The American Civil Liberties Union is the nation's foremost advocate of individual rights -- litigating, legislating, and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.
Policy.com is the Web's most comprehensive public policy resource and community. Drawing from its network of policy influentials, Policy.com showcases leading research, opinions and events shaping public policy on dozens of issues including education, technology and healthcare.
Common Cause is a nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen's lobbying organization promoting open, honest and accountable government.
A few large think tanks have had enormous impact on news coverage and political discourse in the United States. So far -- despite the wide media penetration achieved by the Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution and other major think tanks -- there has been little timely public debate about their specific assertions. As a nationwide consortium, the Institute for Public Accuracy represents an unprecedented effort to bring other voices to the mass-media table often dominated by a few major think tanks.
The Preamble Center
Information to help you be an informed actvist on issues of economic justice
Corporate Watch is an online magazine and resource center designed to provide you--every day Internet users--with an array of tools that you can use to investigate and analyze corporate activity.
Project Vote Smart is the major program of The Center for National Independence in Politics, a national non-partisan organization focused on providing citizens/voters with information about the political system, issues, candidates and elected officials.
Democratic Leadership Council / Progressive Policy Institute
People for the American Way organizes and mobilizes Americans to fight for fairness, justice, civil rights and the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.
Center for Responsive Politics
See how PAC money is distributed
The Electronic Activist
An email address directory of congresspeople, state governments, and media entities.
Congressional Quarterly's American Voter
Congress' voting records
Politics1 claims to be "the leading online resource of comprehensive links to Presidential, Gubernatorial, US Senate & Congressional candidates and political parties across the spectrum" and more.
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