Released on December 1, 2025
Seventy years ago today, on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of taking her expected place in the back — an area designated for African Americans — she chose a seat in the front. When the bus driver demanded that she stand, she calmly replied, “No.” And when he Read more …
Released on November 18, 2025
November 18, 2025, marks Native Women’s Equal Pay Day — falling within Native American Heritage Month and underscoring a painful truth about economic inequality in the United States. This date represents how far into the year Native women must work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men earned the year before. Native American women continue to Read more …
Released on November 18, 2025
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Released on November 12, 2025
Statement by National NOW President Kim Villanueva WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s latest move to tie anti-abortion language to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act is a cynical and dangerous political stunt. Let’s be clear: the Hyde Amendment already bans any federal funds from being used for abortion care. Senate Republicans who Read more …
Released on November 10, 2025
Each November, we observe Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate and honor the histories, cultures, and contributions of American Indian and Alaska Native peoples. Native American women have played an important and often underrecognized role in shaping feminist thought and activism in the United States. Many Indigenous communities traditionally had social structures that Read more …