Issues

The following are two fairly large charts detailing major and minor Progressive issues.

Included with most are links to issue pages on Bernie Sander’s website, Our Revolution, and FeeltheBern.org – all of which describe the Progressive positions on these topics.

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MAJOR ISSUES

  • These Issues are all-encompassing and nationwide/international.
Issue Description Search Subreddit for Issue Issue Specific Subreddit(s) (1,000+ subs) Organization(s) (Donate)
Elect Progressives Self explanatory! “Progressives” r/Political_Revolutionr/JusticeDemocratsr/BrandNewCongress The Political Revolution (Donate) • Our Revolution (Donate) • Justice Democrats (Donate) • Brand New Congress (Donate)
Income and Wealth Inequality Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “Income Inequality” r/Economicsr/BasicIncome Inequality.org (Donate) • American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations
Money in Politics; Big Money Interests Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “Money in Politics” r/Greedr/Corruptionr/Sunlight Open Secrets (Donate) • Represent.Us (Donate)
Climate Change Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “Climate Change” r/Environmentr/RenewableEnergyr/Greenr/Climater/Climate_Science 350.org (Donate) • Greenpeace (Donate) • Union of Concerned Scientists (Donate) • Climate Reality Project (Donate)
Minimum Wage; Living Wage Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “Minimum Wage” Fight For $15
Medicare for All Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “Medicare For All” “Healthcare Reform” r/MedicareForAll Physicians for a National Health Program (Donate) • Demand Universal Healthcare (Donate)
Free College Tuition; Debt Free College Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “College Tuition” Campaign for Free College Tuition (Donate)
War and Peace Bernie SandersOur Revolution “War and Peace” r/EndlessWarr/Peace International Peace Bureau (Donate) • United Nations (Donate)
Immigration Bernie SandersOur Revolution “Immigration” r/IWantOutr/Immigrationr/PostNationalist National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (Donate) • Immigration Advocates Network (Donate) • American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations
Racial Justice Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “Racial Justice” “Black Lives Matter” r/BlackLivesMatter Equal Justice Initiative (Donate) • American Civil Liberties Union (Donate) • Black Lives Matter (Donate) • National Association for the Advacement of Colored People (Donate) • Human Rights Watch (Donate) • Southern Poverty Law Center (Donate)
Electoral Reform “Electoral Reform” r/EndFPTPr/Gerrymanderingr/RankTheVote Fair Vote (Donate) • End Citizens United (Donate) • National Popular Vote (Donate) • Wolf Pac (Donate)
Voting Rights FeeltheBern “Voting Rights”
Affordable Housing Bernie SandersOur Revolution “Affordable Housing” National Low Income Housing Coalition (Donate) • United for Homes (Donate)
Privacy and Digital Rights FeeltheBern “Privacy”
Women’s Rights Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “Women’s Rights” r/TwoXChromosomesr/Women Human Rights Watch (Donate) • Global Fund for Women (Donate) • American Civil Liberties Union (Donate) • Planned Parenthood (Donate) • National Organization for Women (Donate)
Workers’ Rights Bernie SandersFeeltheBern “Workers’ Rights” r/Labor American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial OrganizationsEmployee’s Rights Advocacy (Donate) • Jobs With Justice (Donate) • Worker’s Rights Consortium (Donate)
LGBTQ Equality Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “LGBTQ Equality” r/LGBTr/LGBTeens American Civil Liberties Union (Donate) • Human Rights Campaign (Donate) • Human Rights Watch (Donate)
Criminal Justice Bernie SandersFeeltheBern “Criminal Justice” Prison Policy Initiative (Donate) • Sentencing Project (Donate) • Nation Inside (Donate) • Innocence Project (Donate) • Restorative Justice (Donate) • Southern Poverty Law Center (Donate)
Gun Control FeeltheBern “Gun Control”
Creating Decent Paying Jobs Bernie SandersOur Revolution “Unemployment” r/Unemployed American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial OrganizationsDoe Fund (Donate)
Social Security Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “Social Security” American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial OrganizationsInternational Social Security Association
Disability Rights Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “Disability Rights” r/Disability American Civil Liberties Union (Donate) • Disability Rights Fund (Donate)
Caring For Our Veterans Bernie SandersOur Revolution “Veterans” r/Veterans United Service Organization (Donate) • Wounded Warriors Family Support (Donate) • Disabled American Veterans (Donate)
Religious Freedom FeeltheBern “Religious Freedom”
Supporting Agriculture Bernie SandersFeeltheBern “Agriculture” r/Farmingr/Agriculturer/SmallFarms American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture (Donate)

MINOR AND REGIONAL ISSUES

  • These Issues may be focused on a specific objective or region. They may also be temporary.
Relevant Major Issue(s) Issue Description Search Subreddit for Issue Subreddit(s) (1,000+ subs) Organization(s) (Donate)
Income and Wealth Inequality Money in Politics; Big Money Interests Financial Regulation Bernie SandersFeeltheBern “Financial Regulation” r/OccupyWallStreetr/Corruptionr/Greed Americans for Financial Reform (Donate)
Income and Wealth Inequality Money in Politics; Big Money Interests Corporate Regulation FeeltheBern “Corporate Regulation”
Income and Wealth Inequality Creating Decent Paying Jobs Ending and Preventing Destructive Trade Deals Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “Global Trade” American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial OrganizationsCitizens Trade Campaign (Donate) • Trade for People and Planet (Donate)
Income and Wealth Inequality Ending the Race to the Bottom Bernie Sanders “Race to the Bottom” American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations
Income and Wealth Inequality Federal Budget and National Debt FeeltheBern “Federal Budget” “National Debt”
Income and Wealth Inequality Money in Politics; Big Money Interests Tax Reform Bernie SandersFeeltheBern “Tax Reform” r/Tax
Income and Wealth Inequality Creating Decent Paying Jobs Small Businesses FeeltheBern “Small Business”
Income and Wealth Inequality Racial Justice Women’s Rights Equal Pay FeeltheBern “Equal Pay”
Money in Politics; Big Money Interests Campaign Finance Reform Bernie Sanders
Climate Change Ending Fracking Bernie Sanders “Fracking” r/Frackingr/RenewableEnergy Earth Justice (Donate) • Friends of the Earth (Donate)
Climate Change Ending Off-Shore Oil Drilling Bernie Sanders “Off-Shore Drilling” r/RenewableEnergy Earth Justice (Donate) • Friends of the Earth (Donate)
Climate Change Clean Sustainable Energy Bernie SandersFeeltheBern “Clean Energy” r/RenewableEnergyr/Environment GRID Alternatives (Donate) • Renewable World (Donate) • Pollinate Energy (Donate)
Climate Change Environmental Protection FeeltheBern “Environmental Protection”
Climate Change Racial Justice No Dakota Access Pipeline “NoDAPL” r/NoDAPLr/NativeAmericanr/IndianCountry
Climate Change General Electric Must Pay to Restore the Hudson River Bernie Sanders “Hudson River”
Climate Change Constitution Pipeline Must Be Defeated Bernie Sanders “Constitution Pipeline”
Medicare For All LGBTQ Equality Ending AIDS & HIV Bernie SandersOur Revolution “AIDS & HIV” r/HIVAIDS UN Aids (Donate)
Medicare for All Lower Prescription Drug Prices Bernie SandersOur Revolution “Prescription Drugs” Patients For Affordable Drugs (Donate) • Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing
War and Peace Iran Nuclear Deal Bernie SandersOur Revolution “Iran Nuclear Deal” r/Iranr/IranPolitics
Racial Justice African American Rights FeeltheBern “African American Rights”
Racial Justice Latino Rights FeeltheBern “Latino Rights”
Racial Justice Native American Rights Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “Native American Rights” r/IndianCountryr/NativeAmerican Native American Rights Fund (Donate)
Racial Justice Asian American and Pacific Islander Rights Bernie SandersFeeltheBern “Asian American Rights” “Pacific Islander Rights” r/Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Racial Justice Supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities Bernie Sanders “Historically Black Colleges” United Negro College Fund (Donate)
Privacy and Digital Rights Net Neutrality Our Revolution “Net Neutrality” r/KeepOurNetFreer/NetNeutrality Battle for the NetFight for the Future (Donate)
Women’s Rights Women’s Right to Choose Bernie Sanders r/ProChoicer/Abortion/r/TwoXChromosomes Planned Parenthood (Donate) • National Abortion Federation (Donate) • National Network of Abortion Funds (Donate)
Workers’ Rights Paid Family, Sick and Vacation Leave Bernie Sanders “Paid Leave” PL+US (Donate) • National Partnership for Women and Families (Donate)
Criminal Justice Marijuana Legalization Bernie SandersFeeltheBern “Marijuana” r/Marijuanar/Trees National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (Donate) • Marijuana Policy Project (Donate) • Drug Policy Alliance (Donate) • Stop The Drug War (Donate) • Drug Sense (Donate) • Common Sense for Drug Policy
Criminal Justice Ending For Profit Prisons Bernie Sanders “Prisons” American Civil Liberties Union (Donate) • Abolish Private Prisons (Donate)
Criminal Justice Ending Death Penalty Bernie Sanders “Death Penalty” r/Abolish Equal Justice Initiative (Donate)
Creating Decent Paying Jobs Infrastructure Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “Infrastructure” r/UrbanPlanningr/CivilEngineeringr/Infrastructuristr/Urbanism American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial OrganizationsAssociation for the Improvement of American Infrastructure
Creating Decent Paying Jobs Fighting for Nurses Bernie Sanders “Nurses” r/Nursing American Nurses Foundation (Donate)
Creating Decent Paying Jobs Youth Employment FeeltheBern “Youth Employment”
Religious Freedom Islamophobia Bernie Sanders “Islamophobia” r/Islamr/Progressive_Islam Council on American-Islamic Relations (Donate) • Muslim Advocates (Donate) • Muslim Public Affairs Council (Donate) • Muslims for Progressive Values (Donate) • American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (Donate)
Agriculture Animal Rights Bernie SandersFeeltheBern “Animal Rights” r/AnimalRightsr/LikeUs Farm Sanctuary (Donate) • Humane Society (Donate)
Fairness for US Territories Various Puerto Rico Bernie SandersOur RevolutionFeeltheBern “Puerto Rico” r/PuertoRico Puerto Rico 51st (Donate)
Fairness for US Territories Various Guam Bernie Sanders “Guam” r/Guam Rigålu Foundation (Donate)