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Foreign Policy for America (FP4A) is a left-of-center foreign policy advocacy organization that was founded in 2017 in response to the election of President Donald Trump. 1
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The Muslim Students Association (MSA) is an Islamic community and advocacy group with chapters in universities throughout the United States and Canada. The MSA was originally founded with support from the Muslim Brotherhood and the government of Saudi Arabia, but has since distanced itself from foreign groups. MSA chapters have
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Encode Justice is a youth-led activist coalition pushing for governance and censorship of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and applications. It claims that AI “algorithms are being used as tools of oppression.”
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The Coalition for Jewish Values says it represents more than 1,000 rabbis across America and advocates for public policy positions based upon traditional Jewish thought rooted in Biblical and Rabbinic teachings through millennia of Jewish history.
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State Court Report is a left-of-center commentary and opinion site that also hosts a database and that tracks various state-level legal cases involving various individual rights and state-constitution issues. The website was launched in 2023 as a project of the Brennan Center for Justice and provides commentary on state
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Lucius N. Littauer Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation based in New York City that was created by businessman and former U.S. Representative Lucius N. Littauer (R-NY). It primarily gives to Jewish community groups, educational groups, and organizations that provide social services. Its grantees include organizations supporting left-of-center policies on
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The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is a nonprofit confronting different forms of violence. It sponsors academic research on the causes and manifestations of war, terrorism, crime, domestic abuse, resource extraction, political extremism, and religious conflict.
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Equal Rights Amendment Project campaigns to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, and conducts research, writes policy briefs, and hosts various events and workshops related to the ERA. History and Activities Equal Rights Amendment Project was founded by Katherine Franke and Suzanne Goldberg in 2021
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The Public Interest Computer Association (PICA) was a technology-policy advocacy group founded in 1983 by Marc Rotenberg, who later became a leading left-of-center figure on technology privacy and policy issues. 1
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The Center for Justice Innovation, originally called the Center for Court Innovation, is a community organization that began with an initial focus on court-based criminal-justice policy programs but has expanded to include additional community programs for neighborhood safety and housing resources. Cecily Carson, the president of the left-of-center
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Lina Khan is a legal academic and bureaucrat serving as of 2023 as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Prior to assuming her role in June 2021, Khan was an associate law professor at Columbia University Law School. Khan is a long-time left-of-center antitrust activist.
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The Tibet Action Institute is a human rights organization that campaigns against censorship, propaganda in schools, and surveillance by the People’s Republic of China targeting Tibetan people. The organization also provides Tibetans with digital tools and strategies to create prevalent, nonviolent protests against the actions of the Chinese government.
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National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is a left-of-center organization that provides training and assistance to statewide and territorial coalitions seeking to prevent domestic violence. 1 Despite its name, NNEDV does not provide direct counseling
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Elizabeth Spiers is a left-of-center journalist and media consultant who is the founder of The Insurrection, a political consulting firm that specializes in polling and digital strategies. Previously, Elizabeth Spiers served as the editor-in-chief of the New York Observer, founded financial news site Dealbreaker, and was the founding editor of
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Los Angeles Urban League (LA Urban League) is the local chapter of the National Urban League, a left-of-center nonprofit that supports the Black Lives Matter movement, abortion rights, affirmative action, and targeted welfare spending for specific racial groups.
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The Daniel L. Nir and Jill E. Braufman Family Foundation is a private foundation founded in 2004 by Daniel Nir, the founder and former CEO of hedge fund Gracie Capital, and his wife, Jill Braufman.
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Samuel Tak Lee is a Hong Kong real estate developer with a reported net worth of $3.7 billion. 1 He is the chairman of Prudential Enterprise Limited.
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The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) is a New York-based left-of-center advocacy group focused on trans and non-binary persons’ interests. The TLDEF primarily assists individuals in court cases by connecting them with pro bono lawyers at established law firms. In January 2024, it was announced that the
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Chauncey McLean is a Democratic Party operative who works as president of Future Forward PAC and Future Forward USA Action. He is known for his use of consumer data to create targeted ads that were used to help incumbent President Barack Obama win the 2012 presidential election.
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Telluride Association (TA) is a left-of-center educational organization that promotes and instructs students on critical race theory and critical race theory-associated topics. 1 Telluride Association’s Summer Seminar (TASS) work focuses on
