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Doctors for America (DFA), originally named Doctors for Obama, is a left-of-center activist organization that recruits and organizes physicians and medical students to promote left-of-center policies in healthcare. The organization was founded in 2008 by Dr. Vivek Murthy, a staffer for Obama’s New England steering committee
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Center for Health and Gender Equity Inc. (CHANGE) is an organization that claims to hold the United States accountable for commitments relating to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). CHANGE affirms a “right to access quality health care services” that includes contraception and abortion.
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Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AUSCS) is a left-of-center nonprofit that advocates for the removal of religious influences from government policy. The group claims that it has always been led by and staffed by religious individuals.
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American Atheists advocates for a complete separation of church and state and on behalf of the civil liberties of atheists. Founded by Madalyn Murray O’Hair after she won a U.S. Supreme Court decision prohibiting prayer in public schools, American Atheists brings lawsuits and public pressure to bear on institutions or
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The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWM) is designed to the encourage participation of women in radio, television, and digital media. AWM supported the 2017 Women’s March and has advocated FCC regulatory action to increase the ownership of radio stations by women. AWM is the parent organization
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Advocates for Youth (AFY) is a left-of-center advocacy group that focus on topics such as youth sexual health, youth reproductive health, sexual violence, racial issues, and LGBT issues in both the United States and the “Global South,” a term referring to less economically developed nations.
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A is For is a New York City-based pro-abortion rights advocacy group that also collects donations for other pro-abortion non-profits. 137 Most of its key members are prominent entertainers involved in Broadway and the
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A Better Balance (ABB) is an advocacy group campaigning for increased government regulation of labor and employment, especially paid leave mandates. 147 The group is involved in left-of-center legal policy opposed both of President Trump’s
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52Feminists.com was a web-based project featuring short profiles of women (a few men are included) who market themselves as feminist entrepreneurs. Most of those profiled were Americans working in corporate or creative industries, charities, or feminist non-profit organizations. Several are business owners promoting their companies or professional services. A few
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Vote Pro-Choice (#VOTEPROCHOICE) is a political advocacy group that endorses and campaigns at the local and national level for candidates who support abortion. The group expanded its name recognition when it partnered with the 2017 Women’s March. The group has partnered with other pro-abortion organizations and the news outlet Democrats.com.
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Weston Milliken is a former management consultant and board secretary for the Democracy Alliance, a collective of left-of-center donors that has been active in orchestrating “the activities of a permanent ‘left infrastructure’” since 2004.
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Rob Reiner is a Hollywood actor and filmmaker, perhaps best known for his portrayal as Mike “Meathead” Stivic on the 1970s-era television show “All In the Family.” He has since gone on to have a long career as an actor, director, and producer.
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Randi Weingarten is a 30-year union executive who, aside from a brief one-semester stint as a full-time teacher, 239 has almost exclusively served as a union leader. Joining the
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Quinn Delaney is a philanthropist, fundraiser, and major donor to left-of-center causes and Democratic politicians. In 2000, Delaney and her husband, real estate mogul Wayne Jordan, co-founded the Akonadi Foundation, a left-of-center racial justice grantmaking group primarily focused in Oakland, CA. Delaney has raised and personally donated millions
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Paul Egerman is a retired software engineer and political activist. A graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he co-founded Interpretive Data Systems (later IDX), a medical information software company in 1974. After 20 years as COO, the company went public and Egerman retired. Egerman later co-founded and was CEO
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Patricia “Pat” Stryker is a billionaire heiress from Colorado. 340 In recent years Stryker has been one of the nation’s top political donors, giving more than $11 million to Democratic political candidates
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Norman Lear is a television producer who created a number of politically charged television shows, including “All in the Family,” “Maude,” and “The Jeffersons.” 391 Lear is a self-admitted
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Naomi Aberly is a left-of-center activist best known for chairing the board of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). She is an activist donor for a number of left-of-center and liberal PACs and candidates for public office. Aberly also sits on the board of directors for State Innovation
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Michelle Ringuette is a left-of-center political operative and organizer who since 2013 has worked as an official at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) where she has the title of assistant to the president for labor, government relations, and political affairs. She has worked in public relations and as
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Michael Kieschnick is the president and CEO of CREDO Mobile, a cellular service company than channels one percent of its revenues into left-of-center causes. Kieschnick has been involved with numerous left-wing groups, including the Real Justice PAC, the League of Women Voters, and NextGen Climate. Kieschnick
