ERA in the News: NOVEMBER 8, 2025 - NOVEMBER 21, 2025

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Nov. 11 Paleoconservatism: Hard-Right Zombies Rule “In 1972, Phyllis Schlafly, a conservative lawyer and writer, launched a successful counteroffensive to block the adoption of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) that would guarantee women the same rights as men. Schlafly, a devoutly Catholic and rightwing activist, was a militant anticommunist long affiliated with the John Birch Society. Often unappreciated, her “STOP-ERA” campaign became more than a single-issue “war,” more than an effort to block a proposed constitutional amendment.” Counter Punch

Nov. 11 Week After Week, The US is Dismantling Knowledge Infrastructure “The first woman to serve as the Librarian of Congress was dismissed in a two-sentence email. The National Archivist was removed despite having previously blocked the Biden administration’s Equal Rights Amendment ratification. Each firing portends further erasure of critical knowledge production in the nation’s most robust institutions, by systematically weakening America’s ability to collect and preserve information that markets, policymakers, and citizens depend on.” Tech Policy Press

Nov. 14 Dick Cheney: Two Hearts, But Remained Heartless “During his eleven years in Congress, Cheney’s record was strictly reactionary. He opposed federal funding for abortions, with no exceptions in the case of rape or incest. He voted against the equal rights amendment for women. On education issues, he consistently opposed funding of Head Start, and he voted against creating the Department of Education, which Donald Trump has virtually destroyed.” Counter Punch

Nov. 19 This Century-Old Tool Enabled the Epstein Vote. It’s Having a Renaissance “Discharge petitions for the Equal Rights Amendment and a Jim Crow-era anti-lynching bill similarly inspired large public interest.” Wake Up To Politics