Progressive Websites

A.N.S.W.E.R.	A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition: Act Now to Stop War & End Racism.
America Coming Together	America Coming Together…In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., join ACT’s fight for fairer and more open elections in 2005 and beyond.
American Civil Liberties Union	The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty. Our job is to conserve America's original civic values - the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Americans for Democratic Action	The nation's oldest independent liberal lobbying organization.
Amnesty International	Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.
Apollo Alliance	The Apollo Alliance is a broad coalition within the labor, environmental, business, urban, and faith communities in support of good jobs and energy independence.
Bush Greenwatch	Tracking the Bush Administration's environmental misdeeds.
BuyBlue.org	Support businesses that support our values and ideals.
Center for American Progress	Progressive ideas for a strong, just and free America.
Choose the Blue	Information that enables you to direct your spending towards companies who support the candidates and issues in which we believe.
Clean Water Action Alliance	CWAA is a state chapter of national Clean Water Action. With over 55,000 members and thirty organizations across the state, CWAA is an effective advocate for Minnesota’s environment at all levels of decision making. Since 1982 CWAA has organized and mobilized Minnesota citizens to protect public health and the environment.
Democracy for America	Democracy for America (DFA) is a political action committee dedicated to supporting fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government—from school board to the presidency.
Democracy for America MeetUp	Brought to you by Democracy for America (see above).
Democracy for Minnesota	Promoting democracy and community through empowering grassroots action.
Democratic MeetUp	Gather in your local communities to help organize and support the Democratic cause.
Department of Peace Campaign	Participate in an historic citizen lobbying effort to create a U.S. Department of Peace.
Electronic Freedom Foundation	The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) was created to defend our rights to think, speak, and share our ideas, thoughts, and needs using new technologies, such as the Internet and the World Wide Web.
Electronic Privacy Information Center	EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C., it was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.
FairVote Minnesota	FairVote Minnesota works for better democracy through a unique focus on the voting system. We educate the public about the effect our voting system has on the quality of our democracy and about alternative voting systems that may enhance public life.
Greenpeace	As a global organization, Greenpeace focuses on the most crucial worldwide threats to our planet's biodiversity and environment.
Growth & Justice	Minnesota's Progressive Economic Think Tank.
League of Conservation Voters	The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is the political voice of the national environmental movement and the only organization devoted full-time to shaping a pro-environment Congress and White House.
Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action	Working together for social change!
Minnesota Bill of Rights Defense Committee	The Minnesota Bill of Rights Defense Committee is a group of Minnesota citizens concerned with preserving civil liberties and constitutional protections. Most of us have participated, or are participating in efforts, to pass Bill of Rights Defense resolutions in our local communities. We have now joined forces to work toward passage of a Bill of Rights Defense Resolution at the state level.
Minnesota Citizens for Corporate Responsibility	C4CR envisions a world in which corporations work for a just, peaceful and sustainable global society.
Minnesota Civil Liberties Union	Defending the Bill of Rights in Minnesota.
Minnesota Environmental Partnership	A coalition of 90 Minnesota environmental and conservation organizations working together to protect and preserve Minnesota's precious natural environment.
Minnesota Publius	This blog is dedicated to the status of politics in Minnesota. The "Publius" is a reference to three of our country's fore fathers: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay. These three historic Americans produced and published a collection of 85 essays from 1787-1788 in order to rally support for the newly drafted Constitution. These essays, collectively known as The Federalist Papers were published in papers across the colonies under the pseudonym "Publius".
MoveOn	MoveOn is working to bring ordinary people back into politics.
National Resources Defense Council	NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization.
Parents United for Public Schools	Parents United for Public Schools is a statewide, grass-roots organization of concerned and informed Minnesota parents and citizens committed to Minnesota's leadership in providing children a quality public education.
Partnership for Civil Justice	The Partnership for Civil Justice--Legal Defense and Education Fund was founded by Carl Messineo and Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, experienced civil rights attorneys practicing in Washington, D.C. The Fund provides and supports exclusively charitable and educational activities that secure and advance civil rights under the law, and that work towards the elimination of discrimination and prejudice.
People for the American Way	An energetic advocate for the values and institutions that sustain a diverse democratic society.
Progressive Punch	Progressive Punch is a non-partisan searchable database of Congressional voting records from a Progressive perspective.
Rockridge Institute	The mission of the Rockridge Institute is to help achieve a just, democratic, environmentally sustainable, and humane society.
Schools for Equity in Education	An organization representing 60 Minnesota school districts, including Stillwater and South Washington County, devoted to ensuring equal educational opportunities for all public school children regardless of where they live in Minnesota.
Social Investment Forum	Introduction to Socially Responsible Investing.
Talking Points Memo	Joshua Micah Marshall holds forth.
The Frame Shop	"Repair political debate in this country" utilizing framing.
Thoughtful Politics	The website for people who think about current events.
Twin Cities Green Guide	A web site to educate Twin Cities Metro area residents about environmental issues.
Union of Concerned Scientists	The Union of Concerned Scientists is a nonprofit partnership of scientists and citizens combining rigorous scientific analysis, innovative policy development and effective citizen advocacy to achieve practical environmental solutions.
W.A.M.M.	Women Against Military Madness is hundreds of women and men empowered to make social change through volunteer activism!
Wellstone Action!	Wellstone Action is a non-profit organization dedicated to continuing Paul and Sheila Wellstone's fight for economic justice and progressive social change.

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