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Not to be confused with Economic Policy Institute, a left-of-center labor-union-backed think tank. The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) is a right-leaning research organization that focuses on public policy issues related to employment growth, especially as it affects entry-level employment. EPI sponsors research that looks at new labor costs, welfare
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Meryl Chertoff is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and the executive director of the Georgetown Project on State and Local Government Policy and Law (SALPAL). 1 Chertoff
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The American Commitment Foundation is a right-leaning advocacy group that educates the public on issues related to economic freedom and limited government. 1 It is the charitable sister organization of
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The Center for Cultural Power (previously Citizen Engagement Lab Education Fund) is a left-of-center organization led by women of color artists focused on activism and community organizing through art.
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#NoDAPL (No Dakota Access Pipeline) is a Twitter hashtag and social media campaign that supported protests and encampments attempting to stop the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe argued that the 1,172-mile-long pipeline’s construction would threaten the tribe’s drinking water and sacred sites due
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The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that intends to promote and protect human rights internationally. HRF focuses its efforts on countries ruled by authoritarian regimes while raising awareness about threats to freedom worldwide.
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The Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) is a right-of-center advocacy organization that seeks to apply Judeo-Christian moral traditions to public policy. EPPC was founded in 1976 and intends to protect law, culture, and politics from a left-of-center agenda.
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The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy is a conservative-leaning think tank founded in 1979 by students of Harry Jaffa, a professor at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate University, based on Jaffa’s political philosophy.
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The Omidyar Network Fund is a grantmaking nonprofit founded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam Omidyar. Its sister group, the Omidyar Network, is an LLC that makes philanthropic “impact investments.” Omidyar Network Fund and the Omidyar Network are often referred to interchangeably, and both support
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The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund is a non-profit organization that focuses on funding initiatives that promote Latino political engagement. It also promotes left-of-center talking points on immigration, voting rights, the Census, and election administration. NALEO Educational Fund receives most of its revenue from
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The Quilliam Foundation (also known as Quilliam) was a British counterterrorism think tank with an American affiliate that was founded by former Islamist extremists Ed Husain and Maajid Nawaz in 2008. The organization translated terrorist documents, produced videos and reports analyzing terrorism, and had staff regularly interviewed by newspapers, magazines,
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The Walt Disney Company is a media and entertainment conglomerate based in Burbank, California. As of March 2022, the company has more than 200,000 employees and a market capitalization of more than $250 billion. 1 Leadership
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The Woodson Center is a nonprofit organization founded by civil rights activist Robert L. Woodson in 1981 to help residents of low-income neighborhoods. It was initially known as the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise but re-branded in 2016.
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The Council for National Policy (CNP) is a nonprofit membership organization that supports the conservative movement, especially regarding issues like limited government, traditional Judeo-Christian values, and a strong national defense. 1 CNP Action,
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Catherine Ivy is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based philanthropist and former financial planner. She is the president of the Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation. The Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation was founded before 2005 by the Ivys. After the 2005 death of Catherine’s husband, Ben, from a rare glioblastoma brain cancer,
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Laura Williamson, a left-of-center activist, is the associate director for policy and research in the area of democracy reform for Demos, a think tank with close ties to the self-described “progressive” wing of the Democratic Party. Background Prior to joining Demos, Williamson participated in voting rights-related advocacy, organizing,
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Dale Ho is a left-of-center attorney who specializes in voting rights cases. As of March 2022, he is a nominee for a U.S. district judgeship. As director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Voting Rights Project, Ho has argued against requiring proof of citizenship in order to register
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Dana Paikowsky is a left-of-center lawyer who focuses on voting issues. She is most notable for her work in trying to allow felons and the incarcerated the right to vote in elections. In 2021, she joined the U.S. Department of Justice in the Voting Section of the Civil Rights
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The Center for Union Facts (CUF) is a right-of-center advocacy organization that supports workers’ rights and transparency and accountability in labor unions. CUF campaigns against the abuse of power by some union officials, such as corruption, violence, and misuse of union dues. The Center for Union Facts supports the rights
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National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) is the labor union representing border security agents in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The union is known for having right-of-center politics and for supporting former President Donald Trump, both rare positions in organized labor. It is an affiliate of the AFL-CIO and
