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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…

Two-Year Anniversary of January 6th Insurrection (Press Release)

1/6/2023

WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States’ president Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following joint statement on the anniversary of the January…

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…

Electoral Count Reform Act Passes in Senate Omnibus Bill (Press Release)

12/22/2022

WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement after Senate passage of the omnibus appropriations bill that includes the…

League of Women Voters launches 'The Alabama Channel' to boost civic engagement (News Clips)

12/8/2022

This story was originally published by AL.com. People who want to learn more about how state lawmakers make decisions about education, criminal justice, taxes, health care, and other issues have a…

Professor, author, historian: Kimberly Hamlin influences Miami community with her work (News Clips)

12/4/2022

This profile was originally published by The Miami Student.

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…

LWVUS Submits Comments to HHS on Healthy People 2030 Objectives (Legal Document)

12/2/2022

LWVUS submitted public comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the proposed Healthy People 2030 objectives. The League articulated why the objective to increase the…

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…

Op-Ed | League of Women Voters of Nevada County: Democracy only works when we the people participate (News Clips)

11/28/2022

This opinion was originally published by YubaNet.com An election may be a milestone, but it is not the journey. An election is an opportunity to check in with each other about the course of our…