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Oct 08, 2026
Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Against DOD for Withholding Records on Study of Women in Ground Combat Roles
NEW YORK – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union’s Women’s Rights Project (WRP), the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), and the Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN)...
Issue Areas: Women's Rights
Oct 06, 2026
Civil Rights Groups Oppose Proposed Changes That Would Illegally Dismantle the Head Start Program
Proposed rule would weaken longstanding protections that ensure children receive high-quality, comprehensive services
Issue Areas: Women's Rights
Court case: Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Assistance and Education Program et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy et al.
Aug 19, 2026
FOIA Request Seeks Records Related to Pentagon Review of Women in Ground Combat Roles
NEW YORK – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union’s Women’s Rights Project (WRP), the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), and the Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN)...
Issue Areas: Women's Rights
Jun 30, 2026
Attorneys for Transgender Student-Athletes Respond to Supreme Court Ruling in BPJ and Hecox
WASHINGTON – This morning, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its ruling in two cases — West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox — brought to the Supreme Co...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Women's Rights
Court case: West Virginia v. B.P.J.
Mar 11, 2026
Civil Rights Groups File FOIA Request Seeking Records on Politically and Racially Motivated Child Care Funding Restrictions
Request demands transparency into the nationwide new “Defend the Spend” policy affecting billions in child care funding
Issue Areas: Women's Rights
Jan 07, 2026
Federal Judge Grants Second Preliminary Injunction Blocking Attacks on Head Start
SEATTLE – A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s attacks on Head Start, halting the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HH...
Issue Areas: Women's Rights
Court case: Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Assistance and Education Program et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy et al.
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