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Women, Girls, and Climate Change at COP27 (Blog)

1/10/2023

In November 2022, the League sent delegates in person and virtually to observe the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Experts highlighted ways in which climate change…

Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County, Florida (Legal Case)

12/30/2022

Drew Adams, a high school student, and his mother sued the St. Johns County School Board for discriminating against Drew because he is transgender. The School Board maintains a policy prohibiting…

Ketanji Brown Jackson Brings Needed Public Defense Experience to SCOTUS (Blog)

12/2/2022

In June 2022, Ketanji Brown Jackson — the first Black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) — was sworn in as an associate justice. Justice Jackson is the first former public defender to…

Native American Activist You Should Know: Naelyn Pike (Blog)

11/29/2022

Naelyn Pike is a 23-year-old Chiricahua Apache. As a lifelong fighter, she continues to follow in her grandfather’s — the Apache Stronghold's founder — footsteps in protecting Apache's…

How The Roe Decision Mobilized a First-Time Voter (News Clips)

11/7/2022

This interview was originally published by TheSkimm. College freshman and League of Women Voters of New York City intern, Cassidy Recio Brenes, is excited to vote for the first time.

Reproductive Rights Are on the Ballot (Blog)

11/1/2022

In June 2022, the US Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and ending the federal constitutional right to…

Latina Activist You Should Know: Jamie Sarai Margolin (Blog)

10/6/2022

Most of us know or have heard of the Latino trailblazers like Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Sylva Rivera – but we sometimes forget to highlight the youth activists who are currently fighting for…

League of Women Voters plant 19th Amendment garden at courthouse (News Clips)

9/25/2022

This story was originally published in The Herald-Dispatch. Members of the League of Women Voters of the Huntington Area recently established a flower garden at the Cabell County Courthouse.

LWVUS Urges the Senate to Pass the Respect for Marriage Act (Legal Document)

9/20/2022

The League signed onto a letter calling on the US Senate to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, which would ensure that all federal benefits are available to married couples no matter where they live…

DC Reproductive Rights Depend on Statehood (Blog)

8/18/2022

While abortion justice is necessary for the people of DC, our lack of statehood means we have little control over the future of reproductive rights. Until DC becomes a state and has, like all…