This week marks the anniversary of women getting the right to vote. That was codified as the 19 th amendment to the Constitution on August 26 th, 1920. But the status of another amendment remains ...

The culture war carousel has gone into overdrive. Extreme whitemenification of federal government perpetrated by the Trump/DOGE administration underscores the serious need for an Equal Rights ...

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. Why it matters: The ...

On March 22, 1972, the U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment, sending the measure to the states for ratification in order for it to become a part of the U.S. Constitution, the ultimate law of ...

Joe Biden said Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment, designed to ensure equality before the law regardless of one's sex, is already part of the Constitution.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and two other state attorneys general filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday to ensure the Equal Rights Amendment officially becomes the 28th ...

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The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would guarantee equal rights for women. Sent to the states in the spring of 1972, it fell short of the required ...

About 100 people turned out Saturday on International Women’s Day to support women and the Equal Rights Amendment. It was the second rally organized last week by the grassroots group Williamsburg JCC ...

The amendment has been in the works since 1920 and passed a milestone in 2020. A century-long battle to amend the Constitution to cement equal rights for Americans regardless of sex is coming to a ...

Former President Joe Biden’s attempt to add an amendment to the Constitution with a statement issued just before he left office is one of several eleventh-hour moves that could come under renewed ...