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Aging Research and Advocacy Groups
 American
Association of Retired Persons (AARP) is the nation's
largest organization for people age 50 and older. It serves their needs
and interests through information and education, advocacy, and community
services.
Fifty-Plus.net
- Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP) is
a Canadian online community (incl. forums and chat rooms) which covers
issues from finance to retirement, health, fitness... and fun!
Gray
Panthers are intergenerational activists dedicated
to working for social and economic justice. Some of the issues they care
about are universal health care, living wage, preservation of Social Security,
and affordable housing.
HelpAge
International is a global network of non-profit organizations
working with and for disadvantaged older people to improve the quality
of their lives.
International
Federation on Aging is a private, non-profit organization
linking approximately 100 associations that represent or serve older
persons at the grassroots level in some 50 nations around the world.
Mental
Health and Aging Advocacy Project, part of the Mental
Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, aims to assist older adults
and their families in obtaining appropriate mental health services.
National
Council on Aging (NCOA) is an organization
of professionals and volunteers dedicated to promoting the dignity,
self-determination and well-being of older persons through leadership
and service, education, and advocacy.
Political "Think
Tanks" on many social issues, including Aging
 Brookings Institution (independent)
Campaign for America's Future (progressive)
The
Cato Institute,
a conservative think tank, founded in 1977 dedicated to neoliberal
principles, particularly to the values of "limited government
and free markets"
Cato Institute on
Social Security (conservative) Note the URL: http://www.socialsecurity.org/
The
Century Foundation is a progressive research
foundation that undertakes timely and critical analyses of
major economic, political, and social institutions and issues.
Common Dreams *
Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community (you can
sign up to get emails with news from around the world)
The Commonwealth Fund (independent)
Heritage Foundation (conservative)
Institute for America's Future (progressive)
Moving Ideas progressive
policy network (browse by subject for research findings)
TomPaine.common sense (progressive)
Other Research and
Advocacy Organizations
 AFL-CIO
Home Page with information about current work issues.
Take a look at their interactive site "Executive PayWatch Data" and compare
your salary increases with those of major US CEOs.
Environmental
Working Group is a leading content provider for public
interest groups and concerned citizens who want to protect the environment.
Friends
of the Earth is a national enviromental organization
with affiliates in 63 countries, dedicated to preserving the health and
diversity of the planet for future generations.
Institute
for Women's Policy Research is an independent, non-profit,
scientific research organization, established in 1987 to rectify the limited
availability of policy relevant research on women's lives and to inform
and stimulate debate on issues of critical importance for women.
NAACP (National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is the oldest and largest
Civil Rights Organization in the United States.
OMB
Watch is a nonprofit research, educational, and advocacy
organization that focuses on budget issues, regulatory policy, nonprofit
advocacy, access to government information, and activities at the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB).
ACORN
(Association
of Community Organizations for Reform Now) is a coalition of advocacy groups
for low and moderate income Americans.
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