How DEI Impacts Us — And Democracy (Blog) 2/19/2025 With attacks from the recent administration, DEI has been a hot topic recently. In a recent blog, I broke down what DEI really is — and isn’t. In this piece, I’ll describe just a few of the ways DEI…
LWVUS Urged the Preservation of Public Access to Federal Data (Legal Document) 2/11/2025 LWVUS joined hundreds of organizations to express our concern and strong opposition to the recent incidents in which public data have been selectively removed from federal websites.
Why We Will Remain the League of WOMEN Voters (Blog) 1/7/2025 Over a century after our founding — and the passage of the 19th amendment that granted many women the right to vote — some people question why the League of Women Voters keeps the word ‘women’ in our…
LWVUS Joined Comments in Support of ACS (Legal Document) 1/6/2025 LWVUS joined comments in support of OMB approving an extension of the American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) programs.
League of Women Voters Remembers Jimmy Carter (Press Release) 12/30/2024 WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters issued the following statement on the passing of former President Jimmy Carter.
President Biden: Why Are Women Waiting for Equality? (Blog) 12/26/2024 It’s 2024. 101 years have passed since the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was proposed, and women’s equal rights are still not enshrined in the US Constitution.
Hamilton v. Dallas County (Legal Case) 12/19/2024 Case filed by nine female detention service officers against the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department asserting sex discrimination in scheduling days off
LWVUS and More than 140 Diverse Nonprofits Call on President Bident to Act for Publication of the Equal Rights Amendment (Legal Document) 12/16/2024 The League of Women Voters of the United States and more than 140 diverse nonprofit organizations leading in women's, reproductive, LGBTQIA+, civil, and human rights sent a letter to President Biden…
More than 140 Diverse Nonprofit Organizations Call on President to Act for Publication of Equal Rights Amendment (Press Release) 12/16/2024 Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States and more than 140 nonprofit organizations leading in women's, reproductive, LGBTQIA+, civil, and human rights sent a letter to President Biden…
LWVUS Urges Complete Census Data Collection (Legal Document) 11/14/2024 LWVUS joined coalition partners in urging the Census Bureau to conduct small-scale testing for collecting home addresses to count incarcerated people at home.