Released on June 19, 2025
Juneteenth isn’t just a date on the calendar—it’s a powerful reminder that freedom isn’t free—it’s been fought for, delayed, denied, and taken back. Juneteenth marks the day freedom finally came to Texas, when on June 19, 1865, a Union general informed enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas that they were free—two and a half years after Read more …
Released on June 18, 2025
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON–The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in U.S. v Skrmetti sent a clear message to transgender youth who are struggling to get the life-saving healthcare they need: safe and effective gender-affirming care can help you, but we won’t let it. The Court upheld Tennessee’s law banning best practice medical care Read more …
Released on June 14, 2025
Statement by NOW President Christian F. Nunes The assassin who took the lives of Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, and critically wounded State Senator John A. Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, as motivated by a dark current of politics that is growing more dangerous and putting people’s lives at risk. Read more …
Released on June 13, 2025
June 13 marks LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day, a day to recognize the wage gap that continues to affect LGBTQIA+ communities. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, “On average, in 2021, LGBTQIA+ workers earned 90 cents per dollar compared to all full-time workers in the United States. Women in this community earned 87 cents per dollar compared to the Read more …
Released on June 12, 2025
NOW Co-Signs Letter of Support with a Dozen Other Organizations WASHINGTON— Today, a coalition of bi-partisan organizations sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging a vote on the Kids Off Social Media Act. This legislation would protect the mental health and safety of children by setting a minimum age of 13 to use social media Read more …