April 7th is Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Women’s Equal Pay Day, the annual reminder of the persistent wage gap between men and women—specifically today between AANHPI women and white, non-Hispanic men. According to the National Women’s Law Center, “Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) women who worked full time, year-round Read more …
No Hug Today is Available for Pre-Order Washington – – No Hug Today is the first book authored by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes. In No Hug Today, Nunes uses her experience as the leader of the largest feminist grassroots organization in the country and her background as a licensed clinical social worker to Read more …
Just a few days after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President, on January 22 we also saw the 52nd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Roe v. Wade, the constitutional protection of a woman’s right to abortion care. Trump took the oath of office before a Supreme Court he packed with Read more …
The idea to establish the third Monday of January as a national holiday recognizing the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an early response to his horrific murder on April 4, 1968, outside a motel in Memphis, but it took years of campaigning and grassroots activism to overcome opposition and make it Read more …
