Policy Resources

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Links to organizations providing in depth analysis on current topics

NATIONAL ISSUES

National Academy of Social Insurance is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of the nation’s leading experts on social insurance. Its mission is to promote understanding of how social insurance contributes to economic security and a vibrant economy. Topics include:

• Social Security
• Medicare and Health Policy
• Long-Term Care
• Workers’ Compensation
• Disability
• Unemployment Insurance
• Workforce Issues and Employee Benefits
• Poverty and Income Assistance

Economic Policy Institute's mission is to achieve shared prosperity by raising the economic status of low- and middle-income Americans. To this end, we work to reshape the way policy makers think about the economy to persuade them to adopt policies that are good for working Americans.

The Center for American Progress is dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through progressive ideas and action.  Its work addresses 21st-century challenges such as energy, national security, economic growth and opportunity, immigration, education, and health care. 

Americans for Democratic Action has been and will continue to be a forthright liberal voice of this nation.  It works to advocate progressive stances on civil rights and liberties, social and economic justice, sensible foreign policy, and sustainable environmental policy. 

FactCheck is a nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. It monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV adds, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.

Media Matters for America is a web-based, nonprofit, progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.

STATE AND LOCAL ISSUES

Democracy North Carolina is a nonpartisan organization that uses research, organizing, and advocacy to increase voter participation, reduce the influence of big money in politics and achieve a government that is truly of the people, for the people, and by the people.

Chatham Citizens for Effective Communities (CCEC) is a grassroots citizens action group, with the mission of engaging, educating and empowering citizens to enhance Chatham's future.

CONNECT is a collaborative venture of five Chatham County citizen action organizations that share concerns for conservation, preservation and protection of environmental and natural resources: Chatham Citizens for Effective Communities,  Haw River Assembly, Friends of the Rocky River, Rocky River Heritage Foundation and Sierra Club Orange-Chatham and seeks to:

• enhance communication and facilitate coordination between member groups.
• advance effective environmental policy advocacy efforts among member groups.
• provide citizen education and enable citizen action regarding a wide range of natural and environmental resource issues impacting Chatham County. 
  

To this end, CONNECT offers a web site to:

• act as a repository of valuable information concerning  such issues as hydraulic fracturing (fracking), climate change, water quality/quantity, soil erosion, etc., and
• provide centralized and secure communication among member groups in addressing education and advocacy issues in a timely manner.

Haw River Assembly's mission is to promote environmental education, conservation and pollution prevention; to speak as a voice for the river in the public arena; and to put into peoples' hands the tools and the knowledge they need to be effective guardians of the river.

NC Policy Watch is a public policy organization with a simple mission: to change the way our elected officials debate the important issues facing North Carolina and, ultimately, to improve the quality of life in the state by convincing state leaders to make the kinds of investments in people and institutions that allow us to address our most pressing problems. NC Policy Watch is an independent project of the NC Justice Center, North Carolina’s leading private, nonprofit anti-poverty organization. The two organizations share the same guiding objective—to bring about social, political and economic justice in North Carolina.

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The mission of the Progressive Democrats of North Carolina is to promote economic, social, global and environmental justice, and peace and sustainability in North Carolina, and to work with the North Carolina Democratic Party to maximize the democratic process, to advocate for the days’ most pressing issues, and to serve as a voice of conscience.

Scholars for a Progressive North Carolina (SPNC) is an organization of people in higher education who are committed to using knowledge across a variety of disciplines to promote a progressive future for our state. Our mission is to foster informed conversations about North Carolina’s shared heritage and current challenges that can guide our decision-making and promote inclusive democracy and prosperity for all.