*There are multiple types of threats to democracy, including legislative and political actions; violence from extremists; and misinformation. Therefore, multiple types of organizations are listed below, with some organizations addressing more than one of threat and one organization actually being part of the threat.
–American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
The ACLU uses the legal system to fight for democracy in various ways. To read more about ACLU, click here.
-American Oversight.
As stated on their website, “American Oversight is a nonpartisan, nonprofit watchdog that advances truth, accountability, and democracy by enforcing the public’s right to government records.” To read more about the organization, click here
-Fedeal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).
The FBI has a wide range of domestic responsibilities that are essentially “to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution”. To read more about the FBI, click here.
-Law Forward.
This Wisconsin based nonprofit organization exits “to protect and defend our democracy”. To read more about Law Forward, click here.
-National Insitute for Civil Discourse (NICD)
This NICD was established at the University of Arizona to build “our nation’s capacity to engage our differences more constructively”. To read more about the organization, click here.
-National Literacy Project (NLP)
NLP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization established to make America more news literate. To read more about NLP, click here.
-White House.
The White House website contains a substantial amount of information about the administration’s programs and policies that support democracy. To read more, click here.
-TAP: The American Prospect.
A very informative daily and bi-monthly public policy magazine by Robert Kuttner and Harold Mayerson that features news and progressive perspectives on many topics. The contributions by Rick Perlstein often reminds us that Republican threats to our democracy are not new and did not start with Trump. To read TAP, click here.
-Heritage Foundation — Project 2025: Mandate for Leadership
To learn more about the threat to democracy if Trump is elected again, read the plan prepared by his colleagues and published by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. To read the plan, click here.
An op-ed in the New York Times on February 25, 2024 by Carlos Lozada expressed concerns about the 870 page plan. To read his views, click here.