Insititute for Policy Studies

IPS is a multi-issue progressive think tank. Since 1963, the Institute has transformed ideas into action for peace, justice, and the environment.

www.ips-dc.org

Amnesty International

Amnesty International is dedicated to freeing prisoners of conscience, gaining fair trials for political prisoners, ending torture, political killings and "disappearances," and abolishing the death penalty throughout the world. Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the U.S. Section of Amnesty International.

Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is a Washington, D.C.-based non-partisan research organization dedicated to enhancing international peace and security in the 21st century.

Childrens Defense Fund

CDF’s mission is to Leave No Child Behind and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

Corporate Accountability International

Corporate Accountability International has been waging winning campaigns to challenge corporate abuse for more than 30 years. It was there at the beginning of the movement to demand direct corporate accountability to public interests and has been at its forefront ever since.

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

FAIR, the national media watch group, offers well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship. It works to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints.

Friends Committee on National Legislation

FCNL fields the largest team of registered peace lobbyists in Washington, DC. Founded in 1943 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), FCNL staff and volunteers work with a nationwide network of tens of thousands of people from many different races, religions, and cultures to advocate social and economic justice, peace, and good government.

Government Accountability Project

GAP’s mission is to protect the public interest by promoting government and corporate accountability through advancing occupational free speech and ethical conduct, defending whistleblowers, and empowering citizen activists.

Green America

Green America's mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. It went by the name "Co-op America" until January 1, 2009.

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

IATP promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.

Middle East Research and Information Project

The Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) is an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1971 to provide alternative, critical reporting and analysis on contemporary Middle East affairs and U.S. policy toward the region.

National Council of Women's Organizations

The Council is a nonpartisan network of more than one hundred women's organizations, which together represent more than 6 million members.

National Family Farm Coalition

NFFC was founded in 1986 to serve as a national link for grassroots organizations working on family farm issues

National Urban League

NUL is the nation’s oldest and largest community-based movement empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream.

People For the American Way

People for the American Way is dedicated to making the promise of America real for every American: Equality. Freedom of speech. Freedom of religion. The right to seek justice in a court of law. The right to cast a vote that counts. The American Way.

Rocky Mountain Media Watch

Rocky Mountain Media Watch, through its studies of local TV news content, has documented the formula of excess found in local TV news across the country.

Sierra Club

Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. It's the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States.

Taxpayers for Common Sense

Taxpayers for Common Sense is an independent and non-partisan voice for taxpayers working to increase transparency and expose and eliminate wasteful and corrupt subsidies, earmarks, and corporate welfare.

United for a Fair Economy

UFE is a national, independent, nonpartisan, non-profit organization that raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart. It supports and helps build social movements for greater equality.

USAction

USAction builds power by uniting people locally and nationally, on-the-ground and online, to win a more just and progressive America. It creates progressive coalitions, making democracy work by organizing issue and election campaigns to improve people's lives.

WhyHunger

WhyHunger is a leading advocate for innovative, community-based solutions to hunger and poverty. It challenges society to confront these problems by advancing models that create self-reliance, economic justice, and equal access to nutritious and affordable food.

Witness for Peace

Witness for Peace is a membership organization, generating positive social change from the participation of thousands of caring individuals. It maintains a growing network of concerned U.S. residents working toward a better future for all people of the world—not just the wealthy minority.