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Rebuild Local News is a coalition of smaller media newspapers and newsrooms seeking to advocate to save and expand local news. Rebuild Local News identifies issues that can arise from lack of local news in communities and the potential consequences of that. Rebuild Local News has identified potential tax credits
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Rebuild the Dream is a left-wing 501(c)(4) organization founded by CNN contributor Van Jones which advocates for criminal justice, economic, and environmental policy changes.1
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Recidiviz is a research and advocacy organization which claims that its methods of data analysis can help reduce rates of incarceration. The organization claims that its purpose is to provide feedback to authorities to improve criminal justice outcomes, but also states that its goal is a “smaller” criminal justice system.
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Reclaim New York is a right-leaning watchdog group that seeks to inform and engage citizens and policy makers on challenges facing the state of New York. 1
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Reclaim Our Vote is a project of the left-of-center get-out-the-vote-focused Center for Common Ground. It is focused on driving up minority voting rates in states that the organization claims are responsible for voter suppression. It engages in the mass mailing of postcards, making phone calls, and sending text messages and
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Reclaim the Block is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based political organization that advocates for the defunding of the Minneapolis Police Department. 1 The group was organized in 2018 as a coalition of Minneapolis-area activists to
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Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association (RRA) is a professional association and the “collective voice” for rabbis in the Reconstructionist movement of Judaism, a politically and theologically liberal interpretation of the faith. It was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. It counts over 300 rabbis as members and serves as
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Record Community News Group (RCNG) is a news organization founded in 2020 that covers local news in five northern suburbs of Chicago. Started with a Kickstarter campaign and fundraising from local businesses, RCNG began online publication of The Record North Shore in October 2020.
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Red Hook Initiative is a left-progressive 501(c)(3) organization which promotes economic development and assists underserved youth in the New York City area.1
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The organization connects immigrants in Mexico to immigrant-led organizations in the United States. It supports programs that advocate for an expansion on immigration policy in the United States. 1
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Red Wine and Blue (RWB) is a left-of-center Democratic advocacy and activist training group consisting primarily of “white, college-educated and affluent” suburban mothers.
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Redefining Progress was a left-of-center public policy organization based in Oakland, California, that described itself as seeking allegedly market-based solutions for environmental issues. Redefining Progress called for stopping global warming through carbon taxes, auctioning emissions permits, and securing multinational treaties on emissions. The organization called for ending the exploration for
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The Redistricting Reform Project (RRP) is an initiative that advocates for states to advantage left-of-center interests in drawing state legislative and congressional districts in the 2021 redistricting process.
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REDODEM is a network of 23 migrant shelters that provide protection for migrants traveling on the route through Mexico to reach the United States. 1
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REFORM Alliance is a criminal justice advocacy organization that focuses on left-of-center policy change to reform the probation and parole laws in the United States, primarily at the state levels. It was founded by rappers Meek Mill and Jay-Z, along with six billionaires.
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Reform Immigration for America was an organization that was in support of liberal expansionist changes to U.S. immigration policy. The organization advocated for legal status for illegal immigrants and other changes to U.S. immigration law to make it easier for people to enter, live in, and work in the country.
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The Reform LA Jails project promotes left-of-center criminal justice and corrections policies in Los Angeles County, California. It sponsored a successful 2020 county-level ballot initiative to give the Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commission subpoena power to investigate alleged misconduct by sheriff’s deputies in county jails and require the
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The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides free legal representation in Texas to people needing immigration law assistance. In 2017, RAICES claims to have closed 51,000 pro-bono immigration and refugee status cases.
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RefugeeOne provides refugee resettlement services to refugees primarily from the Middle East. Services include housing, English classes, health and mental services, programs for women, youth, and young adults, and job search support. It receives funding from the United States government and from several left-of-center philanthropies including the John D.
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Refugees International is a left-of-center advocacy group that aids and protects displaced people, while recommending refugee resettlement and policies to the U.S. government, foreign governments, and the United Nations (UN). The group claims to be independent because they do not accept government or UN funding.
