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Other Group
Appalachian Mountain Club(AMC) is a nonprofit organization that advocates for left-of-center environmental policy. Along with other environmental organizations, AMC filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for a 2018 decision to temporarily cease the EPA’s control of emissions coming from upwind states to downwind states.
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Labor Union
American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is an AFL-CIO affiliated labor union made up of over 220,000 United States Postal Service workers. 1
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Non-profit
Alaska Wilderness League is a left-leaning anti-fracking and oil drilling organization that frequently opposes plans of the Trump Administration to do so.
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Non-profit
The United We Dream Network (UWD) is a left-of-center immigration advocacy organization that opposes the deportation of illegal immigrants, advocates for the full reinstatement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) partial amnesty program, supports defunding the police and ending all enforcement actions by U.S. immigration authorities, and promotes
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Non-profit
The Transgender Law Center (TLC) is a national social-liberal legal center which advocates for the interests of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals and is almost entirely operated by such individuals. TLC was founded in 2002 by Chris Daley and Dylan Vade as a project of the National Center for
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Non-profit
The National Workplace Bullying Coalition is a left-of-center organization that seeks to implement more stringent government regulations against workplace bullying. Much of its work appears to have taken place in 2014 and 2015, the first two years of its existence. The organization appeared to go entirely dormant between 2018 and
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Non-profit
The National Urban League is a civil rights organization founded in 1911 to combat racial discrimination against African Americans. It is the oldest and largest community-based anti-discrimination organization in America. The organization has 90 affiliates in 36 states and the District of Columbia. Although it is technically nonpartisan, in that
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Non-profit
The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) is a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group. The group, which is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization under IRS tax rules, takes left-of-center stances on abortion, economics, and judicial nominations. The group is critical of Republicans and supports left-of-center policies. Background The NPWF was founded
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Non-profit
The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is an organization that supports left-of-center policy goals in the United States and Israel. The Council claims 180,000 members across 60 chapters in its 30-state policy network and action teams in seven states.
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Non-profit
The National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD) is a coalition of left-of-center community organizing groups founded in 1999. The coalition is funded by left-of-center foundations including the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, Open Society Foundations, the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, the
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Non-profit
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) is a left-leaning organization that was founded in 1978 to support domestic violence victims and advocate for legal changes to help prevent domestic violence.
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Non-profit
The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is a left-of-center group which advocates for policies and culture favorable to transgender people and other gender-non-conforming people. It currently has about 20 staff members. 1
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Non-profit
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), formerly known as the Lesbian Rights Project, is a left-of-center legal advocacy organization that provides pro bono legal services for LGBT causes and advocates for policy changes in related issue areas. Founded in 1977 by lawyer Donna Hitchens, NCLR frequently files amicus curiae
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Non-profit
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) is a left-wing litigation and advocacy group focused on immigration, election procedure, and Census and demographic interest issues. Founded in the late 1960s with extensive financial support from the left-wing Ford Foundation which continues through the present day, MALDEF is
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Non-profit
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is a left-of-center organization founded in 1929 that advocates on behalf of left-of-center Hispanic interests. LULAC’s initiatives are executed through programming, political advocacy, and individual member participation at the local level. Background LULAC was originally founded in 1929 to combat discrimination and
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Non-profit
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR) is a civil-rights-focused left-of-center organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as an umbrella organization for over 200 mostly left-wing organizations which lobby and advocate before Congress and other federal agencies on legislation and Presidential appointments to the executive departments and
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Other Group
Lawyers for Good Government was formed in immediate reaction to the 2016 election of President Donald Trump. The morning after election night, Traci Feit Love, a Harvard Law graduate
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Non-profit
The Japanese American Citizens League is a left-of-center organization that claims to be the voice of Japanese Americans. 1 The organization advocates for racial preferences in college admissions,
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Non-profit
GLAAD (formerly an acronym for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is a left-of-center media monitoring group which promotes the favorable representation of LGBT figures in media. The group aims to “shape the narrative” on LGBT issues in entertainment and in the news. GLAAD often pressures media creators and
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Non-profit
The Gathering for Justice is a far-left criminal justice advocacy group that was created in 2005 by radical activist, singer, and actor Harry Belafonte. Its focuses on the development of left-of-center activists through organizing courses, and it seeks to end juvenile incarceration. While the group itself doesn’t engage in
