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NOW Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and Urges Unity Against Racist Attacks on Asian Americans

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 …

Heroes Act Action Alert

The Heroes Act is a critical piece of legislation that would provide necessary relief and protections to essential workers, low-income families, and survivors of domestic violence, who have all been disproportionately impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. The bill has been passed by the House of Representatives and this desperately needed funding would provide a historic $3 trillion towards resources that would:   Extend unemployment benefits through 2021 that would also incorporate gig workers, independent contractors, part-time workers Read more …

Why Women Leaders Are Excelling In This Time of Coronavirus

An article in the New York Times this week reminded me of how much the world needs strong, feminist leadership right now.  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in New Zealand, President Tsai Ing-wen in Taiwan and Prime Minister Sanna Marin in Finland (who governs with a coalition of four female-led parties), among others, have taken their places alongside Read more …

SCOTUS Cannot Allow Employers to Deny Women Coverage to Birth Control

WASHINGTON, D.C. – One of the first cases in the Supreme Court’s history to be heard by the public in real-time audio—due to the coronavirus–is Wednesday’s arguments in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania consolidated with Trump v. Pennsylvania, which challenges the Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate.    The Trump Administration wants to allow almost any employer to deny coverage for contraception by Read more …

Pandemics Won’t Stop Us

Before I share with you some of what I’ve been reading and hearing online, I want to alert you to this breaking news:  This morning, you can listen to one of the first cases in the U.S. Supreme Court’s history to be conducted by teleconference—the Trump Administration’s challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s birth control Read more …

COVID-19 and Immigration

Updated June 25, 2020  How does COVID-19 impact immigrant populations?    Immigrant communities, particularly those in low-income areas, and undocumented immigrant families have been particularly high-risk during the coronavirus pandemic. Not only do immigrants make up a large proportion of essential workers, but as states begin to reopen immigrant communities are made even more vulnerable. Border states like Read more …

Second Look: In Mrs. America, the Personal is Indeed Political in the Battle for the Equal Rights Amendment

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Long a rallying cry for feminism, “the personal is political” spoke to how women’s own experiences often fueled their activism. The Hulu drama Mrs. America’s second episode draws from that theme for feminist icon Gloria Steinem, but also for “protagonist” and anti-feminist/Equal Rights Amendment Opponent Phyllis Schlafly.  For Schlafly, the show depicts a woman frustrated at her inability to Read more …

After 60 Years of Unsatisfactory Birth Control Options, Hope Emerges

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 I distinctly remember the feeling of waking up after the morning after the 2016 election — confused, disappointed, angry and panicked. In my high school that day, one of the most common topics of conversation amongst my group of peers was what long-lasting contraceptive we should get that we could rely on to last us Read more …