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Mississippi’s new abortion ban will hit black women the hardest

“The anti-abortion movement is feeling emboldened to really ... take the next step,” Heather Shumaker, senior counsel for reproductive rights and health at the National Women’s Law Center, told North. As a result, states are...

Dear interns, we’re sorry. We should have warned you about sexual harassment.

The very first program of the Newseum’s new Power Shift Project was “Power to the Interns.” We gathered educators, employers, students, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the National Women’s Law Center. We tapped their...

Courts Were Unfair To Boy Who Brought Clock To School

And a 2017 survey from the National Women's Law Center found that 55% of Latina girls, 38% of Asian/Pacific Islander girls and 30% of black girls worry about a friend or family member being deported....

How Trump helped inspire a wave of strict new abortion laws

One possible reason, said Heather Shumaker, senior counsel for reproductive rights and health at the National Women’s Law Center, is that the Supreme Court decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt makes it harder for...

Groups sue over decision to end Obama-era pay data collection rule

The Lawyers' Committee and NWLC are now asking a judge to force the OMB to hand over documents related to its “sudden and largely unexplained decision.” "A dearth of comparative salary and wage information may...

Groups sue over decision to end pay-data rule

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) filed a lawsuit against the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the...