Washington, DC – As the Senate votes on dueling health care proposals, the National Women’s Law Center released the following statement: “Senate Democrats are trying to pass a clean bill to stop health care premiums...
Washington, DC – Today, the Senate voted 49-46 to confirm anti-abortion lawyer William Crain for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) previously...
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) is leading nearly 130 organizations in calling on Congress to swiftly pass a clean extension of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits (ePTCs)...
Washington, DC – Ahead of Donald Trump’s announcement on the creation of the pronatalist-inspired “Trump accounts,” which were included in the massive tax and budget bill that Trump and congressional Republicans passed into law in July, the...
WASHINGTON, DC. -- On the first Friday of each month, the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) reviews monthly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) jobs report. The report reveals labor force participation and...
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action Fund led 60 organizations in urging the Senate to oppose Donald Trump’s nominee for Inspector General (IG), March Bell, for the Department of Health and Human Services...
Today the Trump administration announced plans to partially dismantle the Department of Education through a reorganization that would shift parts of the agency to other federal agencies, including the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education,...
Washington, DC – At 11 AM today ahead of the House vote to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action Fund, will be participating...
Washington, D.C. – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B. P. J. cases before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging state laws in...
Washington, D.C. – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today released a new analysis of Census data showing that, despite a strong labor market, poverty rates as measured by the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) increased...
Washington, DC — Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), released a statement applauding the extraordinary career of former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, following news of her...
Findings Highlight Affordability Concerns for Food, Health Care, Transportation, and Utilities Washington, D.C. – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today released new data showing that nearly two-thirds (65%) of adults in the United States are worried about affording...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Education will soon publish a final rule to allow the Education Secretary to exclude select non-profit and government employers from participating in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. This...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Senate voted 52-47 to confirm Jordan Pratt to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), which wrote a letter urging the...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Senate voted 48-45 to confirm Chad Meredith, an anti-abortion extremist, to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), which led efforts to oppose Meredith’s nomination, issued the...
WASHINGTON — Today, the National Women’s Law Center, along with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Legal Defense Fund, and over 30 civil rights and advocacy organizations, sent a letter to college...
A federal judge in Rhode Island today blocked sweeping restrictions the Trump-Vance administration imposed on 22 organizations that rely on federal grants to help survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, LGBTQ+ youth, and people...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Jennifer Mascott to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. In response, Alison Gill, director of nominations and democracy, issued the following statement:...
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new interactive resource revealing which states have the worst poverty rates for single moms. The map, which allows users to scroll over each state to view its...
WASHINGTON (October 3, 2025) — Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and cofounder of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, issued the following statement after Sean Combs’ sentencing...
