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Just Deserts

The first objection is raised by child care advocates who dislike the denominator’s focus on licensed child care. As a brief published by the National Women’s Law Center argues, “the phrase ‘child care desert’…obscures and...

Disappearing demographic data hurts efforts to track laid-off federal workers

Sarah Javaid, a senior research analyst at the National Women’s Law Center, compiled a report that showed federal workers who belonged to protected groups — groups receiving special legal or policy protections based on personal...

Melinda French Gates is betting $215 million on women’s health—and daring her fellow billionaires to follow

I put more money into the National Women’s Law Center. I put more money than I would have into the Center for Reproductive Rights. It’s gotten harder for them to do their work, because other...

Banning transgender athletes has never been about protecting women

By Fatima Goss Graves, opinion contributor; president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center and co-founder of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund. The power politicians have over women’s bodies is one of the...

¿Ganas más de $51,168 al año? Estos son los estados donde los hispanos reciben los salarios más altos

De acuerdo con datos de la Oficina del Censo de Estados Unidos y un análisis del National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) de marzo de 2026, los estados con mayores ingresos para hogares hispanos son: Maryland:...

Transgender athletes debate divides California as CIF policy satisfies neither side

Shiwali Patel, Senior Director for Education Justice at the National Women’s Law Center, said the CIF model is discriminatory and stigmatizing. She argues the policy singles out students and creates separate accommodations based on sex...

Advocates push back on proposed FCC warning labels

Brian Dittmeier, director of LGBTQI+ equality at the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, echoed Robinson’s concerns that this is attempted censorship for the sake of political gain. (Also syndicated in Los Angeles Blade.)

The Starting Line newsletter 6.2.2026

WAITLISTS AND FREEZES More than 400,000 children nationwide are on waitlists for childcare subsidies, according to new data from the National Women’s Law Center.

Federal Government’s New Website for Pregnant Women Promotes Antiabortion Pregnancy Centers – Women’s Media Center

“Instead of investing in universal childcare, paid leave, and affordable healthcare, the Trump-Vance administration is spending taxpayer dollars on a pronatalist, anti-woman website littered with misinformation that could endanger women’s health and put children at...

Disappearing Federal Workforce Data Hides Layoff Patterns

Sarah Javaid, a senior research analyst at the National Women’s Law Center, compiled a report that showed federal workers who belonged to protected groups — groups receiving special legal or policy protections based on personal...

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