Released on January 20, 2025
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 …
Released on January 20, 2025
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON —Today, we are inaugurating a new president, after much heated politics. NOW members remain committed to the issues that matter to our health, our economic security and our safety. We can’t go back—we won’t go back! No matter what policies are put forward that threaten our Read more …
Released on January 20, 2025
Statement of NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON–NOW members mourn the passing of Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and one of the most prominent, eloquent and passionate advocates for abortion rights. At last summer’s Democratic National Convention, Cecile Richards told delegates, “when women are free to make their own decisions about their Read more …
Released on January 17, 2025
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON–We need the Equal Rights Amendment, and we need it NOW. President Biden is right when he affirms that the ERA has cleared all necessary hurdles to be formally added as the 28thAmendment. It is the law of the land—and it’s long overdue. Generations of women have endured Read more …
Released on January 17, 2025
NOW National President Christian F. Nunes released this response to President Joe Biden’s statement about the ERA. We need the Equal Rights Amendment, and we need it NOW. President Biden is right when he affirms that the ERA has cleared all necessary hurdles to be formally added as the 28thAmendment. It is the law of the Read more …