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The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) was founded in 1920. 1 It has 31,000 members and more than 200 affiliates in the
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America’s Frontier Fund is a nonprofit venture capital fund that aims to help incentivize microchip manufacturing in the United States. It was founded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and right-of-center PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. The organization has described itself as “the nation’s first deep-tech fund that
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Person
James “Jim” Baker is an attorney formerly employed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Twitter. He has also been a fellow at the Brookings Institution. Baker became the Twitter deputy general counsel in June 2020 and held
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Other Group
Council for Global Equality is a Washington, D.C.-based LGBT advocacy group comprised of a variety of left-of-center and LGBT organizations, including Human Rights Campaign and Open Society Foundations. 1 The Council
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The International Association of Sheet Metal Air, Rail, and Transportation (SMART) Workers is a North American labor organization that coordinates the activities of 700 different local unions consisting of 203,000 members in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
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In late November 2022, billionaire Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk announced he would be releasing “The Twitter Files on free speech suppression.” He allowed six independent journalists, many of them with left-leaning backgrounds, access to internal Twitter documents and communications covering a period beginning in 2016 when
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF; formerly the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) is an agency of the United Nations (UN). Its stated mission is to support the health, education, rights, and overall welfare of children around the world. The agency was founded in the aftermath of the
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Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) is pro-Israel think tank focused on U.S. defense and national security issues, especially as they relate to the Middle East. JINSA advocates for a strong security relationship between the United States and Israel.
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The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice (also known as Latina Institute) is an advocacy group that supports abortion and health care policies that make it easier for women to have abortions.
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Person
Yvon Chouinard is the socialist billionaire founder and former owner of Patagonia, a sportswear apparel company known for its environmentalist activism, including donating 1 percent of annual revenue to philanthropic causes. In 2022, Chouinard and his family relinquished control of the company to a trust and a nonprofit that are
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Emgage Action is a left-of-center Muslim-American advocacy and voter mobilization group that functions as the voter mobilization and political advocacy arm of the Emgage Foundation. The network of Emgage groups also operates Emgage PAC, a political action committee that raises money for and endorses candidates for Congress and state
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Muslim American Women’s Policy Forum (MAWPF) is a left-of-center activist organization 1 that engages in “intersectional organizing” to influence local and national policies impacting Muslims and Muslim women.
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Indivisible Highland Park (IHP) was formed to turn out Democratic voters and advance Democratic political priorities in California’s Congressional District 34 in northeast Los Angeles. It is one of approximately 6,000 Indivisible Project local organizations formed to oppose President Donald Trump’s agenda.
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Indivisible CA-39 (ICA39) was formed post the election of President Donald Trump as part of the Indivisible Project to oppose the Trump Administration agenda by electing Democratic Party members of Congress. 1 The group
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Indivisible CA-33 (ICA33) was formed to turn out Democratic voters and advance Democratic political priorities within California’s Congressional District 33. It is one of approximately 6,000 left-of-center Indivisible Project local organizations formed to oppose President Donald Trump’s agenda after his election in 2016.
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Asian Services in Action, Inc. (ASIA) is an Ohio-based nonprofit provider of personal services including health care, legal services, and academic mentoring focused on Asian-American communities. 1 It also engages in community engagement advocacy.
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Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) New York is a chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a controversial Muslim-American advocacy group. The New York chapter has litigated in support of left-of-center interests, particularly on immigration and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. CAIR-NY has advocated defunding police departments and
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Non-profit
The Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York (JWFNY; known since 2022 as Elluminate) is a philanthropic organization which supports causes that further the interests of the Jewish diaspora – especially its female members – as well as left-of-center social causes. The organization, which was founded in 1995, has funded initiatives
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Other Group
Putnam Progressives is a left-of-center organization in Hudson County, New York that works to elect Democratic candidates and promote left-leaning policies. Putnam Progressives supports left-of-center positions on abortion, global warming, and gun control, and supported impeaching former President Donald Trump. Putnam Progressives is associated with pro-Democratic Party get-out-the-vote group
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Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) is a union representing 2,200 families and 28 local chapters. 1 WFU is a member of the National Farmers Union. WFU supports left-of-center political positions, including a variety of subsidies
