Leading U.S. Progressive Organizations
Collected here are names and brief descriptions of approximately 500 leading organizations in the United States working for progressive change on a national level, grouped into categories that roughly describe the main focus of their work, with links to their websites. Use the hierarchical links below to locate organizations by category or use the search box to find organizations by name.
- 1. Progressive Electoral Politics Organizations
- 2. Peace and U.S. Foreign Policy Organizations
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- 2.1. Coalitions of Peace Groups
- 2.2. General Peace Groups
- 2.3. Veterans Peace Groups
- 2.4. Women’s Peace Groups
- 2.5. Student Peace Groups
- 2.6. Nuclear Weapons-Focused Groups
- 2.7. Peace Building Groups
- 2.8. Conscientious Objection to War Groups
- 2.9. Religious Peace Groups
- 2.10. Nonviolent Peacemaker Groups
- 2.11. Nonviolent Action Policy Groups
- 2.12. Other Specialized Peace Groups
- 2.13. Peace Policy Institutes
- 3. International Justice Organizations
- 4. Economic Justice Organizations
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- 4.1. Worker Justice and Democracy Groups
- 4.2. International Worker Justice and Democracy Groups
- 4.3. Anti-Poverty and Low Income Housing Groups
- 4.4. Anti-Poverty Policy Groups
- 4.5. Employment Groups
- 4.6. Economic Justice Groups
- 4.7. Anti-Corporate Domination Groups
- 4.8. Progressive Economic Research Groups
- 4.9. Progressive Tax Groups
- 4.10. Consumer Protection Groups
- 4.11. Socially Responsible Business Groups
- 4.12. Worker Ownership Groups
- 5. Civil Liberties Organizations
- 6. Social Justice Organizations
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- 6.1. Civil Rights Groups
- 6.2. Civil Rights Constituency Groups
- 6.3. Legal Defense of Civil Rights Groups
- 6.4. Immigration Rights Groups
- 6.5. Criminal Justice Groups
- 6.6. Groups Challenging Capital Punishment
- 6.7. Community Organizing Groups
- 6.8. Disability Rights Groups
- 6.9. Elder Advocacy Groups
- 6.10. Children Advocacy Groups
- 6.11. Family Advocacy Groups
- 6.12. Feminist / Women’s Liberation Groups
- 6.13. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Liberation Groups
- 6.14. Family Planning Groups
- 7. Health Advocacy Organizations
- 8. Environmental Organizations
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- 8.1. Broad-Focus Environmental Groups
- 8.2. Environmental Groups Focused on Climate Change
- 8.3. Environmental Groups Focused on Energy and Mining
- 8.4. Forest Protection Groups
- 8.5. Other Specific-Focus Environmental Groups
- 8.6. International-Focus Environmental Groups
- 8.7. Environmental Research and Public Policy Groups
- 8.8. Conservation Groups
- 9. Other Progressive Issue Organizations
- 10. Progressive Cultural Change Organizations
- 11. Progressive Constituency Organizations
- 12. Progressive Infrastructure Organizations