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NWLC In The Press

SCOTUS Poised to Reopen Case From Woman Claiming Employer Discriminated Against Her For Being Straight

Breaking with those briefs was one filed jointly last month by a coalition of civil rights groups — the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, LatinoJusticePRLDEF, the National Women’s Law Center, the National Employment Law Project, the...

Opinion: Leading On Your Own Terms: How Women Of Color Are Redefining Success

Black women earn only 63 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men, according to the National Women’s Law Center. Although symbolic, this wage gap is ultimately a representation of fewer sponsorship opportunities and...

Idaho Moves to Deregulate Child Care in First-of-Its-Kind Legislation

"Because infants, in particular, and also toddlers, require more intensive care, those ratios are in place to ensure they’re getting developmentally appropriate [care],” says Melissa Boteach, vice president of child care and income security at...

Chicago Women In Trades Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s ‘Anti-Diversity’ Executive Orders

Chicago Women in Trades is being represented by a team of civil rights lawyers from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. It is also receiving pro-bono counsel from Crowell & Moring LLP, along...

When The Paycheck Stops: How To Prepare For Layoffs And Uncertain Job Markets

Black women face a unique set of challenges in the workforce. Despite being the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs and earning more degrees than ever, we continue to experience pay gaps, job discrimination, and higher unemployment...

SCOTUS Just Gave Abortion Clinics a Rare Win

Katie O’Connor, director of federal abortion policy at the National Women’s Law Center, said that while the organization was “relieved” to hear about the court’s decision, “anti-abortion extremists are now more emboldened” thanks to Trump.