Released on June 4, 2025
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON–While Harvey Weinstein awaits the verdict in his second New York sex crimes trial, and Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial continues, while at the same time sexual assault charges against prominent, powerful men fill the headlines, it’s not enough to bring each and every abuser to justice. We Read more …
Released on June 1, 2025
On June 28, 1970, on the one year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising—six days of protest after a police raid of a popular gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village–the first Pride marches were held in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Since then, June has been designated Pride Month, with federal agencies, local governments Read more …
Released on May 25, 2025
Five years after the murder of George Floyd, the global movement his murder sparked a reckoning over police misconduct and racism that today is itself under attack. The moves by the Justice Department to roll back police accountability agreements with Minneapolis and Louisville and close investigations into other local police departments, including Phoenix, Memphis, and Read more …
Released on May 22, 2025
House Budget Bill Hurts Women, Children, Seniors, Low-income Americans, and Everyone but the Billionaires and Special Interests who Profit from It Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON–The big, ugly bill Donald Trump and U.S. House leaders passed in the dead of night must be dead on arrival in the Senate. It will Read more …
Released on May 19, 2025
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes Today, President Donald Trump signed into law the Take It Down Act—the first bipartisan legislation that zeroes in on one of the most pernicious threats to women’s health and safety—the theft of our bodily autonomy through deepfake images used to harass and exploit women and girls. This Read more …