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Trump taps DEI critic to lead workplace civil rights agency

The National Women’s Law Center — a legal organization suing the EEOC over its treatment of discrimination complaints from transgender workers — decried Lucas’s promotion. “Andrea Lucas was handpicked by Trump to lead the EEOC...

The Latest: White House walks back Trump’s threat to SNAP

A message from the National Women’s Law Center concerning the announcement by the Trump administration of restoring only half funding the SNAP benefits is projected on the U.S. Department of Agriculture building, Monday, Nov. 3,...

Senators from RI face criticism for voting to pass National Defense Authorization Act

In an interview with The Herald, Brian Dittmeier, the director of LGBTQI+ equality at the National Women’s Law Center, said the legislation prevents service personnel from having “access to the benefits that they need to...

ID ban on trans athletes heads to Supreme Court

Shiwali Patel is senior director of education justice with the National Women's Law Center, which has filed an amicus brief defending trans athletes in the case. Her organization argues the bans violate Constitutional equal protection...

A look at the Trump administration’s changes to education policy for English learners, HSIs, and more

Early education should be available to every single child in this country, full stop,” said Whitney Pesek, senior director of federal child care policy at the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), in a press release....

What the government shutdown means for women

Women made up 45 percent of the entire federal workforce in September 2024, but they made up the majority of the workforce in the departments that were targeted for large-scale layoffs, according to a report...