(Washington, DC) On September 26, the U.S. Senate confirmed Eugene Scalia as Trump’s next Secretary of Labor. The Secretary of Labor is the nation’s most senior official tasked with ensuring the well-being and rights of...
(Washington, DC) Today is Native Women’s Equal Pay Day-- which marks the 21 months full-time Native women workers need to work to make what their white, non-Hispanic male counterparts typically made in the prior year...
(Washington, D.C.) On Sept. 17, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the FUTURE Act (H.R. 2486), a bipartisan bill that would provide urgently needed spending for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions. Despite...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee released its Labor-Health and Human Services-Education bill, which fails to protect and invest in the critical healthcare, child care, and other needs of children and families. The bill...
(Washington, D.C.) The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center: “A year ago, the National Women’s Law Center, along with a broad chorus of organizations...
(Washington, D.C.) The National Women’s Law Center calls on the Senate Appropriations Committee to change its approach to funding for, and consideration of, the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations bill. The Committee can restore the integrity of the critical life-saving...
(Washington, D.C.) Below is a statement from Fatima Goss Graves, President & CEO of the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) regarding the Equal Employment Opportunity's (EEOC) new proposal to stop the EEO-1 pay data collection...
(Washington, D.C.) The number of people who are uninsured spiked in 2018, marking the largest increase in several years and reflecting the efforts of the Trump Administration to undercut the Affordable Care Act. The poverty...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released “Dress Coded II: Protest, Progress, and Power in D.C. Schools” that looks at the work activists and policymakers have done to promote equitable school dress...
The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): “McDonald’s track record on tackling sexual harassment is atrocious. For years, the company has refused to...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), along with co-counsel Mastando & Artrip LLC and Penn Law LLC, filed a lawsuit against the Fayette County Board of Education, Superintendent Joseph Barrow, Jr. and...
(Washington, D.C.) Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day—which marks how far into the year Black women working full time need to work to earn what their white, non-Hispanic male counterparts earned in 2018. This...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed a regulatory change that will allow landlords, mortgage companies, and other housing providers to secretly discriminate against women, children, people of color, and...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its final “public charge” regulation. Public charge has been historically abused to keep out Jews fleeing from Nazi Germany, people with disabilities, and LGBT...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and over 20 other health care and civil rights organizations delivered over 100,000 comments from the general public today in defense of the Health Care Rights Law, a landmark statute that guarantees a...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the House of Representatives approved a two-year bipartisan budget deal reached by House and Senate leadership and the Trump administration earlier this week. The budget deal increases the overall spending limits for...
(Washington, D.C.) Since #MeToo went viral in 2017, fifteen states have passed new laws protecting workers from sexual harassment and state legislators across the country have introduced close to 200 bills to strengthen protections against...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Trump administration proposed a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) rule that could cut vital food assistance for 3 million people, including hundreds of thousands of working women and their families who...
(Washington, D.C.) Today the House of Representatives voted to pass the Raise the Wage Act, a bill that will raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour by 2025 and provide for...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) launched the Abortion Rights Project to respond to the unprecedented assault on abortion rights in this country. A major focus of the initiative will be supporting...
