ERA in the News: MAR 15 2025 - MAR 28 2025

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Mar. 19 The Feminist Path of Margaret Prescod: Black Women's Fight Against Unpaid Labor - Ms. Magazine "This historic conference to honor the International Women’s Decade marks a critical moment in the history of American feminism. The centerpiece of the conference was the nationwide struggle to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment." Ms. Magazine

Mar. 22 Enough states ratified ERA. Does that mean it's the law of the land? “So why isn't the Equal Rights Amendment included in published versions of the Constitution as our 28th Amendment?" USA Today

Mar. 22 Equal rights fight under Trump 2.0 shifts to the states “Weeks into Trump 2.0, Equal Rights Amendment advocates see a bleak political landscape. Instead of focusing on the U.S. Constitution, many are zooming in on the states.” Axios

Mar. 22 Standing Up for Trans Rights With Christopher Street Project | The Indypendent "Hack pointed to New Yorkers overwhelmingly passing Prop 1 (the New York Equal Rights Amendment), even in counties where Donald Trump won, as a hopeful sign voters can “see through” anti-trans dog whistles on the right." The Indypendent

Mar. 25 Murkowski and Colleagues Reintroduce Resolution Affirming Support for the Equal Rights Amendment "Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joins Mazie Hirono (D-HI), along with Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), and Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), in reintroducing a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to overcome a significant obstacle to the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)." Lisa Murkowski

Mar. 25 Working class women and the struggle for women’s equality – Communist Party USA "The experience of the District 31 USWA Women’s Caucus, in the 1970s Calumet Steel region of Southeast Chicago and Northwest Indiana, provides many lessons for labor and social justice activists today. It drew attention to: gender and reproductive health discrimination… and broader legislative activity like the struggle for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. These are all issues which we are still dealing with today.” CPUSA