ERA in the News: FEB 1 2025 - FEB 14 2025

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Feb. 1 Women’s Paychecks Are Shrinking—And Policy Isn’t Keeping Up - Ms. Magazine "When the Equal Rights Amendment is finally added the Constitution at long last, enshrining equal rights for women could theoretically bolster efforts for equivalent pay." Ms. Magazine

Feb. 3 Congress must stand up to Trump's overreach — it's what the Founders intended "Today, party loyalty has replaced the kind of branch loyalty James Madison thought would be necessary to make the Constitution work. That is why, as Jeffrey Rosen puts it, “We are living … in a Madisonian nightmare.” Trump’s defiance of Congress and the Constitution is just the latest episode of that nightmare." The Hill

Feb. 3 The Right to Pee Is Everything | The Nation "During the 1970s, opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment used fears that it would mandate unisex toilets to aid their successful campaign to tank the law. Bathroom issues continued during the ’80s and ’90s during the HIV/AIDS epidemic, when some wanted gay men to be banned from public facilities. Queers, like trans people, weren’t considered family-friendly. They were seen as potential groomers or vectors of disease." The Nation

Feb. 5 Musings: Great-great grandma was a suffragette - The Sonoma Index-Tribune “Had she been a man, her accomplishments would have been recorded in history books. Instead, they were lost for more than a century." The Sonoma Index-Tribune

Feb. 10 NOW Launches Nationwide Campaign Advocating for Feminist Issues - National Organization for Women “Quote from Zakiya Thomas, President & CEO, ERA Coalition: With the Equal Rights Amendment as the law of the land, we can use it to help disrupt the attacks on our fundamental rights and cement gender equality in our laws. We will continue fighting sex discrimination in pay equity, employment, reproductive health, gender-based violence, financial services, housing, and more.” NOW