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1st Comic-Con of the MeToo era grapples with harassment

Sunu Chandy, the Legal Director for the National Women’s Law Center, has observed other best practices emerging in the wake of #MeToo and Time’s Up as well. “I see a lot of organizations taking this...

Jane Fonda Describes Hollywood’s Duty to “Amplify” Important Voices During Capitol Hill Visit

And this week, the veteran actress and activist joined forces with the National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Farmworker Women's Alliance, and National Women's Law Center and stormed Capitol Hill to advocate for livable wages and...

Jane Fonda: Kavanaugh confirmation would be a ‘catastrophe’

The activists taking part in the coalition include Monica Ramirez, the co-founder of the National Farmworkers Womens’ Alliance; Fatima Goss Graves, the president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center; Milly Trevino-Sauceda, the co-director...

Black Women Come Out In Droves To Protest Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh

Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) stood with allies last night on the steps of the high court in Washington, D.C. In a statement to ESSENCE, she said...

Roe v. Wade could face legal challenge with new SCOTUS: National Women’s Law Center

The decision had far-reaching implications, changing the medical landscape of the United States immediately, said Heather Shumaker, senior counsel for the National Women’s Law Center. “There was a real patchwork of laws throughout the states...

The Health 202: ‘ACA’ removed from swaths of Medicaid.gov website, watchdog reports

Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center, which supports abortion, said the case was “Kavanaugh’s audition for the Supreme Court,” adding that “after showing his hostility to abortion, he was added to...