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 PartyThe Hill

March 15 The Duggars Helped Overturn LGBTQ Civil Rights in Arkansas. They Still Have a TV ShowRewire News 

March 15 The Beto backlashPolitico

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 equalityHavasu News  

March 20 Passing the Equal Rights Amendment in Arizona Could Whack a Legal Hornet's Nest, AZCentral

March 20 ERA falters at CapitolThe Glendale Star

 

ARKANSAS

March 18 EDITORIAL: On Pay and EqualityArkansas 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 MonthClproud.com 

 

INDIANA
March 14 Bayh among 'giants of his time,' says former aideTerry Haute Tribune Star 

March 16 A consequential lifeFort Wayne Journal Gazette

March 17 COLUMN: Birch Bayh's death reminds us of an opportunity to push for equalityIndiana Daily Student

 

MASSACHUSETTS 

March 19 Group sues Newton schools, high school principals over curriculumWicked Local

 

MICHIGAN

March 17 Karen Gregory: Let's build a gender-balanced worldIonia Sentinel-Standard

 

MINNESOTA

March 19 Swedzinski votes against ERA in House voteMarshall Independent 

March 18 All Minnesotans deserve equality under our State ConstitutionECM Publishers

March 18 League of Women Voters welcomes ERA founder in Minnesota Tuesday nightPostBulletin.com

March 20 Reader opinion: Equal rights for womenBernard 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 constituentsChanhassen Villager

 

NEW YORK

March 14 Sen. Birch Bayh, Title IX champion, diesAlbany Times Union

March 17 History tucked away in vintage T-shirtsAlbany Times Union 

March 18 LOCAL: Pass an Equal Rights Amendment now: Let's enshrine fair treatment for the sexes in the lawNew York Daily News

 

NORTH CAROLINA

March 15 Renewed hope for Equal Rights Amendment bill's passageCharlotte Post 

March 16 The Readers' Forum: Sunday lettersWinston-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 AmendmentThe Daily Tar Heel

 

NORTH DAKOTA

March 16 Letter: State House sent wrong message to NDGrand Forks Herald 

March 17 Letter: Showing support for women and girlsGrand Forks Herald

March 19 Letter: A symbolic battle that leads nowhere, Grand Forks Herald 

March 21 Letter: The truth behind HCR 3037Inforum

 

OHIO 

March 16 Burgess column: Women Will Improve Our Public LifeChillicothe Gazette

 

OREGON

March 15 Husted | A dream of walking aloneEast Oregonian  

March 15 Featured obituary: Sen. Birch BayhBend 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 HourWAMU  

March 15 Virginia, Change and the ERARichmond Free Press 

March 21 University of Richmond Law Student Challenges Republican Glen Sturtevant in State Senate RaceCommunity Idea Stations
March 22 Chamber policy breakfast serves up some serious discussionsThe 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 ERATownhall  

 

Thank you!

Erica Young

Member, Alice Paul Institute Advocacy Committee

Alice Paul Center
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This blog is dedicated to keeping you updated on the latest ERA-related news from across the United States, and to make important announcements regarding legislative efforts in the states and in Congress.

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ERA In The News This Week:

ERA news was spread across the country this week. We also saw exciting news out of Minnesota, as the House passed a state version the Equal Rights Amendment (Minnesota passed the federal ERA in 1973). The initiative will move to a public vote in 2020.  

In North Dakota, which passed the federal ERA in 1975, voted this past week to declare the ERA unviable due the amendments failure to ratify before the original 1979 deadline. The move is largely in a symbolic gesture due to the lack of legal precedent for states to legally rescind an amendment that passed a state house. Read more about it below.

Exciting news in the sports world as the US Women's National Team sued the US Soccer Federation for "institutionalized gender discrimination." The highest paid woman on the USWNT makes $72,000, compared to recently retired USMT player Clint Dempsey who earned $406,000 the same year and failed to qualify for World Cup play. Please read the article here. 

Now onto the news! Below is a breakdown of national and state-based publications that wrote about the Equal Rights Amendment since March 1, 2019.

NATIONAL

March 1 So Here's Something... Women Don't Actually Have Equal Rights Under the ConstitutionCosmopolitan 

March 1 Honor Women's History Month by ratifying Equal Rights Amendment, The Hill

March 3 How Women Were Tricked Into Being Afraid of the Equal Rights Amendment, Cosmopolitan  

March 5 Equal Rights Amendment: 5 Fast Facts You Need to KnowHeavy

March 8 Could Sen. Martha McSally's rape disclosure revive the Equal Rights Amendment?, USA Today

March 8 The journey toward the Equal Rights Amendment began decades ago, but activists say the finish line is in sight, CNN

March 7 This Women's History Month, the Equal Rights Amendment is Unfinished BusinessYahoo News 

 

ARIZONA

March 5 Letter: Let's at least debate the Equal Rights AmendmentArizona Daily Star

 

ARKANSAS

March 4 2019 Session: Arkansas lawmaker revives state push to ratify Equal Rights AmendmentKARK  

March 4 Sen. Joyce Elliot to propose resolution for state to ratify Equal Rights AmendmentArkansas Times

March 6 Wednesday's Letters to the Editor, Hot Springs Sentinel 

March 7 Bid in Arkansas to ratify Equal Rights Amendment failsKATV

*this article appeared across several news sources

 

CALIFORNIA

March 5 Can the Equal Rights Amendment be revived?KCBS

March 7 100 Years and Counting: Time to Ratify an Equal Rights Amendment? San Francisco Bay Times 

 

COLORADO

March 6 Southwest Springs Connections: The indelible mark of pioneering women before, with, and after usColorado Springs Gazette

 

FLORIDA

March 7 William March: Renewed effort to ratify Equal Rights Amendment in Florida, Tampa Bay Times

 

GEORGIA

March 1 Republican senator donates soccer balls received in prank to Boys and Girls Club,The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

 

MAINE

March 7 Bill introduced to add equal rights amendment to Maine ConstitutionWABI

March 7 Lawmakers consider bill to make gender discrimination unconstitutional in MaineCentralMaine.com 

*this article appeared in several news sources

March 7 Lawmakers propose equal rights amendment for Maine Constitution, WMTW Portland

 

MASSACHUSETTS 

March 4 Citizen Engagement Corner: ERA finally on the vergeWicked Local 

 

MINNESOTA

March 4 MNLARS Bill Among Capitol HappeningsKDUZ/KARP Radio

March 5 Ramsey County supports Equal Rights AmendmentLillie News 

March 6 At the Capitol with Rep. Marion O'neillMonticello Times  

March 7 Minnesota House passes Equal Rights Amendment, Star Tribune

*this article appeared in several other news sources

March 7 Fetishist? Pansexual? Minnesota House approves Equal Rights Amendment after winding debateBrainerd Dispatch 

 

NEBRASKA

March 3 Women senators talk about why their perspective is important in Nebraska Legislature, Fremont Tribune


NEW JERSEY

March 4 Kim introduces Alice Paul Voter Protection ActBurlington County Times

 

NEW YORK

March 1 Equal Rights Amendment passed by Assembly, Jamestown Post-Journal

March 3 NYC Open Letter to Amazon, Push on Harrimon PILOT, Assembly Passes ERA, Albany Times Union 

 

NORTH CAROLINA

March 2 Saturday's letters: ERA Amendment, BlueRidgeNow.com

March 3 Equal pay for women? Lawmakers to file ERA bill on TuesdayGreensboro News & Record 

 

NORTH DAKOTA


March 5 Amid renewed push to ratify Equal Rights Amendment, North Dakota House says approval expiredGrand Forks Herald

March 5 Amid renewed push to ratify Equal Rights Amendment, North Dakota House says approval expiredThe Dickinson Press

 *This appeared in several other papers

 

OREGON

Feb. 28 Pioneering former secretary of state Norma Paulus diesCorvallis Gazette Times


SOUTH CAROLINA

March 4 It's Time for South Carolina to Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, says Lawmaker, Free Times 

 

TEXAS

March 4 A decade-long study found that only 6 countries have equal rights for women and men--and the US isn't one of them, My San Antonio  

 

VIRGINIA

March 1 Opinion: Virginia failed to pass important bills. Consider that when you vote this fall, Washington Post 

March 3 Woodstock woman seeks to challenge Del. Gilbert, cites ERA as a reason, Northern Virginia Daily

March 4 Panel of ERA activists discuss past year, Northern Virginia Daily 

March 5 After 2019 Session, Can Virginia Republicans Maintain the Majority? WVTF 

March 6 Arlington civic groups to mull future of ERA, Inside NoVA

March 6 Reliving the Struggles for Women's RightsThe Zebra

 

OPPOSITION

March 5 Costly Consequences: The Irony of the Equal Rights Amendment, White Mountain Independent

 

Thank you!

Erica Young & Krista Niles of API’s Advocacy Committee


Alice Paul Center