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Labor Union
Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) is an activist caucus within the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), which represents transportation workers and is one of the largest private-sector unions in the United States. The caucus claims to represent the interests of rank-and-file union members and hold union officials
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Non-profit
Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) is a chapter-based drug-legalization advocacy organization with affiliates in over 30 countries. 16 The SSDP network advocates for drug decriminalization locally, nationally, and internationally while arguing for the de-stigmatization of
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Non-profit
Southern Partners Fund (SPF) is an Atlanta-based foundation and grantmaking organization that has given more than $20,000,000 to left-of-center activist organizations in the American South since its founding in 1998. 41 SPF runs the
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Non-profit
The Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) is a legal organization founded in 1976 to oppose the death penalty and crimes it says are related to poverty and racial imbalances. 67
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Non-profit
The Skoll Foundation was founded by billionaire philanthropist Jeffrey Skoll. 97 Mr. Skoll is also the founder of Participant, a firm that produces films such as An Inconvenient Truth, the 2006
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Labor Union
San Francisco Labor Council (SFLC) is a local union federation affiliated with the AFL-CIO. 116 SFLC promotes left-of-center labor policies, including requiring employers to negotiate with minority unions — made up of
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Non-profit
The Rosenthal Family Foundation is the private foundation of “Everybody Loves Raymond” creator Philip Rosenthal and his wife, actress Monica Horan Rosenthal. The Foundation supports left-of-center advocacy groups, arts and culture institutions, and food insecurity relief groups in the greater Los Angeles area and around the world. Both Rosenthal and
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Other Group
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Rosa Luxemburg Foundation) is a German government-funded think tank that is associated with the German socialist party Die Linke (The Left). 176 Founded in 1990, the foundation
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Non-profit
ReThink Media, founded in 2008, is a combination public relations firm, advocacy organization, and pass-through funding entity for left-of-center organizations. It uses messaging techniques through all forms of media to promote the left-of-center framing of issues related to national security, ethnic and religious minority interests, and left-of-center electoral legislation. ReThink
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Labor Union
The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) is a labor union that is a semi-autonomous division of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). Its members come from various sectors, including retail, manufacturing, service, and health care industries throughout the United States and Canada.
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Non-profit
Progressive Maryland is a lobbying and advocacy organization and network of left-progressive organizations in Maryland. The organization works to promote its agenda by outreach, public education campaigns, lobbying, direct public action, research, and support for left-of-center candidates. The Progressive Maryland Education Fund, Progressive Maryland’s affiliate organization, supports these efforts.
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Non-profit
Progress Michigan is a left-of-center advocacy organization in Michigan. It is one of 25 state-level networks of ProgressNow, a national organization of liberal groups started in Colorado to support left-of-center networking and rapid response communications. 282
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Non-profit
PowerPAC is a left-of-center lobbying organization based in San Francisco that specializes in voter mobilization. The organization was founded by liberal activist Steve Phillips and largely funded by left-of-center philanthropist Susan Sandler.
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Labor Union
The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO is a left-leaning federation of labor unions in Pennsylvania. The organization was formed in 1960 following a merger of two statewide labor federations and has a membership consisting of dozens of local labor unions and regional labor councils. The organization is a state-level affiliate of left-leaning national
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Non-profit
The Open Society Action Fund (OSAF), formerly the Open Society Policy Center, is a lobbying group associated with the Open Society Network and the Open Society Foundations, the principal advocacy philanthropic efforts of left-of-center financial billionaire George Soros.
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Non-profit
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC) is an Ohio-based group that advocates for left-of-center policies. 387 The group’s sister nonprofit, the Ohio Organizing Campaign, is an advocacy and civic engagement group focused on voter registration
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Labor Union
The Ohio AFL-CIO is the state affiliate for the AFL-CIO labor union federation in Ohio. 422 The union is also affiliated with the Action Network, an online tool for left-progressive
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Labor Union
The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) is a trade union representing white-collar clerical and office workers in the public and private sectors. It is notable for its efforts to organize university student workers, nonprofit employees, and high-tech workers. It is a member of the AFL-CIO labor union
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Non-profit
Ocean Conservancy is a Washington, D.C.-based environmentalist advocacy group that designs ocean policies for federal and state governments. It tends to advocate for left-of-center environmentalist policies. Though the Conservancy is broadly concerned with ocean-based conservation, including ocean acidification, coastal cleanups, and fishing, its focus has shifted towards climate change at
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Labor Union
The NC State AFL-CIO is the North Carolina affiliate of the AFL-CIO. 483 It represents the interests of North Carolina unions and promotes left-of-center policies on a variety of topics,