It is my hope that by Super Bowl 2019, I will be able to tell my son that Puerto Rican families have the resources they need to enjoy a Sunday football game, rather than worry about basic necessities and access to affordable health care. We urge Congress to act without further delay.
Many of us — including women, people of color, immigrants, the LGBTQ community and people with special needs, disabilities and chronic illness — recognize that Trump’s federal government is putting all of us last.
There is another side to the nation’s story right now – the story of the power and persistence of women. Our voices are the ones that have changed, and will continue to change, the nature of power.
We at the National Partnership are still haunted by images of Charlottesville and deeply troubled by the news that continues to unfold this week, including the tragic, unconscionable terrorist attacks in Spain.
Tonight, when President Trump speaks to a joint session of Congress, he will face a country that is yearning for real leadership, candor, humility, compassion and respect.
Those of us who have spent our careers fighting discrimination in all its forms have been deeply concerned by reports of bias by Airbnb hosts, and allegations that Airbnb’s platform might have helped facilitate some of the discrimination.
Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in four same-sex marriage cases today, marriage equality is now the law of the land in all 50 states.
The National Partnership held its annual gala on June 4, and the speakers, the crowd, the program and the event were extraordinary.
Amable Alvarez grew up in a poor, rural village in Spain. As a child, he never got the chance to attend school because his family couldn’t afford to be without his help on the farm.
Across the country, eight million lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers put in the same hours and make the same contributions as their co-workers, yet no federal law protects them from unequal, harmful treatment.
At the National Partnership, we have been working for more than 40 years to make the country’s workplaces more fair and family friendly. That’s why we were proud to partner with a strong coalition of policy experts, business advocates and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organizations today to release A Broken Bargain: Discrimination, Fewer Benefits and More Taxes for LGBT Workers.
National Partnership President Debra Ness talks to the New York Times about Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision to end the company’s work-from-home policy.
In reelecting President Obama and significantly increasing the numbers of women and progressives in the United States Senate, Americans have said ‘yes’ to fair pay for women, ‘yes’ to policies that make our workplaces more family friendly, ‘yes’ to ending gender discrimination and strengthening consumer protections in health insurance, and ‘yes’ to a more patient- and family-centered health care system.
The National Partnership is so proud that, as part of its 2012 Gala today, the Committee for Education Funding (CEF) presented our own lmederos@nationalpartnership.org with a staff recognition award.
The National Partnership is proud to support the new Everyone Matters campaign.
Women’s groups in the HERvotes coalition rallied in the blogosphere last week to call for the extension of the Violence Against Women Act’s lifesaving programs and services for another five years.
Starting this weekend, those in the Washington, D.C. area have a rare chance to view a powerful and poignant reminder of the impact of HIV/AIDS.
Fairness and equal opportunity are among our nation’s most basic values. They are especially critical in the workplace due to families’ increasing dependence on the wages of both men and women.
The Medicare Trustees announced this week that the program will remain solvent until 2024 – the same projection as last year.
Some things are simply unthinkable. Congress failing to protect the basic benefits that are keeping women and families afloat is one of them.
