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New Jersey Looks to Strengthen Pay-Equity Laws

New Jersey women typically make 81 cents for every dollar paid to men, a penny more than the nationwide average, according to the National Women’s Law Center. The proposed New Jersey bill would make it...

Sexual harassment charges keep coming: ‘The abuse at work never seems to end’

A fund set up by the National Women’s Law Center will give more women the opportunity to make changes with corporations, Queen said. If more cases are litigated, corporate cultures can be changed, she said.

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...