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…
Lawsuit Filed to Stop Vigilante Surveillance of Drop Boxes in Arizona (Press Release) 10/25/2022 Today, Protect Democracy filed a lawsuit on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Arizona in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in response to organizations and…
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.
Quiz: How Well Do You Know America's Female Democracy Icons? (Blog) 8/16/2022 You may consider yourself a history buff, but how well do you know the women who shaped our democracy? Test your knowledge and learn a thing or two with this quiz!
Women's Inequality Day (Article) 8/1/2022 August 26, otherwise known as Women's Equality Day, marks the anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment. Yet today, fewer rights than they'd had in decades. In August 2022, we launched our…
Explaining SCOTUS's Abortion Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (Blog) 7/22/2022 On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning the constitutional right to abortion. In so doing, they…
TN Early Voting Underway; Voters Face Lengthy Ballots (News Clips) 7/21/2022 This article was originally published in Public News Service. The Volunteer State ranks poorly in the U.S. for its overall lack of voter participation. Over the last decade, critics…
Understanding the Supreme Court's Gun Control Decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen (Blog) 7/12/2022 On June 23, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, overturning a New York gun safety law. The Court ruled that New…
The Status of LGBTQIA+ Rights in the US (Blog) 6/28/2022 As we celebrate Pride Month, we can never forget that LGBTQIA+ rights need continual support and activism. Sadly, through the past year, we have seen a range of devastating anti-LGBTQIA+ bills across…