Washington, DC — A new National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) poll finds that many Americans report being financially worse off compared to a year ago. The poll also found that an overwhelming majority of voters...
Washington, DC – As the Trump administration moves to freeze or delay vital federal child care funding, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), State Innovation Exchange (SiX), and the Child Care for Every Family Network...
WASHINGTON - Today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a damning report outlining the harmful effects of the Trump administration’s Reduction-in-Force (RIF) efforts at the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, an office that...
Washington, D.C. - The wage gap continues to widen between women and men, and remains worse for Black women and other women of color working full time, year-round, according to an annual report by the...
Washington, DC - In the wake of Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which ended enhanced premium tax credits for people who get their health care through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the National Women’s...
WASHINGTON - Today the House voted 217 - 211 to pass the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act (PSRA)—a thinly veiled anti-abortion law that does not address the systemic barriers pregnant students face when furthering their education....
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will vote to rescind its Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Harassment. The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) authored a letter, joining over 70 organizations in opposing...
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) is leading more than 100 organizations in opposing a Trump administration rule that seeks to weaken federal disability nondiscrimination protections for people with gender dysphoria in...
Washington, DC – Today, the vice president of income security and child care at the National Women’s Law Center, Amy Matsui, testified before lawmakers about the urgent need for robust, sustained federal investments in child care. Watch the full hearing here. Matsui forcefully challenged the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its analysis of monthly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) jobs report, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) found that 81,000 people aged 20 and over left the labor...
Washington, DC — The Trump administration today announced plans to repeal a Biden-era child care rule that protects families from excessive costs and provides greater financial stability for child care programs, a move that could significantly raise child care expenses while further destabilizing an already overburdened and underfunded system. The Administration for...
National Women’s Law Center, Democracy Forward and Minority Veterans of America Condemn Administration’s Treatment of Veterans, Commit to Fighting Cruel New Policy Washington, D.C. – The Trump-Vance administration this week quietly implemented a new policy, fueled...
CALIFORNIA – The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has preliminarily approved a settlement between Aetna and the plaintiffs in Berton v. Aetna, which ensures that Aetna’s policy of guaranteeing equitable access to fertility treatments for LGBTQ+ policyholders...
Washington, DC – In a major escalation of its attacks on the transgender community, the Trump administration released a slate of proposed rules today that undermine care for transgender youth and protections for transgender people of all...
(Washington, D.C.) — Today, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Reps. Rosa DeLauro and Jan Schakowsky reintroduced the Schedules That Work Act and the Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act — critical legislation that will help working people meet their obligations on the job and in the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Women's Law Center (NWLC) reviews monthly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) jobs report. Due to the government shutdown, October data was not fielded so today’s comparisons are...
Washington, DC – As the Senate votes on dueling health care proposals, the National Women’s Law Center released the following statement: “Senate Democrats are trying to pass a clean bill to stop health care premiums...
Washington, DC – Today, the Senate voted 49-46 to confirm anti-abortion lawyer William Crain for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) previously...
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) is leading nearly 130 organizations in calling on Congress to swiftly pass a clean extension of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits (ePTCs)...
Washington, DC – Ahead of Donald Trump’s announcement on the creation of the pronatalist-inspired “Trump accounts,” which were included in the massive tax and budget bill that Trump and congressional Republicans passed into law in July, the...
