Action Alert: Call Your Senators NOW to Stop Walker’s Confirmation
Help us prevent Justin Walker from being appointed to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals by calling your Senators and urging them to vote against cloture.
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Action Alert: Call Your Senators NOW to Stop Walker’s Confirmation
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 …
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans —Identity, contributions, and challenges
Throughout May there have been many celebrations of a rich heritage that is thousands of years old to mark Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. As they come to a close, we take the opportunity to reflect on the impact the Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) community has had on this country. And while their contributions Read more …
Mrs. America Episode 9 – The Finale
The popular Hulu series Mrs. America is reinvigorating discussions on the women’s movement of the 1970s, the battle for the Equal Rights Amendment, and the political legacy we continue to grapple with to this day. Like everyone watching this series, NOW staff and interns have strong opinions on the content and are sharing them through Read more …
NOW Demands Justice for George Floyd
WASHINGTON – The shocking video out of Minneapolis shows another black man, George Floyd, being brutalized by another white police officer as he kneels on the prostrate man’s neck, pressing the full weight of his body on his handcuffed, unarmed victim. Mr. Floyd is seen gasping and crying out for help, shouting “I cannot breathe,” and Read more …
Mrs. America – Episode 8 “Houston”
While Mrs. America gives its viewers plenty of fiercely feminist characters to fall in love with, my favorite character on the show is Alice Macray. She may be fictional, a conglomeration of several Phyllis Schlafly’s followers, but to me she’s the person on the show who most clearly demonstrates human capacity for change and growth. This week’s Read more …
Heroes Act
NOW fiercely supports the Heroes Act and we need your help to ensure that it is passed in the Senate. Contact your Senators and let them know that we cannot wait.
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 …
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 …
Mrs. America Episode 6 – An Unlikely Republican Feminist Hero
The popular Hulu series Mrs. America is reinvigorating discussions on the women’s movement of the 1970s, the battle for the Equal Rights Amendment, and the political legacy we continue to grapple with to this day. Like everyone watching this series, NOW staff and interns have strong opinions on the content and are sharing them through Read more …