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When The Poverty Line Is Too Low, Everyone Pays The Price

Data from the National Women’s Law Center show poverty rising for Black women and older women under the Supplemental Poverty Measure between 2023 and 2024, while a recent survey from the Highland Project finds that an overwhelming majority —...

Black Unemployment Is Nearly Double The National Rate—And Getting Worse

The jobs report also showed Black workers are also facing a more challenging environment in finding work in the first place. Those who (and aged 16 or over) are facing longer unemployment spells, with Black...

Why are so many Americans worried about falling birth rates?

In a recent report,“Baby Bonuses and Motherhood Medals,” the National Women’s Law Center expressed caution about policies like $1,000 baby bonds and new insurance regulations on IVF that are coming from the administration. (The IVF proposal falls short of...

NWLC insta al Congreso a aprobar prórroga de Obamacare sin restricciones antiaborto

El Centro Nacional de Derecho de la Mujer (NWLC) lidera a casi 130 organizaciones que instan al Congreso a aprobar con celeridad una prórroga limpia de los créditos fiscales mejorados para las primas (ePTC) de la...

Trump Wants Americans To Make More Babies. Critics Say His Policies Won’t Help Raise Them.

“You’re not seeing policies that support families with children,” said Amy Matsui, vice president of income security and child care at the National Women’s Law Center, a nonprofit focused on gender rights. “It’s a white, heterosexual,...

How do ‘Trump accounts’ work – and who will benefit?

“As currently structured, these accounts will just become another tax shelter for the wealthiest, while the overwhelming majority of American families, who are struggling to cover basic costs like food, childcare and housing, will be...