[1][2] AFR is a coalition of approximately 200 consumer, labor and special interest groups.

AFR launched the Take on Wall Street coalition in 2016[7] that Elizabeth Warren helped popularize.

[8] Like Occupy Wall Street, the coalition aims to turn populist anger into financial reforms[9] like public[10] or postal banking.

[11] During the Biden administration, AFR has pushed for the appointment of progressives to federal office.

The group praised the nomination of Saule Omarova to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).