Burger King: Mind Blowingly Misogynistic
Burger King continues to objectify and hypersexualize women by putting a model—who has the carefully crafted appearance of a blow-up doll—on the receiving end of its latest all-beef, mayo-oozing sandwich.
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Pantsuits and the Presidency
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2023 Racial Justice Summit Speakers
Back to 2023 RJS Homepage Elected Officials Keynote Speakers Gerald Griggs, Attorney at Law Gerald A. Griggs is an Atlanta attorney dedicated to Equal Justice for All. He is a tenacious trial attorney, a zealous advocate, and a compassionate Social Justice Activist. On April 23, 2022, Attorney was elected the 13th President of the State Conference of Read more …
LYB Art-a-Thon
*** Trigger Warning *** The Love Your Body Art-a-Thon was created to be an open space for the expressions of how you love your body. Some content will include visual expressions that some viewers find offensive and/or traumatizing. NOW aims to potentially warn of disturbing content and we ask that you help to create an Read more …
Art-a-Thon 2022
*** Trigger Warning *** The Art-a-Thon was created to be an open space of expression after the overturning of Rov v Wade. Some content will include visual expressions that some viewers find offensive and/or traumatizing. NOW aims to potentially warn of disturbing content and we ask that you help to create an atmosphere of mutual Read more …
ISSUE ADVISORY: Political Women Gaining on Many Fronts; Republican Women Surge in the 2020 U.S. House Elections
By Jan Erickson, NOW Government Relations Director December 21, 2020 A Shattered Glass Ceiling 2020 marks a critical turning point for women in politics and government, beginning with our glass-ceiling-shattering first woman vice-president, a woman of color, Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.). For feminists, President-elect Joseph R. Biden’s selection of such a strong candidate is Read more …
NOW President Says New Trump/Devos Title IX Rule Endangers All Students
July 20, 2020 A new rule (regulation) adopted by the Trump Administration to limit Title IX’s authority to protect students from sexual harassment and assault on campus became final on August 14. Education institutions that receive federal funds are required to comply with provisions that greatly limit how schools should respond – or not respond Read more …
Sisters In Suffrage
Ida B. Wells-Barnett At one time, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was the most well-known Black woman in the country. She was an educator, pioneering journalist, an early leader in the civil rights movement and a founder of the NAACP. As an ardent suffragist, she worked with both white and African-American suffrage organizations. Wells-Barnett was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize Read more …
Historic Coalition of Women’s and Civil Rights Groups File Amicus Brief to Stop COVID-19 Order that Intends to Ban and Criminalize Abortion
Media Contacts: NOW Foundation: Kimberly Hayes, press@now.org Feminist Majority Foundation: Corinne Long, clong@feminist.org Legal Momentum: Sam Bennett, sambennett@legalmomentum.org _____________________________________________________________________________________ Washington, DC – An historic coalition of women’s rights, civil rights, human rights, and reproductive justice groups including the National Organization for Women Foundation, the Feminist Majority Foundation and Legal Momentum, joined by 18 other Read more …
Abortion Rights Case Makes It Clear We Need Pro-Choice Legislature in Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a split decision that continues to limit women’s reproductive health and rights in Virginia, a federal district court ruled this week on four Virginia laws that have impeded abortion access for years. The laws are a result of Republican leadership in Virginia and their determination to deny women full health care. “In Read more …