Top-Rated Consumer Protection & Legal Aid charities include:
Media Research Center works to educate the public & the media on bias in the media and to create a media culture in America where truth & liberty flourish.
Project on Government Oversight (POGO) is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that investigates and exposes waste, corruption, abuse of power, and when government fails to serve the public or silences those who report wrongdoing.
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