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Women Made Up Nearly All The Job Losses Last Month. Here’s Why

“If we saw an unemployment rate for white men at the current rate it is for Black women, we would have already declared a recession,” says Jasmine Tucker, vice president for research at the National Women’s...

Pregnancy prosecutions are on the rise

As prosecutions tick up, "pregnant people will be living under heightened surveillance and scrutiny, and that may change their behavior in ways that aren't healthy for them or for the pregnancy," said Gretchen Borchelt, vice president...

Child care providers on edge over funding threats, Minnesota fraud claims

“Child care providers are getting people knocking on the door. They’re getting a lot of harassing phone calls. We’ve heard about a provider in Minnesota who experienced this and vandalism and a break-in, so it’s really scary for them,” said Amy Matsui, vice president...

‘There’s a harm there’: Supreme Court appears to side with bans on men in women’s sports

During a rally Tuesday hosted by the National Women’s Law Center, transgender advocates said conservatives are too focused on transgender athletes and not enough on “actual” problems with sexual abuse and lower pay in women’s sports. ...

Supreme Court appears skeptical of challenges to bans on trans athletes

“If you’re discriminating against someone who is trans — that is sex discrimination,” Shiwali Patel, senior director of education justice at the National Women’s Law Center, which filed an amicus brief supporting the trans athletes in...

Behind The December Jobs Report: Black Unemployment Remains Nearly Double The National Rate

"The Trump administration spent 2025 undermining workplace protections and weakening caregiving support that helps women enter and remain in the labor force. It is clear that this administration doesn’t value women’s work or believe that...