ERA in the News: FEBRUARY 7, 2026 - FEBRUARY 20, 2026

NATIONAL

Feb. 7 Black History: A Baseball Player & a Civil Rights Leader “An influential civil rights leader who worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other activists, Height was also an advocate for women’s rights. She saw them as inseparable from civil rights and was instrumental in the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment which was passed by Congress in 1972.” Mid-Island Times

Feb. 16 OPINION: Political Apathy “This history is rarely taught, and the Women’s Rights Movement really “happened” when publicity grew on the Seneca Falls Convention and led to the first and second waves’ protests that amounted to the 19th Amendment and the almost Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Again, the beginnings of the Women’s Movement in their petitioning isn’t largely taught because of the apathetic line of thought that sought to bar the petitions.” Daily Sundial

STATE NEWS

ARIZONA

Feb. 16 Democrats Are Attempting To Ratify The Equal Rights Amendment in Arizona KJZZ Phoenix

CALIFORNIA

Feb. 7 Californians For Equal Rights Foundation Sues San Francisco To Stop Its Reparations Plan California Globe

MASSACHUSETTS

Feb. 10 Suffolk’s Feminist Generation Aims to Move Beyond Women’s Issues This Semester The Suffolk Journal

MINNESOTA

Feb. 16 Legislative Update: Session Begins Tomorrow Minnesota Legislature

NEVADA

Feb. 11 Women’s Rights Group Sues To Stop Nevada School Sports Ballot MeasureThe Nevada Independent

OHIO

Feb. 19 Organization Collects Signatures to Add Equal Rights Protections to Ohio Constitution WXCU Cincinnati

OREGON

Feb. 10 Activists Abandon Major Campaign To Legalize LGBTQ+ Rights, But Don’t Say Why LGBTQ Nation

Feb. 12 Equal Rights Oregon Cancels Initiative Petition 33 Effort Salt Lake Magazine

PENNSYLVANIA

Feb. 12 ERA Advocates Bring Nationwide ICE OUT Protest to Slippery Rock The Rocket

TEXAS

Feb. 16 Texas and Florida AGs Issue Opinions Ratifying Trump Administration’s Executive Orders Dismantling DEI Policies and Programs JDSUPRA