National Women's Law Center Action FundBy Erin Weber, Strategy and Policy Manager of State Advocacy In the lead up to the 2023 elections, many Republicans went out of their way to avoid talking about abortion because they know their position—specifically their desire to impose further restrictions in additional states—is a losing one. Well, they lost. And they’ve been losing […]
By Erin Weber, Strategy and Policy Manager of State Advocacy Raise your hand if you’re already over watching the chaos and nothing-burger promises of the GOP debates 🙋🏻♀️. Engaging with primary debates can feel daunting, especially as we look down the barrel of over a year more of presidential candidate promises, fights, and speeches. The […]
By Angel Padilla, Vice President of Strategy & Policy On August 25 in Milwaukee, WI, the “top” Republican candidates for president took the stage together for the first time, giving millions of Americans their first real look at who these candidates are and what they stand for. As it stands, of course, they are all […]
The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund: “The tentative debt ceiling deal has made one thing resoundingly clear: the Republican party cares more about wealthy political donors and pleasing the extremist wing of their party than they do workers and families in […]
By Sofia Hay, Strategy & Policy Program Assistant “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” – Rep. Shirley Chisholm In 1968, Shirley Chisholm dragged her folding chair into the halls of Congress—as the first Black woman to ever sit and serve there. This Black History Month, it’s […]
By Erin Weber, Strategy & Policy Manager for State Advocacy Last year was, well, a lot. On top of fears for bodily autonomy and an equitable economic recovery for women, the midterm elections felt like a circus at best and an existential threat to our democracy at worst. We pushed ourselves to the polls—while wondering […]
By Rindha Sudhini “Jesse Watters says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can’t run for president until she’s married with kids” “Lauren Boebert makes anti-hijab comment against Ilhan Omar” “Newt Gringich called VP Harris ‘a prospect crazy enough to satisfy the left who checks the box of being a woman of color.’” What do all these headlines have […]
Erin Election time for me feels… complicated. I live in Washington, D.C., so we don’t get to choose a Senator or Representative–and that makes our local races all the more important. As a former swing state resident (shout out to the Wisconsinites), the lack of federal representation feels disempowering, especially when elections roll around. BUT […]