November 2, 2019
What Abortion Actually Is About
I’m going to be frank: I’m sick and tired of having to justify why we need to be able to get an abortion. I’m tired of the constant reasons we need to give and soul-baring we need to…
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February 23, 2021
Why I’m Celebrating Black History, Not Just Black Trauma
While February is observed to highlight Black history, the reality is we are Black—and therefore celebrate our Blackness—365 days a year, and of course 366 days on a leap year. Blackness is not a synonym for trauma, but so…
February 18, 2021
It’s Not Really About Work
One of the important components of the American Rescue Plan is the temporary expansion of refundable tax credits like the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Expanding refundable tax credits is a…
February 16, 2021
The COVID Relief Package Must Include Much-Needed Tax Credit Expansions for Women & Families
Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee advanced its plan to temporarily expand the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) as part of the House’s COVID relief package. These federal income tax credits provide vital income support to families, lifting millions of people out of poverty every year. Improving these…
February 16, 2021
Stop Using Girl Athletes to Justify Your Transphobia
Almost 50 years since Title IX was passed into law—mandating the equal treatment of boys and girls in school athletics—young women and girls still face barriers their male counterparts do not. While the rate of girls…
December 5, 2019
Here’s Why We Won’t Clap for Every Woman in Leadership: On the Confirmation of Extremist Sarah Pitlyk
Madeline Albright famously said, “there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.” While supporting women leadership is important, it’s equally important to call-out behavior that is harmful to women, even if…
February 11, 2021
#FreeBritney…and All Women.
We Deserve a Podcast: Pop culture is definitely, absolutely tied to gender justice so you should feel very fine indulging yourself any and all celebrity gossip, in fact you’ll be a better feminist if you do. We are back—and notably…
February 10, 2021
Why Collecting Data Is So Important for Advancing Equity
On January 20th, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity. The EO creates an initiative to advance equity and equal opportunity across government agencies and programs. As part of this initiative, the Equitable Data Working…
February 1, 2021
We Can’t Afford a Relief Package That Is Too Small
A group of Senate Republicans sent a letter to President Biden yesterday, stating that they are working on a counterproposal to the COVID relief legislation that is currently being developed. The letter indicated that the package they would…
January 27, 2021
The EITC Is a Lifeline for Women of Color and Their Families, but It Could Do More
Today is Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day, named for the refundable federal tax credit that boosts the incomes of low- and moderate-income working people and their families. The size of a person’s EITC credit depends on income level and how many eligible children they claim, with a maximum value of $6,660 for…
January 21, 2021
Fired for Fighting Racism: NWLC Leads Amicus Brief in Support of Employee at Religious School
In January 2021, NWLC, alongside our law firm partner Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, and 37 other organizations, filed an amicus brief in the 10th Circuit, making clear that religious employers cannot unilaterally strip workers of…
January 15, 2021
Critical Help for Women and Families: What You Need to Know About the Tax Credit Expansions in Biden’s Proposed COVID Relief Plan
We are now in 2021, in the 11th month of a devastating pandemic and economic crisis that has disproportionately harmed women of color (and women overall), but women and families still have not received the help they need. Women of color especially continue to…
December 21, 2020
Here’s What We Learned From Survivors Coming Forward to the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund
Three years ago, the hashtag #MeToo went viral and fueled a cultural reckoning leading millions of people to disclose sexual harassment and assault, many for the very first time. The TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund emerged…
December 21, 2020
NWLC Leads Amicus Brief Against Idaho Law That Targets Trans Women and Girls and Harms All Female Students
The National Women’s Law Center, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Hogan Lovells, and 60 additional organizations committed to racial and gender justice and LGBTQ rights, filed an amicus brief in Hecox v. Little, a case…