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One Day in Jail for the Police Officer Held Responsible for the Murder of Breonna Taylor? It’s Disgusting. It’s an Outrage. And It’s a Betrayal That Women Won’t Forget

Released on July 17, 2025

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes  The Justice Department’s decision to ask that the officer found guilty of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor in 2020 be sentenced to one day in jail is one more step by this government towards injustice, and a betrayal of a jury’s verdict which held the Read more …

Observing Black Women’s Equal Pay Day

Released on July 10, 2025

Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is the date on the calendar that symbolizes the additional time Black women in the United States must work into the current year to earn what white, non-Hispanic men earned in the previous year.   In 2025, that date is today, July 10.  Black women earn, on average, about 66 cents Read more …

NOW Celebrates Civil Rights Signing Day

Released on July 2, 2025

On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law one of the most significant pieces of civil rights legislation in history — the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  It prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. For more than sixty years, the Civil Rights Act and the Read more …

Shame On the Senate! The Budget Bill Hurts Real People—People Who Vote!

Released on July 1, 2025

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes The tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate is so horrendous that Vice President Vance had to cast a tie-breaking vote to get it passed.  Senators know that Donald Trump’s massive giveaway to the rich is financed by cuts to health care, food assistance and Read more …