Non-profit, non-partisan organization devoted to ensuring free speech, equal rights, and other civil liberties. Features volunteer opportunities, events, membership information, recent legal actions and news.

Dedicated to freeing prisoners of conscience, fair trials for political prisoners, ending torture, political killings and disappearances, and abolishing the death penalty. Features membership information, events and action information.

Bipartisan, grassroots group of residents opposed to the proposed restaurant smoking ban. Features articles, news, announcement list and suggested activities.

Works to restore balance to night life regulations. Features action alerts, news and membership information.

Formed to preserve and protect the unique character and beauty of the nation's capital city while providing full democratic rights to its residents. Features case studies, proposed legislation, congressional testimony, membership information, news and events.

Works to protect the rights of the homeless and poor, advocates on behalf of the underserved and prepares homeless men and woman to re-enter mainstream society. Features history, news and volunteer opportunities.

Nonprofit animal rights group focuses on cruelty to animals in agriculture and promotes vegetarian eating. Features events, literatures, a newsletter and a vegetarian starter guide.

Non-profit media organization supporting and reporting activism. Features articles, newswire, gallery and activist calendar.

Works to assist tenants through education, legal information, and lobbying for tenant legislation. Includes tenant's rights information, events, legislative action and volunteer information.

Educational and advocacy organization dedicated to securing full voting representation in Congress for District residents. Features articles, membership information, volunteer opportunities, events and supporters.

Works to ensure that current residents will be guaranteed housing in their former communities once the HOPE6 plan is completed, that the number of low-income units will not be decreased and that current residents will be relocated to private housing during redevelopment. Includes history and articles by residents.

Promotes charter schools. Features school directory, issues, data and news.

Intended to demonstrate the strength of America's pro-choice majority and its support for a woman's right to privacy and right to choose. Features activities, legislation information, events and news.

Advocates political evolution, conscious role-sharing with suburbs, growth favoring commercial expansion over residential expansion, city-wide development over neighborhood parochialism and changing the current mix of residents over simply adding more. Features issues, their status and recent analysis.

Organization formed to protect the National Mall from threats to its integrity, beauty and historic symbolism. Includes news, analysis, action alerts and history.

Intentional community whose primary focus is homeless and housing advocacy. Features activities, projects, newsletters and volunteer opportunities.

Opposes the Mayor's plan to close the road to the general public and turn it into a gated community neighborhood recreational trail. Features studies, news and opportunities for action.

Citizen-run web campaign that gathers and publishes information related to crime and law enforcement. Includes news accounts, crime statistics, forums for citizens and police officers, contact information for city officials and agencies and mailing list.

Promotes smoke-free environments. Includes news, fact sheets, membership information and a listing of smoke-free restaurants.