(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its final rule on the standard for distinguishing between employee and independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The rule revises the standard...
WASHINGTON – Over the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that they reached a deal on topline funding levels for Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations. Fatima Goss Graves, President and...
(Washington, D.C.) — Today, the Biden administration repealed the most harmful aspects of the Trump administration's "Refusal of Care" rule. The Trump Refusal of Care Rule would have granted individuals and institutions the ability to...
(Washington, D.C.) — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will allow Idaho to enforce its near-total abortion ban, even in medical emergencies. The Court has also agreed to hear oral arguments on the case...
The following is a statement from Shiwali Patel, Director of Justice for Students Survivors and Senior Counsel at the National Women’s Law Center: “We're deeply disappointed in the Biden Administration's decision to postpone the final...
Washington, DC - December 5, 2023 — Today, students, parents, educators, and advocacy groups gathered in front of the White House to demand the immediate release of the final Title IX rule. Title IX makes...
Washington, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in the case Moore v. United States, which is challenging the constitutionality of a one-time tax on the profits of a foreign investment. The...
Washington, DC - The following is a statement from Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center: “Today we mourn the passing of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. She...
St. Louis, MO - November 16, 2023 — Today, the St. Louis City Court will hold a crucial hearing in the case of Rev. Traci Blackmon v. State of Missouri. In this case, a group...
Washington, DC – A new National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) analysis found that between 2021 and 2022, the poverty rate for families with children headed by single women as measured by the Supplemental Poverty Measure...
The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): “We are thrilled to celebrate the nomination of Nicole Berner to the U.S. Court of Appeals...
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a brief today that includes data showing that homeownership rates for Black women and Latinas in 2021 still have not recovered from the Great Recession...
Washington, DC – Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing on the President’s domestic supplemental funding request to Congress, which includes $16 billion for child care. The witnesses at today’s hearing included the Secretary...
(Washington, D.C.) — Today, President Biden announced his intent to nominate five highly-qualified individuals to federal district courts. This announcement marks President Biden's forty-first round of nominees for federal judicial positions. The following is a...
Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and State Innovation Exchange (SiX) are launching the State Gender Policy Collective (“the Collective”) that will deepen and expand policy, research, and communications support–and cross-state collaboration–for state policymakers and leaders...
Washington, DC – President Joe Biden released his domestic emergency aid priorities to Congress today, which includes $16 billion for emergency child care funding -- which is the same amount of emergency funding that the National Women’s...
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and partners including End Rape on Campus, Every Voice Coalition, It’s on Us, Know Your IX, the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, Equal Rights Advocates,...
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today released a new factsheet underscoring the importance of improving the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program to help advance gender, racial, and disability justice, which comes...
Washington, DC— October 5, 2023 — Representing three named women truck drivers and REAL Women in Trucking, the National Women's Law Center, in partnership with co-counsel Peter Romer-Friedman Law PLLC, filed a class action hiring...
Washington, DC – Melissa Boteach, Vice President of Income Security and Child Care/Early Learning at the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), released the following statement hours before billions of child care dollars in the American...
