ERA in the News: May 4 - 10, 2019
States in green denote states where news coverage on the ERA was published.
Hello everyone,
Despite efforts, the Louisiana Senate failed to move the Equal Rights Amendment forward. The support coming from the state was massive, as was the coverage in the local news and media, so there were plenty of wins to come from this effort. We will keep up our efforts to bring greater awareness and support for the ERA in Louisiana, and many other states that are
The ERA Advocacy Committee at the Alice Paul Institute meets this week to iron our more details for our first ERA Day of Activism, Education, and Inspiration!. We are still accepting applications for craft vendors, as well as ERA-supporting businesses and organizations. You can also purchase your tickets for the event now, to hear all our fabulous speakers up close and personal. We’ll be announcing our panel of speakers this week, so stay tuned! Learn more about this day of activism by visiting the event’s website by clicking HERE.
Now onto the news...
NATIONAL
May 5 Patricia Arquette Pushes for Passage of the Equal Rights Amendment at Congressional Hearing, ULNTerview.com
May 5 A Tale of Two Suffragists: Hazel Hunkins and Maud Wood Park, History News Network
May 7 An Equal Rights Amendment True Believer on Why She's Optimistic, Slate Magazine
May 8 Congress should forge ahead with the ERA, come hell or court challenges, Los Angeles Times
May 8 New Era for the ERA? 35 Years Later, Will Equal Rights Amendment Finally be Ratified?, Democracy Now!
ARKANSAS
May 7 Power to the people, NWA Online
CALIFORNIA
May 8 Louisiana Senate spurns Equal Rights Amendment ratification, San Francisco Chronicle
May 9 Playboy's First Pop-Up Might Not Be What You Expected, LA Magazine
May 9 Playboy's LA Pop-UP Celebrates New "Woke" Iteration of Men's Magazine, Hollywood Reporter
GEORGIA
May 10 Panel on ERA held May 21, MDJOnline
ILLINOIS
May 4 Illinois Politician Thomas Hynes Dies at 80, NBC Chicago
May 4 Tom Hynes, head of storied Democratic political family, dies at 80, Crain's Chicago Business
May 10 Editorial: Use path of least resistance to enact overdue ERA, Quad-Cities Online
IOWA
May 8 Metro briefs, Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
LOUISIANA
May 8 Louisiana Senate spurns Equal Rights Amendment ratification, KATC Lafayette
May 8 Louisiana Senate kills ratification of Equal Rights Amendment, The Advocate
May 8 Senate: Tampon tax stays; Equal Rights Amendment goes, Monroe News Star
*This article appeared in several publications
May 8 After failed Senate vote, La's chances of becoming final state to ratify ERA look slim, The Advocate
May 9 The Rundown: Updates on New Orleans infrastructure, Barr hearing, Equal Rights and more, The Advocate
May 9 Louisiana Senate Rejects Ratifying Equal Rights Amendment, WWNO
May 9 Louisiana Senate says no to Equal Rights Amendment for women, Knoe
May 9 Louisiana Senate spurns Equal Rights Amendment ratification, New Orleans City Business
May 9 The US Needs and Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution, Free Speech TV
MINNESOTA
May 3 Bare-breast brouhaha, Lake County News Chronicle
May 4 Letters to the Editor: Poston is a climate change denier, Wadena Pioneer Journal
NEBRASKA
May 5 Beto O'Rourke makes his pitch in the Bluffs, talks climate change, health care and more, Omaha World-Herald
NEVADA
May 4 The House passed a bill to keep the US in the Paris Climate Deal, as the Senate approved its 100th Trump judge, The Nevada Independent
NEW YORK
May 4 Women March in Seneca Falls plans multi-day event in 2020, Auburn Citizen
NORTH CAROLINA
May 5 Sunday's letters: Power grab, Blue Ridge Now
OKLAHOMA
May 4 Letter to the Editor: Thanks to Ginnie Graham for being an ERA champion, Tulsa World
VIRGINIA
May 4 25th House candidate Jennifer Kitchen hopes to connect to rural voters, The News Virginian
May 8 Dance agrees to debate challenge, with a few suggestions, Progress Index
WISCONSIN
May 6 Can We Pass the Equal Rights Amendment Already? Wisconsin Gazette
OPPOSITION
May 7 Letter: Stop the ERA bill, which allows abortion rights, Buffalo News
May 8 It's over, Green Valley News
Thank you,
Erica Young for the APAC