IDENTIFY 15 DIFFERENT INTEREST GROUPS BY NAME AND BY THEIR INTEREST.

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Here are 15 of the best known "interest" groups:

1. The National Rifle Association
Interest: The rights of gun owners & sellers
Web: http://www.nra.org/

2. Anti-Defamation League
Interest: Opposing anti-semitism
Web: http://www.adl.org/adl.asp

3. American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)  
Interest: Organized labor
Web: http://www.aflcio.org/home.htm

4. National Association for the Advancemen of Colored People (NAACP)
Interest: Civil rights, African American rights
Web: http://www.naacp.org

5. National Organization for Women (NOW)
Interest: Women's rights
Web: http://www.now.org

6. National Right to Life Committee
Interest: Anti-abortion
Web: http://www.nrlc.org

7. Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Interest: Reproductive issues
Web: http://www.plannedparenthood.org

8. Sierra Club
Interest: Environmental issues
Web: http://www.sierraclub.org/

9. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Interest: Environmental issues 
Web: http://www.nrdc.org/

10. American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Interest: Senior citizens' rights and issues
Web: http://www.aarp.org

11. American Bar Association (ABA)
Interest: Legal issues
Web: http://www.abanet.org/

12. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Interest: Civil rights and liberties
Web: http://www.aclu.org/

13. Amnesty International
Interest: Human rights
Web: http://www.amnesty.org

14. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Interest: Animal rights and issues
Web: http://www.peta.org

15. National Education Association (NEA)
Interest: Teacher & public school advocacy
Web: http://www.nea.org

search strategy: "interest groups," aarp, peta, nra

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