Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual poverty, income, and health insurance data for 2023, revealing a number of alarming trends, including an increase in the child poverty rate and the first significant...
Washington, DC – The latest jobs report from the Department of Labor that was released on Friday included revised data revealing that the number of child care workers has been largely in decline since March...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, a broad coalition of labor, workers’ rights, and gender justice organizations—led by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the ACLU of Arkansas)—filed an amicus brief in...
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center and Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) released an issue brief outlining the importance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for women and families. This brief comes as Congressional Republicans,...
(Washington, D.C.) Last week, a broad range of organizations and individuals—from veterans’ groups to national security experts and Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle—submitted amicus briefs in the Fifth Circuit in support...
Washington, DC — The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a statement after the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act (LHHS), which included an...
Washington, DC – Today, a minority of Senators blocked passage of the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 (H.R. 7024), which would have expanded the Child Tax Credit and benefitted...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination, known as (BE HEARD) in the Workplace Act, was reintroduced in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives....
Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), along with 36 other organizations, signed on to Sexual Violence Prevention Association’s (SVPA) letter urging the Department of Education to take action to combat digital sexual harassment. The...
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — July 30, 2024 — Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), alongside Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, and Dugan Schlozman LLC, filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Kansas...
July 29, 2024 – Today, President Biden announced a comprehensive framework for Supreme Court reform. In response, Emily Martin, chief program officer of the National Women’s Law Center, released the following statement: “The Supreme Court...
Washington, DC – Following President Biden’s announcement that he has withdrawn from the 2024 presidential election, Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, released the following statement: "We respect President...
Today, the House passed a resolution to repeal the Biden administration's updated Title IX rule, seeking to overturn the regulations before the upcoming school year. The resolution invoked the Congressional Review Act, which gives Congress...
Washington, DC – Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), testified today in front of the Senate Finance Committee on the need for increased federal child care funding. To...
(Washington, D.C.) On July 5, 2024, NWLC, the ACLU of Tennessee, and five other organizations dedicated to workers’ rights and gender justice, in partnership with the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, filed an...
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration released a supplemental funding request to Congress last week that reiterated the administration’s request for $16 billion in emergency child care funding. The administration’s request for $16 billion in emergency...
ST. LOUIS – Missouri clergy challenging the state’s abortion ban as a violation of church-state separation today announced their intent to appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court the June 14 decision by St. Louis Circuit...
Washington, DC -- The White House today released a new issue brief on the impact of the child care funding cliff that reaffirms and references findings first released by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC)....
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today released its decision in Johnson v. Grants Pass, ruling that it is constitutional to fine, arrest, or jail people experiencing homelessness for simple acts of using survival items...
NWLC and Open Markets Release First Comprehensive Report to Examine Private Equity Tactics in Child Care Industry and Policy Solutions Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and Open Markets Institute (OMI) released...
