Released on January 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Shame on the U.S. Senate. Tonight’s vote to thwart the passage of the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act was a bitter defeat for every principle that Senators swear to uphold. Our constitutional rights as citizens of a democracy were in the balance tonight, and 50 Read more …
Released on January 17, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today is the 32nd annual observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, but this year’s holiday is unlike any other. The issue of voting rights has risen to the front of the national agenda, and NOW members are determined to seize this moment and deliver for democracy. That’s why NOW has joined Read more …
Released on January 6, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – One year ago today, a violent mob launched an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol intent on subverting our democracy. Since then, over 400 anti-democracy bills have been introduced in nearly all 50 state legislatures, and the insurrectionists’ hate speech, terrorist tactics and violent extremism continue to be normalized by right-wing media and Read more …
Released on January 4, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – NOW welcomes the move by the Attorneys General of the last three states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment—Nevada, Illinois, and Virginia—to file an opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. This would end the unlawful obstruction of constitutional equality by the U.S. Archivist, who is required Read more …
Released on December 21, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — By sinking President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda, Senator Manchin is not only breaking his word to the president, but he’s also breaking his promise to the people of West Virginia. He continues to put the needs of his high-paying donors before the interests of his own state. On Fox News, Manchin Read more …