Goal: Move progressive legislation in the states.

Leadership

Organization’s Objective

Over the last few decades, corporate interests and right-wing think tanks such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have largely dominated state politics, using a combination of financial power and wedge issues to encourage divisiveness and cynicism among the general population. In contrast, progressives have historically lacked the same kind of cohesive network. Often progressives find themselves reinventing the wheel; even when progressives in one state notch a big victory, progressives in other states don’t know how to easily reproduce it. With Progressive States, state legislators regularly receive resources to advance policies that protect individual freedoms, strengthen America’s working families, and promote a healthy environment. We run issue campaigns and seed simultaneous policy efforts in the states, providing state legislators with all of the support and materials they need to create solid progressive policies and pass them into law. These materials, which include everything from sample bills to talking points and hard data, can be applied with minor adjustments essentially anywhere in the nation.