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Legislation
The Taft-Hartley Act (known formally as the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947) is a set of amendments to the federal National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) passed after the Second World War to promote industrial peace and correct the pro-organized-labor bias of the New Deal-era Wagner Act (the un-amended
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Person
Jonathan Greenblatt is a Democratic political operative, corporate executive, and the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League. He worked for Bill Clinton’s 1992 Presidential campaign
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Person
David Wayne Gray 61 is a labor union activist who is a vice president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
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For-profit
True North Research is a for-profit research firm founded by left-of-center activist Lisa Graves in 2007. The firm conducts political and policy research aimed at exposing the influence of conservative and free market leaning businessmen and businesses.
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Non-profit
The Jewish Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles (JCF Los Angeles) is a grantmaking organization supporting nonprofit programs which support Jewish communities in California, across the United States, and around the world. While most of the foundation’s grants are awarded to Jewish community organizations, the
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Non-profit
Citizens Climate Education (CCE) is an environmentalist advocacy organization affiliated with the lobbying group Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL). CCE promotes a carbon tax scheme as its primary solution to climate change, which it refers to as a “carbon fee and dividend.”
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Non-profit
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) is a left-of-center environmental activist and legal advocacy organization based in Tucson, Arizona. 125
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Non-profit
The Proteus Action League (PAL) is the 501(c)(4) lobbying and advocacy arm of the Proteus Fund. PAL supports and opposes specific legislation and referenda regarding the death penalty, campaign financing, the LGBT interests, and other issues in which the Proteus Fund is actively involved.
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Person
Deepak Bhargava is a career left-of-center activist and community organizer who worked for 16 years as executive director and president of the Center for Community Change (CCC), a left-of-center national organization that coordinates local community organizers. Bhargava led the organization to focus on liberal expansionist immigration policy and ethnic
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Non-profit
New Democrat Network (NDN) is a left-of-center think tank and advocacy group. Originally associated the moderate “New Democrat” wing of the party, it has shifted toward supporting more-liberal candidates and policy positions. History and Work New Democrat Network is a self-described liberal think tank and advocacy organization.
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Non-profit
The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund (known as the Task Force Action Fund) is the political arm of the National LGBTQ Task Force (the Task Force), a left-of-center LGBT advocacy group and the oldest national LGBT rights group in the United States. The Task Force also has a
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Non-profit
LatinoJustice PRLDEF (LJP) is a left-of-center public interest legal group that works specifically with Latinos, especially within the Puerto Rican community. Originally called the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, the group changed its name targeting a broader appeal and expanded mission. LIP is mostly active in New York
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Non-profit
Association of Population Centers (APC) is a left-of-center nonprofit organization that publishes research on population data. 273 Its research is used to claim that there are overpopulation issues and to advocate for increased public
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Non-profit
The Hill-Snowdon Foundation is a left-leaning grantmaking foundation, which supports organizations and projects oriented towards immigration expansion, minority interests, voter mobilization, and combating poverty. Background The Hill-Snowdon Foundation was founded in New Jersey in 1959 by Arthur Bullock Hill, an executive and board member of Johnson and Johnson, primarily with
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Non-profit
The Mai Family Foundation is the private foundation of Vincent A. Mai, a South Africa-born investment banker who is the current chairman and CEO of Cranemere, LLC, a former employee of the leveraged buyout firm AEA Investors, and past managing director of Lehman Brothers. In 2017 the Mai Family Foundation
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Non-profit
California Forward (CAFWD) is a think tank and policy advocacy group that supports left-of-center policy goals, including government-subsidized housing, increased economic benefits for ethnic minorities, and campaign finance reform. CAFWD supports many policies of California Governor Gavin Newsom (D). CAFWD was founded by California Common Cause, the Center
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Non-profit
The Laura and John Arnold Foundation is a private foundation based in Houston, Texas. The foundation was founded in 2008 by hedge fund manager John Arnold and his wife, Laura. The foundation focuses on criminal justice and public safety, higher education, health care, public finance, infrastructure, and evidence
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Labor Union
The Michigan Education Association (MEA) is a National Education Association-affiliated state-level federation of teachers’ unions in Michigan. The MEA is one of Michigan’s largest labor unions and claims to represent “about 120,000 teachers, education support professionals and higher-education employees throughout the state,”
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Other Group
National Priorities Project (NPP) is a project of the left-of-center Institute for Policy Studies
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Non-profit
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is a think tank focused on foreign policy and national security issues. The organization’s leadership is made up of former Democratic administration officials and politicians. CNAS has focused heavily on environmental security issues, including climate change.
