Released on January 22, 2026
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 three Trump-appointed justices overturned Roe. Since then, 23 states have implemented full or Read more …
Released on January 13, 2026
National Organization for Women (NOW) Turns 60 Year of Action Planned with Grassroots Members WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 13, 2026 – This year marks six decades of the National Organization for Women (NOW) championing gender justice and mobilizing communities for social change. Founded in 1966 as a new civil rights organization, 28 visionary women drafted NOW’s groundbreaking statement Read more …
Released on December 10, 2025
Walmart, Coors, ExxonMobil, and Others are Greenlighting Hate Speech Statement by National NOW President Kim Villanueva WASHINGTON–The Heritage Foundation has doubled down on misogyny with the appointment of Scott Yenor to a senior leadership position. Yenor has called professional women ‘medicated, meddlesome, and quarrelsome.’ He has argued, ‘If we want a great nation, we should Read more …
Released on December 1, 2025
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 that she stand, she calmly replied, “No.” And when he Read more …
Released on November 18, 2025
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 earn what white, non-Hispanic men earned the year before. Native American women continue to Read more …