On the Record

By Kim Villanueva Our U.S. Constitution requires the President to report to Congress on “the State of the Union.”  The framers wanted to make clear that the President is no king, but rather an executive who serves alongside – and is accountable to — w Read more …

2026 marks the 100th anniversary of Black History Month—but you wouldn’t know it from listening to Donald Trump. He opened his second term by attacking Black history education as “indoctrination.” His administration has dismantled Black history exhibit Read more …

January 22, 2026, marks 53 years since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, recognizing the constitutional right to privacy and guaranteeing access to abortion across the United States. But that right was stripped away in 2022, when the votes of Read more …

Seventy years ago today, on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of taking her expected place in the back — an area designated for African Americans — she chose a seat in the front. When the bus driver demanded tha Read more …

November 18, 2025, marks Native Women’s Equal Pay Day — falling within Native American Heritage Month and underscoring a painful truth about economic inequality in the United States. This date represents how far into the year Native women must work to Read more …

Each November, we observe Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate and honor the histories, cultures, and contributions of American Indian and Alaska Native peoples.  Native American women have played an important and often underrecognized r Read more …

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an international health campaign dedicated to promoting screening and reducing the risk of a disease that affects 2.3 million women worldwide.  According to Susan G. Komen, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with b Read more …

Constitution Day recognizes the adoption of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787, when delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the document they had created.  This holiday is also known as Citizenship Day to reco Read more …

August 28, 2025, is Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Women’s Equal Pay Day, a date chosen to raise awareness of how NHPI women experience wage gaps and the impact on communities. NOW members are highlighting the pay disparities different com Read more …

Donald Trump doesn’t believe in democracy for all—far from it.  Like the authoritarians he admires, he wants to pick who gets have their rights protected, and who sees them taken away. Now, he’s using America’s military as his private plaything to enac Read more …