The American Prospect
Site covers inner city depravation and inequality in the U.S.
Association of Community
Organizing for Reform Now-ACORN
Site presents facts and information on the current debate on minimum wage,
welfare reform, Medicaid, and the issue of race and income as factors on
insurance and banking. Newsletter can be requested by email.
Brookings Institution
Several good articles: basic overview of the Clinton and GOP budget debates;
simple understanding for process, policy, and politics involved; how much
is spent on Nuclear weapons.
California Budget Project
A comprehensive look at the California budget and the decisions that
face the governor, voters, and legislators. Offers a long list of budget
briefs which are easy to read and search including information on the flat
tax, block grants, immigration rates.
Campaign For New Priorities/Common
Agenda
Public policy group focuses on reinvesting in American institutions
retreating from excessive Cold War military spending. Currently updating
and improving their site to be reintroduced this summer.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Several reports on labor, minimum wage, hunger, state policies (taxes,
safety net, fiscal spending) can be purchased for an annual fee of $45.
Center for Law and Social Policy
CLASP is a national non-profit organization with expertise in both
law and policy affecting the poor seeking to improve the economic conditions
of low-income families with children and secure access for the poor to our
civil justice system through education, policy research and advocacy. Find
documents on child support, state welfare waivers and laws relating to work
issues.
Children's Defense Fund
Several opportunities to take action and express your concerns to the
powers-that-be. Offers a link to Congress home page. Alerts visitor to new
CDF projects. Clear and interesting charts that inform the visitor to the
costs of raising children; facts on children broken down by race-shocking
statistics on crime, health and poverty.
Congressional Black Caucus
Budget
The CBC annuals creates an alternative budget, focusing on issues pertaining
to African -Americans and the impoverished, as well as an increase in financial
assistance to Africa. Lengthy but thorough; lays out actual spending.
Council for a Livable
World
An extensive site that covers a wide range aspects of military spending.
Best part of this site is a number of interesting and long public opinion
polls. They endorse candidates for 96' elections who have proven to be earth-and-people-friendly.
Voting records of each member of Congress and their background. Current
legislation is summarized and gives the visitor several opportunities to
contact policy makers.
Democratic Policy Committee Report by Tom Daschle
Background briefing about the Clinton/GOP budget. Partisan site educates
visitors on the effects of the GOP budget on seniors, students, women and
the poor.
Department of Education
Information on student loans and the Department's budget.
Dollars and Sense
Offering perspectives on current budget issues, this magazine explains the
workings of the U.S. and international economies and provides left perspectives
on economic affairs. Includes text of some articles from current and back
issues.
Electronic Policy Network
Large link to other progressive sites. Covers welfare, economic, and
health policy issues.
Environmental Defense Fund
Extensive site that has a small amount of budget or governmental spending
information on topics relating to environmental damage, programs, and initiatives.
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Main issues covered are welfare, labor, health care, and employment
with lists of other resources. Site offers forums to stimulate debate and
research.
Military Spending Working
Group
Over 40 different sites compose this page dealing with arms control
and weapons spending. Includes interesting reading on Cold War spending
limits, as well as an assessment of current defense spending. Sponsors the
Peace Dividend Resolution, Campaign to Stop Star Wars.
National Committee for Economic
Conversion and Disarmament
Provides information about the effects conversion has on jobs and communities.
Visitor can access NCECD's full publications, which are published quarterly.
The publications are complete, easy to read, and include graphics and charts.
Contains interesting studies that provide viable solutions.
National Priorities Project
This nonprofit research and educational group examines Federal budget
priorities and their impacts on local communities and also advocates reordering
those priorities to better respond to human and social needs. The site focuses
on making the local impacts Federal budget priorities easy to understand
by generous use of graphical materials including charts and graphs.
National Resources Defense Committee
Lists numerous publications and ways to access them. Environmental
budget information.
National Urban League
This Civil Rights Organization has initiated programs and studies that
focus on the needs of poor urban minorities and is currently expanding and
improving the site.
Peace Action
Updates its Washington report bi-weekly with resolution focusing on
arms control. Offers a list of state chapters, and an opportunity to get
involved in grass-roots organizing and information campaigns.
PIRGS-Public Interest Research
Groups
Extensive site covers several budget issues: student loans, consumer
rights, and environmental cuts. Lists the large number of national and local
programs. Contact information for local groups and national policy makers
provided.
Progressive Policy Institute
Associated with the Democratic Party, site contains information on
current budget issues. Includes talking points.
Thomas Legislation Information
Daily listing of bills and their status/background.
Urban Institute
The site offers some background on their studies primarily concerning
low-wage workers. Visitors can order the complete report through the site.
Also find a State Database of the Urban Institute's Assessing the New Federalism
project including information on income security, health, child well-being,
demographic, fiscal and political conditions, and social services in the
50 states and the District of Columbia.
Women's Environment and Development Organization - WEDO
Concerned with United Nations and International Development. The Gopher
Site contains past newsletters and speeches.
Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
In addition to this info page, a few branches have their own sites:
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