization fighting for social change."
• Urban League
  Organization promoting self-reliance, parity and power, and civil rights for African Americans.

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