Released on February 24, 2026
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 — what they considered the pre-eminent branch of government: Congress. But Donald Read more …
Released on February 24, 2026
Statement by National NOW President Kim Villanueva What is it about Donald Trump’s angry, domineering, patronizing, disrespectful, and self-centered State of the Union that women find so familiar? A political movement has grown around a culture that glorifies aggression, division, and domination. In that world, women are vilified and attacked simply for demanding equality. Today, that backlash is an animating Read more …
Released on February 17, 2026
Statement of National NOW President Kim Villanueva WASHINGTON—Rev. Jesse Jackson embraced the intersectionality of civil rights across gender and race. He always stood with women who, as he so often said, ‘take the early bus’ to jobs where they are underpaid, undervalued, and too often subjected to discrimination or sexual harassment. He was a lifelong advocate for equal pay and economic justice for women, and he worked to increase political Read more …
Released on February 12, 2026
Statement by National NOW President Kim Villanueva The SAVE Act, just passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, strips away more rights for women by stopping millions of people from voting. These new restrictions would undermine free and fair elections and grab more power for Donald Trump and a Republican party that repeatedly blocks legislation that benefits women. The SAVE Act disenfranchises millions — as many as 69 million women — by requiring Americans to produce a passport or birth certificate that matches their current legal Read more …
Released on February 6, 2026
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 exhibits at national parks and Smithsonian museums. His supporters have even launched a social studies curriculum in Texas that Read more …