It’s been a busy week. Last Friday, a federal judge ordered that all children being held in ICE detention centers for more than 20 days must be released by July 17. This story from NPR quotes U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee of California’s “scathing order,” in which she describes the ICE-operated facilities as being “on fire.” But we can Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Moments ago, the Senate voted to confirm Judge Cory Wilson to the already conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. This court has jurisdiction over courts across Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas – three states with severely limited abortion access. By adding Wilson to the bench, the Trump administration and Senate Republicans have made this court a monumental threat to women’s rights and reproductive freedom in these states. Cory Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today marks the 48th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark legislation that set out to ensure equal educational opportunities regardless of gender. This civil rights law has opened up doors that had long been closed to women and girls, allowing more to participate in athletics programs, earn scholarships, attend college, study in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math) and pursue advanced degrees. Title IX also assures equality Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, June 19th, the National Organization for Women recognizes Juneteenth, a holiday honoring the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people were free in Texas. Although Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation more than two years earlier, this day marks the liberation of 250,000 Texans. On June 19th, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger publicly read General Order No. Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate’s vote to confirm Judge Justin Walker to the prestigious Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is a shameful example of how Mitch McConnell has turned the U.S. Senate into a right-wing confirmation factory for unqualified, inexperienced, extremist federal judges. Judge Walker is in many ways the worst of the worst. He’s Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – NOW applauds Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for announcing the departure of police chief Erika Shields, and calling for the immediate termination of Garrett Rolfe, the officer who killed Rayshard Brooks in the parking lot of a Wendy’s drive through. But firing Officer Rolfe won’t quiet the outrage, or address the injustice, felt by Black communities whose Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, the four-year anniversary of the 2016 PULSE nightclub shooting and during Pride month, the Trump administration announced its final rule – a slap in the face erasing health care protections for transgender Americans. During a global pandemic when health disparities are revealing deep inequities in our system, this rule perpetuates continued discrimination, structural racism, transphobia, and homophobia. This action makes it easier for doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies to deny Read more …
It was a January day in 2017. The day after I found out that I was pregnant with my second child. My second daughter. My Bailey. I woke up early, packed snacks, dressed in layers, charged my cell phone and headed into DC, joining hundreds of thousands of women, men, and children to attend the Read more …
We cannot let Donald Trump stack our courts with right-wing, anti-feminist judges. His latest attempt is the nomination of Justin Walker to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, one of the most important courts in our country. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over cases involving Congress and many federal agencies, giving it enormous Read more …
WASHINGTON – The coronavirus pandemic has unleashed a torrent of division, racism and discrimination against the Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. With misogyny, racial division and verbal abuse emanating from the Oval Office itself, the worst elements of society feel they have been given permission to hate. As the number of COVID-19 cases explodes exponentially, so do Read more …