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…
League Calls on Congress to Protect Dreamers in Lame Duck Session (Press Release) 11/21/2022 WASHINGTON – Today, the League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase Solomón released the following statement in support of the legislation to protect DACA recipients:
LWVUS Urges Congress to Protect Dreamers (Legal Document) 11/18/2022 Senate and House leadership announced that protecting Dreamers is a high priority in the remaining time of the 117th Congress, leading the League to urge Congress to follow through and pass a bill.…
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.
League of Women Voters of Tennessee v. Davidson County Election Commission (Legal Case) 11/4/2022 LWV Tennessee sought an emergency injunction after Davidson County issued residents incorrect ballots during early voting
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…
LWVUS Urges the US Department of Health and Human Services to Allow DACA Recipients to Enroll in Health Insurance Programs (Legal Document) 10/25/2022 The League signed onto a letter to Secretary Becerra of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), urging HHS to allow recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)…
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…
LWV Watches Oral Arguments in SCOTUS Racial Vote Dilution Case, Merrill v. Milligan (Press Release) 10/5/2022 LWVUS and LWV of Alabama stood in solidarity with Alabama voters in Merrill v. Milligan as it was heard before the US Supreme Court. Both Leagues had previously submitted an amicus brief in support…
Fair Maps Texas Action Committee v. Abbott (consolidated as LULAC v. Abbott) (Legal Case) 9/28/2022 Lawsuit challenging Texas’s new legislative and congressional districts as a violation of the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.