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At a warehouse shipping phones for Verizon, women say sexual harassment was common

Several women's groups and unions sent a letter to McAdam on Wednesday seeking a meeting to discuss the “toxic culture" at XPO Logistics and how it runs counter to Verizon's own promises to combat sexual...

How Trump helped inspire a wave of strict new abortion laws

But recently, anti-abortion groups and legislators may be focusing more attention on previability bans like Mississippi’s. One possible reason, said Heather Shumaker, senior counsel for reproductive rights and health at the National Women’s Law Center,...

Women Describe Rampant Groping, Sexual Harassment At Verizon-Contracted Warehouse

On Wednesday, ahead of Verizon’s shareholder meeting, the National Women’s Law Center, a women’s economic rights nonprofit, and four other groups sent a letter to Verizon CEO and chairman Lowell McAdam, urging him to address...

POLITICO’s Morning Education: Dress code fights cropping up

"They're targeting girls specifically and that's where Title IX comes in," said Kayla Patrick, an education policy fellow at the National Women's Law Center, who wrote last week's report. "I think we've definitely evolved in...

How to Break an NDA, See If Your Pay Is Fair, Confront a Colleague, and More

It’s worth finding out if others could potentially come forward and prove there’s a broader pattern of abuse, particularly if you’re not in a high-profile industry such as finance or entertainment, says Jodi Short, a...

Dress code discrimination: Black girls are more likely to be disciplined for clothing at school than their peers – because ‘adults see them as older and more sexual’

Black girls are 20.8 times more likely to be suspended from D.C. schools than white girls, according to the National Women's Law Center. The National Women’s Law Center interviewed Black girls between the ages of...