In the wake of the 2020 elections, the National Council of Jewish Women’s Government Relations & Advocacy Intern and Fellow have each offered their unique perspectives on the historic Biden-Harris win. Today’s post comes from Ryan Greenberg, a graduate student at American University and NCJW’s Fall 2020 Government Relations and Advocacy Fellow.
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November 9, 2016. I remember sitting on the train, looking at the faces of others as they sank into their seats while listening to music or reading a newspaper. What were they thinking? The night before, Donald Trump had just been elected President of the United States…
In the wake of the 2020 elections, the National Council of Jewish Women’s Government Relations & Advocacy Intern and Fellow have each offered their unique perspectives on the historic Biden-Harris win. Today’s post comes from Sofia Rubinson, an incoming freshman at Cornell University and NCJW’s Fall 2020 Government Relations & Advocacy Intern.
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Presidential elections occur every four years, but the 2020 general election was certainly unique. In the midst of a global pandemic that has claimed the lives of over 243,000 Americans, citizens were tasked with voting in arguably one of the most consequential elections of our generation.
Some…
At the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), we advocate for fair, independent, and qualified judicial nominees who reflect the diversity of our nation throughout the year. It’s no different for our legislative fellows and interns— today’s post comes from Ryan Greenberg, a graduate student at American University and NCJW’s Fall 2020 Government Relations and Advocacy Fellow.
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2020 is one of those years. Those years. Like 1968 or 1989, we’ll see books solely dedicated to the crises of 2020 for generations to come. The Covid-19 pandemic has been the most life-altering and destabilizing event to everyday American life since…
At the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), we advocate for universal access to comprehensive and affordable health insurance and care throughout the year. It’s no different for our legislative fellows and interns — today’s post comes from Kimberly Krane, a senior at George Washington University and NCJW’s Spring 2020 Government Relations and Advocacy Intern.
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March 2020 has brought about a frightening new normal for American daily life: pandemic-induced self-isolation. There are currently 10,442 reported cases in the United States of COVID-19 — otherwise referred to as coronavirus — and 150 deaths,[1] and these numbers will inevitably climb in…
The iconic Schoolhouse Rock! taught us to sing the entire preamble to the US Constitution and lyrically explained a proposed bill’s “long, long journey” to becoming law. Regrettably, it appears that civics teachers often skipped an important episode of the show aptly comparing the three branches of our federal government to a three-ring circus. In fact, according to the most recent iteration of the annual Annenberg Civics Knowledge Study, only two in five American adults successfully named all three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. …
At the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), we advocate for reproductive health, rights, and justice and fight back against xenophobic, anti-immigrant, and anti-refugee policies throughout the year. It’s no different for our legislative fellows and interns — today’s post comes from Irene Li, a student at Smith College and NCJW’s Fall 2019 Legislative Intern.
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Access to affordable health care is a basic human right. At the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), we believe that every individual deserves to obtain care with respect and dignity, and that access to affordable health care is one of the most fundamental…
True religious liberty, cemented as one of our nation’s founding principles in the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, signifies both freedom of and freedom from religion. But since his first day in office, President Trump has demonstrated a fundamental disregard for the latter and a relentless effort to enshrine one particular religious view into law. His administration has perpetuated the ridiculous notion that extremist Christian conservatives (categorically opposed to abortion, LGBTQ equality, and other civil and human rights) speak for all people of faith. We know this could not be farther from the truth.
We’ve said it a billion times before and we’ll say it again, just so we’re clear: abortion is a safe, essential component of basic health care and a basic human right. Period, full stop. And, as the Supreme Court recognized nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade, it’s your constitutional right to obtain an abortion — regardless of who you are, how much money you make, or where you live.
Brazenly disregarding the very structural foundations of our nation, extremist state officials are ignoring this law of the land to advance their own ideological agendas. Let’s say you live…
Abortion is health care. Period, full stop. Not only is it safe, but it’s legal. (News flash to this Alabama judge that “fetal personhood” isn’t a thing and that the Supreme Court cemented the constitutional right to abortion, and has reaffirmed its decision time and time again, over 46 years ago.)
In the wake of Roe v. Wade, conservative members of Congress behaved exactly as one might expect: by attacking the rights of marginalized communities. First passed in 1976, the Hyde Amendment (in the words of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall) was specifically “designed to deprive poor and…
I entered George Mason University School of Law in the Fall of 2015 knowing full well that I had accepted a place at one of the most conservative law schools in the country. (Please note that this was prior to the embarrassing ASS Law fiasco and that my degree, quite fortunately, bears no reference to the late Justice Antonin Scalia.) Still, the small class sizes, impressive legal writing program, and relatively low tuition won me over. I also recognized that I would be surrounded by students and taught by faculty with whom I fundamentally disagreed. Neomi Rao was no exception.
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Shannon Russell
Unapologetic feminist since ’93. Advocate for reproductive health, rights, and justice at the National Council of Jewish Women.
