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Person
Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook) is a former leader in the Black Panther Party and supporter of Philadelphia’s MOVE organization. He has been incarcerated in Pennsylvania since 1982 when he was convicted of murdering a Philadelphia police officer after a trial that his supporters have described as unfair and
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Non-profit
The United States Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) is a network of left-of-center activists and pressure groups which pushes to end the political and military influence of Israel over its neighboring territories, the status of which is disputed between the Jewish state and Palestinian Arab nationalists. The organization also demands
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For-profit
Woke Kindergarten is a for-profit consulting firm based in Germantown, Maryland that offers clients critical race theory-aligned “antiracism” services and materials. It was founded and is operated by left-of-center Tactivist Akiea Gross. Background Woke Kindergarten was incorporated on April 17, 2020 in Germantown, Maryland by Akiea Gross, a left-wing activist.
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Other Group
The Comedy Resistance is a project of the left-of-center Action Network that uses comedians and comedy to generate support for its activities, which include voter registration drives, get-out-the-vote campaigns, advocacy for liberalized asylum policies, as well as support for abortion providers. Background The comedy Resistance was cofounded in 2017,
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Non-profit
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR) is a left-leaning advocacy group. While the name focuses on abortion, the group is active in issues ranging from immigration to LGBT causes. COLOR’s activism operates through lobbying and community organizing. COLOR’s executive director is a former Obama administration official
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Other Group
The National Union of the Homeless (NUH) is an informal chapter-based organization that campaigns for wealth redistribution to fund public housing for all people living in poverty. It organizes homeless people to be the face of its protests and campaigns.
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Non-profit
Lucy Parsons Labs (LPL) is an organization of data scientists and data privacy activists focused on alleged police misconduct, corruption, and digital rights. 1 LPL claims that Chicago practices militarized
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Labor Union
The International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE) was a left-of-center labor union chartered by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). It negotiated labor protections for electrical and radio workers and organized several strikes, most notably the Westinghouse strikes of 1955-56 and the General Electric (GE) strikes of 1960
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Non-profit
The Gender Spectrum Charitable Fund, commonly shortened to Gender Spectrum, was an organization that promoted transgender ideology among youth. It provided resources, conferences, and “social groups” for families of children experiencing gender dysphoria.
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Labor Union
The Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, AFL-CIO, also referred to as the New York Hotel Trades Council or simply the Hotel Trades Council, is a labor union representing hotel and casino workers in New York City as well as in northern and central New Jersey. The union is affiliated with
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Non-profit
The RHEDCloud Foundation is a business league founded to implement the RHEDCloud Project, a cybersecurity framework and open-source program consisting of security, provisioning, and management tools for cloud-based software. The project focuses on developing cybersecurity tools for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure, which are the
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Non-profit
The American Economic Liberties Project is an advocacy group that opposes what it considers to be an excess concentration of corporate power in various sectors of the American economy. The organization says it opposes monopolies and calls for more federal and state regulation of private businesses in hopes to “redistribute
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Government Agency
Known as the Bureau of Investigation until 1935, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was created within the Department of Justice in 1908, in defiance of a prior refusal by Congress to fund it. One lawmaker had predicted that the Bureau would become a “central police or spy system
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Non-profit
The Global Change Data Lab is an England-based nonprofit organization that was created in 2018 as the “base” for Our World in Data, a left-of-center program created by GCDL’s founder and executive director, Max Roser.
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Other Group
Our World in Data is a research project of the Global Change Data Lab and researchers from the Oxford Martin Programme on Global Development at the University of Oxford. It focuses on compiling and publishing research on various topics including global poverty, human rights, COVID-19, and the environment.
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Non-profit
International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the migration agency of the United Nations (UN). It serves as the coordinator and secretariat of the UN Network on Migration.
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Non-profit
Jobs to Move America is a left-of-center advocacy organization connected to organized labor that promotes programs to direct infrastructure funding at the state, local, and national levels to be directed towards providing jobs to local unions in the area. The organization also promotes left-leaning environmental policies on issues such as
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Non-profit
United Way of the Plains is a local chapter of United Way Worldwide operating in south-central Kansas. It raises funds, provides direct services, advocates for public policies, and awards grants to organizations and programs associated with health, education, and financial stability. Background The United Way movement began in 1887
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Non-profit
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) conducts behavioral and social science research for clients including the federal government. Founded in 1946, it produces white papers on social science subjects including health, education, and workforce development.
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Non-profit
Towards Justice is a left-of-center law firm which specializes in representing immigrants, international workers, and other low-wage workers alleging wage theft, labor trafficking, and violations of antitrust laws. 1It was founded by attorney Alexander “Alex”
