WASHINGTON D.C. (Feb. 4) -- Today, the Senate Finance Committee voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. In response, Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO...
WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 29) — President Trump signed two executive orders today attacking public education. One of the orders would ban federal funds from being used to teach so-called “discriminatory equity ideology,” and instead distort...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 29) – Today, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s testimony before a Senate committee further reinforced widespread concerns he is wholly unfit to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, the department responsible for...
Washington, DC – The Trump administration rescinded an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo purporting to halt all federally supported loan and grant programs. This reversal came after immediate public backlash and confusion over the...
WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 28) — The Trump administration announced a sweeping and cruel executive order tonight that seeks to prevent transgender youth under the age of 19 from accessing basic health care, with likely impacts...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 28) — Once again, President Trump has betrayed working people, lawlessly firing Jocelyn Samuels and Charlotte Burrows, commissioners at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). These commissioners, who by statute include representatives...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 28) - Today, a coalition of advocacy organizations condemned a district court ruling in the Eastern District of Kentucky that rejected the Title IX rule finalized by the Biden administration that provided...
Washington, D.C. – Last night, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo purporting to halt all federally supported loan and grant programs. Since its release last night, the memo has created chaos,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 28) - President Trump signed executive orders last night that seek to restrict transgender service members and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from the military. This follows the confirmation of Defense...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 28) — The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and a coalition of 175 organizations condemned as “cruel and lawless” the executive order signed by President Trump that discriminates against transgender, nonbinary, and...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 24) — The Trump administration’s acting Attorney General tonight announced that the Justice Department would no longer enforce the federal civil rights law currently protecting clinics, staff, and patients from danger. This...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 24) – Within days of retaking office, President Trump and his allies are beginning to target abortion providers and patients. On the eve of the “March for Life,” Trump issued pardons to...
WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 22) – In the cloak of darkness, President Donald Trump rescinded a decades-old executive order that protected workers hired by federal contractors from discrimination and promoted the creation of equal employment opportunities. The...
WASHINGTON (Jan. 22) — On the anniversary of the 1972 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision recognizing the right to abortion as protected by the U.S. Constitution, the Republican majority in the Senate has put...
WASHINGTON, DC — On day one of his presidency, Donald Trump signed a range of executive orders intended to threaten the rights and humanity of women, the LGBTQIA+ community, and immigrants. One of the orders...
Washington, DC - Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, released a statement on the passing of Cecile Richards. “I am heartbroken by the passing of Cecile Richards. Cecile was...
Washington, DC - President Biden today issued a statement recognizing the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th amendment to the Constitution and the law of the land. Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the...
Washington, DC - At his confirmation hearing today before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), Russell Vought made clear that, if confirmed, he would use his position as director of the Office...
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The House voted today to pass H.R. 28, which would amend federal civil rights law, to prohibit trans and intersex women and girls from playing on women and girls sports teams. The...
Washington, DC – As the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to consider the nomination of Pam Bondi for attorney general, Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), has urged the...
