Recently Started National Progressive Organizations (since 1995)
- Alliance for Democracy (1998) (Click HERE) is a progressive populist movement to end the domination of the economy, government, culture, media, and the environment by large corporations.
- Alternet.org (1998) (Click HERE) - is a progressive news website.
- Americans For Campaign Reform (1997) (Click HERE) believes public funding is the single most critical long-term public policy issue our nation faces.
- Americans for Financial Reform (2008) (Click HERE) is a coalition of groups working to lay the foundation for a strong, stable, and ethical financial system - that serves the economy and the nation as a whole.
- Americans for Tax Fairness (2012) (Click HERE) is a grassroots campaign to promote an economy that grows jobs and works for all, end tax breaks for richest 2%, close corporate tax loopholes.
- Americans United For Change (2005) (Click HERE) was founded to fight President Bush's top policy priority at the time: privatizing Social Security.
- America Votes (2009) (Click HERE) - advance progressive policies, expand access to the ballot, coordinate issue advocacy and election campaigns, and protect every American's right to vote.
- Business for Shared Prosperity ( ) (Click HERE) is a network of forward-thinking business owners, executives and investors committed to building enduring economic progress on a strong foundation of opportunity, equity and innovation.
- Black Box Voting (2004) (Click HERE) - is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan elections watchdog group.
- BlueGreen Alliance (Click HERE) - unites 12 of our nation's largest labor unions and environmental organizations.
- Brennan Center for Justice (1995) (Click HERE) is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice.
- Brave New Films (2006)(Click HERE) - progressive political films/videos on the web, with no commercials.
- BuzzFlash.com (2000) (Click HERE) - BuzzFlash provides headlines, news, and commentary for a geographically-diverse, politically-savvy, pro-democracy, anti-hypocrisy web community, reaching five million* people a month and growing.
- Campaign for America's Future (1996) (Click HERE) - political organization of progressives which argues that the Democratic Party should draw sharp contrasts with the Republicans and advance a progressive agenda, while the DLC argues for a centrist policy.
- Campaign Finance Institute (1999) (Click HERE) is the nation’s pre-eminent think tank for campaign finance policy.
- Center for American Progress (2003) (Click HERE) - was created as a progressive alternative to think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute.
- Center for Collaborative Democracy ( ) (Click HERE) is to develop innovative methods that will encourage Americans to participate constructively in civic life.
- Center for Economic And Policy Research (1999) (Click HERE) - to promote democratic debate on the important economic and social issues that affect people's lives, so they can be informed about their choices.
- Center for Justice and Democracy (1998) (Click HERE) is the only national consumer organization in the country exclusively dedicated to protecting our civil justice system.
- Center for a New American Dream (1997) (Click HERE) hopes to raised awareness of the negative impact of a hyper-consumer culture.
- Center for Progressive Leadership (CPL) (2003)(Click HERE) is a national political training institute that develops diverse leaders who can effectively advance progressive political and policy change.
- Citizens for Legitimate Government (2000) Click HERE) is a multi-partisan activist group established to expose and resist US imperialism, corpora-terrorism, and the New World Order.
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) (2003) (Click HERE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting ethics/accountability in government and public life by targeting government officials.
- Citizen Scientists League (2010) (Click HERE) is a group of scientists and science hobbyists dedicated to promoting the tools and skills of science.
- Citizen Works (2001) (Click HERE) hopes to advance justice by strengthening citizen participation in power.
- Cognitive Policy Works (Click HERE) is to bring powerful insights from the cognitive and behavioral sciences to practitioners working to deliver progressive social change.
- Color of Change (2005) (Click HERE) goal is to empower our members - Black Americans and our allies - to make government more responsive to the concerns of Black Americans and to bring about positive political and social change for everyone.
- CommonDreams.org (1996) (Click HERE) - is a popular U.S. based news website with a progressive perspective which publishes both news stories and editorials.
- Consortiumnews.com (1995) (Click HERE) - source of important historical, investigative, and political stories.
- Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (1995) (Click HERE) is public interest law firm providing free and affordable legal services to communities facing threats to their local environment, local agriculture, the local economy, and quality of life.
- Corp Watch (1996) (Click HERE) works to expose corporate malfeasance and to advocate for multinational corporate accountability and transparency.
- Daily Kos (2002)(Click HERE) is a blog with a liberal point of view.
- Democracy Collaborative (2000) (Click HERE) seeks to advance a new understanding of democracy for the 21st century and to promote new strategies and innovations in community development that enhance democratic life.
- Democracy for America (2004) (Click HERE) - activist group started after Howard Dean's campaign (Dean for America) for presidency.
- Democracy Matters (2001) (Click HERE) - founded to give college students a voice in the pro-democracy movement and an active role in the national dialogue on money in politics.
- Democracy Now (1996) (Click HERE) - is a program of news, analysis, and opinion aired by more than 650 radio and television, satellite, and cable TV networks. It focuses underreported/ignored by mainstream news coverage.
- Democracy Unlimited (1996) (Click HERE) works locally in California and across the country to help ordinary Americans reclaim our power from corporate rule.
- Demos (2000) (Click HERE) promotes ideas and action to promote the common good.
- Detention Watch Network (1997) (Click HERE) coalition that addresses the immigration detention crisis head on by working to reform the U.S. detention and deportation system so that all who come to our shores receive fair and humane treatment.
- 350.org (2008) (Click HERE) is building a global movement to solve the climate crisis.
- Election Defense Alliance (2006 ) (Click HERE) works to defend against electoral theft, establish transparent vote counting, and ensure that governments accountable to the people are legitimately elected.
- Environmental America (2007) (Click HERE) is a federation of state-based, citizen-funded environmental advocacy organizations.
- Every Child Matters Educational Fund (2003) (Click HERE) is working to make public investments in children, youth, and families a national political priority.
- Fair Contracts (Click HERE) wants to rebalance the power between businesses and individual consumers by educating about and reforming harmful provisions to consumers in the fine print of standard form contracts.
- Free and Equal Elections Foundation (2008) (Click HERE) wants to ensure a fair and open electoral process for all.
- FreePress.Net (2002) (Click HERE) - is a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media.
- Free Speech for People (2010) (Click HERE) formed to press for a 28th Amendment to the US Constitution to overturn the Citizens United ruling and restore democracy to the people.
- Food and Water Watch (2005) (Click HERE) works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced.
- Healthcare Now (2004) (Click HERE) - is organizing for a national single payer healthcare system.
- Home Defenders League (2009) (Click HERE) is a national movement of underwater homeowners and our allies fighting Wall Street to get back the wealth, equity, and future they stole from us.
- Huffington Post (2005) (Click HERE) - as a commentary outlet and alternative to conservative Drudge Report and has expanded to cover news of politics and many other things.
- Institute for Responsible Technology - (2003) (Click HERE) is a world leader in educating policy makers and the public about genetically modified (GM) foods and crops.
- International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (1997) (Click HERE) does watchdog journalism, focusing on issues that do not stop at national frontiers: cross-border crime, corruption, and the accountability of power.
- Its Our Economy (2013) (Click HERE) advocates for a people before profits economy.
- Justice Integrity Project (2010) (Click HERE) promotes effective oversight o federal prosecution and judicial misconduct..
- Justice Policy Institute (Click HERE) works to reduce the use of incarceration, improve the justice system, and promoting policies that improve the well-being of all people and communities.
- Main Street Alliance (2008) Click HERE) formed to focus on a range of issues that matter to small businesses and local economies.
- Media Consortium (2005) (Click HERE) - two-dozen leaders of independent print, radio, television, and online media came together to discuss “Independent Media and the Future of Democracy.”
- Media Matters for America (2004) (Click HERE) - a web-based, not-for-profit, progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.
- Military Religious Freedom Foundation (2006) (Click HERE) is dedicated to ensuring that all members of the US Armed Forces receive the constitutional guarantees of religious freedom.
- Moms Rising (2006)(Click HERE) - has been working to bring together millions of people who share a common concern about the need to build a more family-friendly America.
- MoveOn (1998) (Click HERE) - started as an email group by entrepreneurs Joan Blades and Wes Boyd, to asking Congress to “censure President Clinton and move on", as opposed to impeaching him.
- Network of Spiritual Progressives (2005) (Click HERE) is an international political and social justice social movement based in the United States that seeks to influence American politics towards more humane, progressive values.
- New America Foundation (1999) (Click HERE) is a public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States.
- New Priorities Network (2010) (Click HERE) - works to fund jobs and services, end wars, and cut the Pentagon budget.
- Northwest Progressive Institute (2003) (Click HERE) - is an institution created to research progressive ideas and promote progressive values and solutions to elected officials, opinion makers, and the American people.
- OpEd News (2003)(Click HERE) is a online site for opinions articles on current political events.
- Patriotic Millionaires (2010) (Click HERE) is a group of 200+ American millionaires calling for higher taxes for income at that level.
- Playing for Change (2004) (Click HERE) connecting the world through music.
- Popular Resistance (2011) (Click HERE) - is an information clearinghouse for the anti-corporatism and pro-democracy movement.
- Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) (2009) (Click HERE) works to elect bold progressive candidates to federal office and to help those candidates and their campaigns save money, work smarter, and win more often.
- Progressive Democrats of America (2004) (Click HERE) - was founded during the 2004 Dem National Convention by delegates and activists to strengthen the voice of progressive ideas within the Democratic Party.
- Progressive Forum (2005) (Click HERE) is a civic speaker organization dedicated to enriching our democracy and culture.
- Progressive Majority (1999) (Click HERE) - Progressive Majority's mission is to elect progressive candidates.
- Progressive Now (2003) (Click HERE) promotes progressive ideas and causes at the state level with creative earned media strategies, targeted email campaigns, and cutting-edge new media.
- Progressive States Network (2005) (Click HERE) - is supporting state legislative campaigns. It offers legislators/staff technical and messaging support necessary to embrace progressive policy and draft legislation around it.
- Public Campaign (1997) (Click HERE) - is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to sweeping campaign reform that aims to dramatically reduce the role of big special interest money in American politics.
- Reader Supported News (2010) (Click HERE) uses the core concept that the reader is best served by financial control of the news service they depend on.
- Reclaim Democracy (2009)(Click HERE) is coalition of individuals and organizations to amend the U.S. Constitution to end the illegitimate legal doctrines that prevent the American people from governing themselves and states that only human beings are entitled to constitutional rights.
- RootsAction (2010) (Click HERE) is a new online initiative dedicated to galvanizing millions of Americans who are committed to economic fairness, equal rights, civil liberties, environmental protection -- and defunding endless wars.
- Sunlight Foundation (2006) (Click HERE) is an organization that uses the power of the Internet to catalyze greater government openness and transparency, and provides new tools and resources for media and citizens, alike.
- Texas Freedom Network (1995) (Click HERE) advances a mainstream agenda of religious freedom and individual liberties to counter the religious right.
- The Commonweal Institute (2001)(Click HERE) - to engage all segments of society in the discovery and creation of a new harmony between private interests and common good.
- The Opportunity Agenda (2004)(Click HERE) is focused on moving hearts, minds, and policy to advocate for solutions that expand opportunity for everyone.
- The Other 98% (2010) (Click HERE) is a massive new movement to kick corporate lobbyists out of DC, hold our elected officials accountable, and fix our democracy to make Washington work for the other 98% of us.
- The Real News Network (2007)(Click HERE) - is an English-language global online video news network. Launched by Paul Jay, a former producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- True Majority (2002) (Click HERE) - Ben Cohen (Ben and Jerry's) started TrueMajority to empower of all those who believe in social justice. Joined with US Action in 2009.
- Truth-out.Org (2000) (Click HERE) - is a political website aimed at providing an alternative to corporate news sources. It publishes news stories and editorials.
- UltraViolet (2011) (Click HERE) is a community of women and men, fighting to expand women's rights and combat sexism everywhere - from politics and government to media and pop culture.
- United for a Fair Economy (1995) (Click HERE) raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart.
- United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) (2002) (Click HERE) is a coalition of organizations opposed to "our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building." Founded during the build-up to the U.S.'s 2003 invasion of Iraq.
- United Re:Public (20) (Click HERE) is leading a campaign to confront and reform the undue influence of special interests in U.S. politics.
- United 4 The People (2012) (Click HERE) is a portal for activists and institutions who wish to support the efforts to amend the Constitution to rectify our broken democracy.
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http://unitedrepublic.org/about/#sthash.rPdSV3pv.dpuf- United 4 The People (2012) (Click HERE) is a portal for activists and institutions who wish to support the efforts to amend the Constitution to rectify our broken democracy.
- US Action (1999) (Click HERE) builds power by uniting people locally and nationally, on-the-ground and online, to win a more just and progressive America. Recently joined with True Majority. - US Uncut (2011) (Click HERE) is a grassroots movement taking direct action against corporate tax cheats and unnecessary and unfair public service cuts across the U.S.
- Velvet Revolution (Click HERE) is a network of more than 100 progressive organizations reaching millions of people demanding progressive change through our various campaigns.
- Voters Unite (2003) (Click HERE) - is a national non-partisan organization dedicated to fair and accurate elections.
- Vote Kids (2002)(Click HERE) - is devoted to making children a political priority and demanding that public officials support better policies for kids.
- Vote Vets (2006) (Click HERE) - goal is to educate the American public on the war and military issues, and hold politicians accountable.
- Voto Latino (2004) (Click HERE) is an organization working for civic engagement in the Latino community.
- Wealth for the Common Good (2008) (Click HERE) - a network of the wealthy working to increase their taxes.
- We, The World (1998) (Click HERE) is a Global Collaboration for a Livable Future. We promote solutions for a world that works for all.
- Wellstone Action (2003) (Click HERE) is a Minnesota-based organization that trains progressive citizens and candidates for public office to succeed in winning elections, enacting legislation, passing ballot initiatives.
- Witness to Innocence (2005) (Click HERE) is challenging the American public to grapple with the problem of a fatally flawed criminal justice system that sends innocent people to death row.
Older Progressive Advocacy Organizations (before 1995)
- many have good email newsletters/alerts!
- Alliance for Justice (1979) (Click HERE) is an association of over 100 organizations, representing a broad array of groups committed to progressive values and the creation of an equitable, just, and free society.
- American Civil Liberties Union (1920) (Click HERE) is working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
- Americans for Democratic Action (1947) (Click HERE) advocates for progressive stances on civil rights and liberties, social and economic justice, sensible foreign policy, and sustainable environmental policy.
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State (1947) (Click HERE) is dedicated to preserving church-state separation to ensure religious freedom for all Americans.
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (1981) (Click HERE) to help shape public debates over proposed budget and tax policies and to help ensure that policymakers consider the needs of low-income families and individuals in these debates.
- Center for Constitutional Rights (1966) (Click HERE) is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Center for Corporate Policy (1969) (Click HERE) is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization working to curb corporate abuses and make corporations publicly accountable.
- Center for Defense Information (1972) (Click HERE) provides expert analysis on various components of
- Center for Health, Environment and Justice (1981) (Click HERE) is an organization that provides organizing and technical assistance to grassroots community groups in the environmental health and justice movement.
- Center for Public Integrity (1989) (Click HERE) is dedicated to producing original investigative journalism about significant public issues to make institutional power more transparent and accountable.
- Center for Media and Democracy (1993) (Click HERE) is a non-profit investigative reporting group. Our reporting and analysis focus on exposing corporate spin and government propaganda.
- Center for the Study of Responsive Law (1969) (Click HERE) supports and conducts a wide variety of research and educational projects to encourage the political, economic and social institutions of this country to be more aware of the needs of the citizen-consumer.
- Center for Science in the Public Interest (1971) (Click HERE) is a consumer advocacy organization whose twin missions are to conduct innovative research and advocacy programs in health and nutrition, and to provide consumers with current, useful information about their health and well-being.
- Citizens for Tax Justice (1979) (Click HERE) is dedicated to giving ordinary people a greater voice in the development of tax laws to fight against the armies of special interest lobbyists for corporations and the wealthy.
- Clean Water Action (1972) (Click HERE) is working for clean, safe, and affordable water, and prevention of health-threatening pollution.
- Coalition for Peace Action (1993) (Click HERE) - in support of global abolition of nuclear weapons, a peace economy, and a halt to weapons trafficking.
- Columbia Journalism Review (1961) (Click HERE) has a mission to encourage and stimulate excellence in journalism in the service of a free society.
- Common Cause (1970) (Click HERE) is a citizen's lobbying organization promoting open, honest and accountable government.
- Congressional Progressive Caucus (1991) (Click HERE) is "organized around the principles of social and economic justice, a non-discriminatory society, and national priorities which represent the interests of all people, not just the wealthy and power.
- Consumers Union (1936) (Click HERE) works for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers and to empower consumers to protect themselves.
- Corporate Accountability International (1977) (Click HERE) is a movement to demand direct corporate accountability to public interests.
- Corporate Crime Reporter (1987) (Click HERE) is a legal print newsletter.
- Economic Policy Institute (1986) (Click HERE) wants discussions about economic policy to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers.
- Emily's List (1985) (Click HERE) works to elect pro-choice Democratic women to office.
- Equal Justice Initiative (1989) (Click HERE) is a nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to indigent defendants and prisoners who have been denied fair and just treatment in the legal system.
- Everyday Democracy (1989) (Click HERE) helps people of different backgrounds and views talk and work together to solve problems and create communities that work for everyone.
- Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (1986) (Click HERE) has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship.
- Fair Vote - Center for Voting and Democracy (1992) (Click HERE) has a mission to achieve universal access to participation, a full spectrum of meaningful ballot choices and majority rule with fair representation for all.
- Free Press.org (1970) (Click HERE) speaks truth to power.
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (1943) (Click HERE) is a multi-issue Quaker advocacy group on peace and social justice issues.
- Human Rights Campaign (1980) (Click HERE) is America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality.
- Institute for Policy Studies (1963) (Click HERE) works with social movements to promote true democracy and challenge concentrated wealth, corporate influence, and military power.
- Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (1970) (Click HERE) promotes communications and relationships across racial and ethnic lines to strengthen the nation's pluralistic society.
- League of Conservation Voters (1969) (Click HERE) is a national non-profit organization that works to turn environmental values into national priorities.
- National People's Action (1972) (Click HERE) is a network of grassroots organizations with a fierce reputation for direct action from across the country that work to advance a national economic and racial justice agenda.
- National Priorities Project (1983)(Click HERE) is bringing the federal budget home.
- Natural Resource Defense Council (1970) (Click HERE) is a credible and forceful advocate for stringent environmental protection.
- Peace Action (1957) (Click HERE) is seeking peaceful, non-military solutions to conflict.
- People for the American Way (1981) (Click HERE) is dedicated to making the promise of America real for every American: Equality. Freedom of speech. Freedom of religion. The right to seek justice in a court of law. The right to cast a vote that counts.
- Pew Research Center (1990) (Click HERE) is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (1961) (Click HERE)is working to prevent nuclear war and proliferation and to slow, stop and reverse global warming and toxic degradation of the environment.
- Project on Government Oversight (1981) (Click HERE) investigates waste, fraud, and abuse throughout the federal government.
- Public Citizen (1971) (Click HERE) is an advocacy organization to represent consumer interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts.
- Rethinking Schools (1986) (HERE) is committed to equity and to the vision that public education is central to the creation of a humane, caring, multiracial democracy
- Roosevelt Institute (1987) Click HERE) wants to develop progressive ideas and bold leadership in the service of restoring America’s promise of opportunity for all. It was initially created through the merger of three Roosevelt family organizations.
- Sojourners (1975) (Click HERE) is a progressive Christian commentary on faith, politics and culture. It seeks to build a movement of spirituality and social change.
- Southern Poverty Law Center (1971) (Click HERE) is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society.
- TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) (1984) (Click HERE) is nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.
- Union of Concerned Scientists (1969) (Click HERE) is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world.
- Urban Institute (1968) (Click HERE) carries out nonpartisan economic and social policy research.
- Vote Smart (1992) (Click HERE) is a good site to use to contact your elected officials and see their voting records.
- Worldwatch Institute (1974) (Click HERE) delivers the insights and ideas that empower decision makers to create an environmentally sustainable society that meets human needs.
