ERA in the News March 15-22 - Kamala Lopez and Patricia Arquette!
Hello everyone!
It has been another exciting week in national ERA news, with interviews from Equal Means Equal's director Kamala Lopez and award-winning actress Patricia Arquette. And in Arizona activists continue their campaign to become the 38th state, while Minnesota's activists are working towards a state ERA.
Here’s news from across the U.S.:
NATIONAL
March 15 How Birch Bayh saved the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, The Hill
March 15 The Duggars Helped Overturn LGBTQ Civil Rights in Arkansas. They Still Have a TV Show, Rewire News
March 15 The Beto backlash, Politico
March 19 The Equal Rights Amendment: Its Not Over Til It's Over, Refinery 29
March 19 The Act's Patricia Arquette on Playing 'Unlikeable Women' and Her Push for Equality, Hollywood Reporter
March 19 Is the GOP Warming Up to the Equal Rights Amendment?, Brennan Center for Justice
ARIZONA
March 17 Carolyn Blackmore: The fight for equality, Havasu News
March 20 Passing the Equal Rights Amendment in Arizona Could Whack a Legal Hornet's Nest, AZCentral
March 20 ERA falters at Capitol, The Glendale Star
ARKANSAS
March 18 EDITORIAL: On Pay and Equality, Arkansas Business Online
FLORIDA
March 21 Letters and Feedback, Florida Today
March 21 Will Florida usher the Equal Rights Amendment into the US Constitution? Creative Loafing Tampa
ILLINOIS
March 21 Gov. Pritzker celebrates Women's History Month, Clproud.com
INDIANA
March 14 Bayh among 'giants of his time,' says former aide, Terry Haute Tribune Star
March 16 A consequential life, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
March 17 COLUMN: Birch Bayh's death reminds us of an opportunity to push for equality, Indiana Daily Student
MASSACHUSETTS
March 19 Group sues Newton schools, high school principals over curriculum, Wicked Local
MICHIGAN
March 17 Karen Gregory: Let's build a gender-balanced world, Ionia Sentinel-Standard
MINNESOTA
March 19 Swedzinski votes against ERA in House vote, Marshall Independent
March 18 All Minnesotans deserve equality under our State Constitution, ECM Publishers
March 18 League of Women Voters welcomes ERA founder in Minnesota Tuesday night, PostBulletin.com
March 20 Reader opinion: Equal rights for women, Bernard Dispatch
March 20 Letter: On Minnesota's Equal Rights Amendment, The Lillie
March 22 Letter What are they afraid of?, Hasting Star Gazette
March 22 Letter: Listen to all constituents, Chanhassen Villager
NEW YORK
March 14 Sen. Birch Bayh, Title IX champion, dies, Albany Times Union
March 17 History tucked away in vintage T-shirts, Albany Times Union
March 18 LOCAL: Pass an Equal Rights Amendment now: Let's enshrine fair treatment for the sexes in the law, New York Daily News
NORTH CAROLINA
March 15 Renewed hope for Equal Rights Amendment bill's passage, Charlotte Post
March 16 The Readers' Forum: Sunday letters, Winston-Salem Journal
March 18 What are the WNC Legislators Sponsoring this Session?, BPR
March 21 NC could be the last state needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, The Daily Tar Heel
NORTH DAKOTA
March 16 Letter: State House sent wrong message to ND, Grand Forks Herald
March 17 Letter: Showing support for women and girls, Grand Forks Herald
March 19 Letter: A symbolic battle that leads nowhere, Grand Forks Herald
March 21 Letter: The truth behind HCR 3037, Inforum
OHIO
March 16 Burgess column: Women Will Improve Our Public Life, Chillicothe Gazette
OREGON
March 15 Husted | A dream of walking alone, East Oregonian
March 15 Featured obituary: Sen. Birch Bayh, Bend Bulletin
PENNSYLVANIA
March 15 Former Sen. Birch Bayh, the author of Title IX law, has died at age 91, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
VIRGINIA
March 15 The Politics Hour, WAMU
March 15 Virginia, Change and the ERA, Richmond Free Press
March 21 University of Richmond Law Student Challenges Republican Glen Sturtevant in State Senate Race, Community Idea Stations
March 22 Chamber policy breakfast serves up some serious discussions, The Winchester Star
WISCONSIN
March 14 Former Sen. Birch Bayh, Who Authored Title IX Legislation, Dies at 91, WUWM
OPPOSITION
March 18 From 1921 to Now: 100 Years of Feminists Fighting (With Each Other) About the ERA, Townhall
Thank you!
Erica Young
Member, Alice Paul Institute Advocacy Committee