League of Women Voters Supports ERA Ratification Legislation (Press Release) 1/31/2023 WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement supporting the…
Women, Girls, and Climate Change at COP27 (Blog) 1/10/2023 Disclaimer: This blog post references conversations about “women and girls” that generally focused on cisgender people. Trans and nonbinary folks and…, Gender and the Impact of Climate Change At COP27’s side events focused on gender and climate change, speakers across multiple panels explained…, Limited access to sexual and reproductive health and rights results in reduced spacing between births and increased unplanned or undesired…, Women must also be involved in climate change response decision-making, as their participation is associated with better climate action and outcomes…, The UN writes that “climate justice... looks at the climate crisis through a human rights lens.” People who are most impacted by climate change are…
Democracy Advocates, Elected Officials Lead Jan. 6 Vigil in Chapel Hill (News Clips) 1/9/2023 This story was originally published on Chapelboro.com. While much of the focus in Washington D.C. on Friday was more on selecting a new Speaker…
We must work collectively to prevent another Jan. 6 (News Clips) 1/8/2023 This letter to the editor was originally published in the Daily Camera. The January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was a dark day in our nation’…
League of Women Voters Welcomes 118th Congress in Session (Press Release) 1/7/2023 WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement after the 118th Congress…
'It's important to remember this day': Newport vigil marks January 6 attack on Capitol (News Clips) 1/7/2023 This story was originally published in the Newport Daily News. Two years after a mob of angry citizens stormed the U.S. Capitol and temporarily…
LWV Statement on January 6th Committee Final Business Meeting (Press Release) 12/19/2022 WASHINGTON - Today the League of Women Voters of the United States board president Dr. Deborah Turner issued the following statement following the…
SD Debates vote Counting for Future Elections (News Clips) 12/13/2022 This story was originally published by Public News Service. This coming legislative session, South Dakota lawmakers could be asked to clarify a…
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…, Throughout the history of the Supreme Court, most of its justices have been former prosecutors. More precisely, over the past 100 years, 54% of the…, In the October 2021 term, the Court decided several cases involving Fourth Amendment “seizures” and the “community caretaking doctrine.” …