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Person
Saul Alinsky (1909-1972) was a leading political activist and theorist, social critic, self-described “radical,” and an architect of the modern Left’s structure and approach to advocacy and electioneering. Alinsky pioneered “community organizing,” a form of coalition-building centered on aligning the common goals of multiple interest groups too small or electorally
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Government Agency
This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the Executive Office of the President. Nominations and Appointments Jen O’Malley Dillon is White House Deputy Chief of Staff. She was Campaign Manger for Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign, and prior to that for Beto O’Rourke’s 2020 campaign. She was a
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For-profit
Uber Technologies is an American technology company best known for its ridesharing and restaurant delivery services. Founded in 2009, Uber became one of the most successful startups in history and a leading company in Silicon Valley. As of January 2021, Uber was valued at over $80 billion.
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Non-profit
2nd Vote was a right-of-center nonprofit organization that informed consumers about the political values of companies and encouraging them to make consumption choices in line with their own political values. 2nd Vote was launched in 2012 by David L. Black after he learned that March of Dimes donations were being
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Non-profit
People’s Action, the lobbying arm of the left-wing People’s Action Institute, was created when USAction, Community Organizations in Action, National People’s Action Campaign, and Campaign for America’s Future merged in 2016. 1 The
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Non-profit
Medicare for All Now (sometimes stylized Medicare for all NOW) is a left-wing organization which supports the implementation of government-controlled, single-payer healthcare in the United States. Founded in 2019 by far-left health care activist Wendell Potter, the organization was active in opposing pro-market health care policy during the 2020 election
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Person
Whitney Tymas is a left-leaning lawyer and political activist who advocates for radical criminal justice reforms. 1
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Political Party/527
The Black Panther Party was a communist Black militant organization founded in 1966 that allied with extremist New Left organizations such as Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and communist regimes abroad.
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Non-profit
The Melville Charitable Trust is a private grantmaking foundation. It was created by the Melville family, whose wealth came from the Melville Corporation, a national retailer that evolved into the CVS drugstore chain. The trust is dedicated to fighting homelessness, and funds local and national public policy programs on housing
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Non-profit
The Adam Smith Institute is a libertarian-leaning think tank that is incorporated in both Great Britain and the United States. 12
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The Arizona Community Foundation (ACF) is a left-of-center grantmaking organization and one of the largest community foundations in the state of Arizona. The ACF has approximately $903 million in assets as of March 2020 and has provided $853 million in grants since 1978.
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Non-profit
The Witherspoon Institute is a right-of-center think tank based in Princeton, New Jersey which has opposed same-sex marriage and embryonic stem-cell research. 1 The
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Person
Peter Daszak is a virologist and the president of EcoHealth Alliance, an American nonprofit dedicated to developing global healthcare infrastructure. Daszak built his career in the study of zoonosis, the transmission of viruses from animals to humans. After becoming president of EcoHealth Alliance, the organization received a grant from
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Non-profit
The Atlantic Council is a think tank based in Washington, D.C. that focuses on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Atlantic alliance, and international affairs. Spread across fourteen different centers worldwide, the Atlantic Council focuses on a variety of policy issues including climate change, economic development, and advocacy of
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Non-profit
The Accountability Counsel is a left-of-center environmentalist organization that uses litigation and media campaigns to oppose construction projects in developing countries. Natalie Bridgeman Fields founded Accountability Counsel with the support of the environmentalist group Echoing Green.
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Person
Miguel Cardona is a longtime educator and the Secretary of Education in the Biden administration. Prior to becoming Secretary of Education, Secretary Cardona worked as an educator in Connecticut and as the state Education Commissioner. During his time as Education Commissioner, Secretary Cardona oversaw the implementation of a statewide
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Person
Charles G. Koch is an American businessman, political and charitable donor, and the current chairman and CEO of Koch Industries, the second largest privately held company in the United States. Koch, along with his late brother David, is a prolific donor to and founder of many right- and libertarian-leaning
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Non-profit
Americans for Fair Treatment (AFFT) is a nonprofit membership organization that provides assistance for public-sector workers who wish to resign from a union, in support of their First Amendment rights. AFFT includes the outreach projects Free to Teach, a former project of the Commonwealth Foundation, and Free to Serve,
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For-profit
YouTube is a for-profit video platform owned as a subsidiary of Alphabet, parent company of Google. As of January 2021, YouTube has over 34 billion monthly views, making it the second-most visited website in the world behind Google.com.
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Non-profit
VDare is an anti-immigration advocacy group and news site founded by Peter Brimelow. VDare is commonly considered an alt-right or white nationalist organization, though Brimelow denies the designations for himself and the group. VDare primarily operates as a “forum” and host for political commentary.
