For many communities, being counted is not just a matter of data. It is a matter of recognition, representation, and resources. Yet for Arab Americans, this recognition has been deferred for decades and obscured under the category of whiteness, which fails to capture who we are. It is worth examining how we celebrate Arab American identity and how our institutions are coming dangerously close to rendering it invisible.
Over the last 16 months under the Trump administration, people of color and marginalized communities across the country have faced both overt and subtle forms of targeting and discrimination at the federal level. One of the less visible examples is how the federal government has handled updates to federal race and ethnicity data standards, particularly as they relate to the upcoming 2030 Census.
On February 12, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reversed its 2009 Endangerment Finding, which had allowed the agency to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This is a devastating decision as GHG emissions are the leading cause of climate change.
Since the SAVE Act came to the floor of the US House in February 2025, the League has been educating voters on the heavy burden the bill’s requirements would put on Americans, including married women, rural communities, and military families. But the SAVE Act targets another community of eligible voters who already face institutional barriers when navigating our legal and advocacy systems: survivors of domestic violence.
Throughout the first year of the 119th Congress, the League of Women Voters did advocacy work around legislation with significant implications for both our democracy and the people within it. This blog looks back at five of the most consequential legislative battles of 2025, as well as their implications for our country and the League’s 2026 advocacy work.
This critical moment, when our nation faces a constitutional crisis and our democracy is at risk, is rife with inspiration for artistic advocacy. In honor of our Unite and Rise 8.5 initiative to defend democracy, we collaborated with Andrea Pippins, a female artist and author originally from PG County, Maryland, to create an image that would inspire us through this fight.
With the 2024 election in the rearview and critical midterms approaching, we took a look at the power of women at the ballot box using data from the US Census.
Women play a central role in that participation. As voters, organizers, community leaders, and advocates, women shape how democracy responds to the realities families and communities face every day.
When women vote, organize, and engage in public life, they influence the direction of policies that affect millions of people nationwide.
Coalitions hold the power to propel our democracy forward. In this time of chaos for our democracy, it’s imperative to focus on what brings us together instead of what divides us. Though these times feel destructive to the wellbeing of our democracy, there are ways to fight alongside one another for a shared sense of a better future.
A complicated legal system, the fraught history of international adoption, and the current Administration’s rhetoric around citizenship and immigration have caused concern for many adoptees. Are they at risk of being deported or losing citizenship?
As we step into primary season in a pivotal year for our nation, where does our democracy stand? LWV CEO Celina Stewart, Esq., shares her thoughts.