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Today at Ms. | May 19, 2023
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Time to Put the Equal Rights Amendment Into the Constitution: Sign4ERA [[link removed]]
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A marcher holds a sign that says, “ERA NOW” during the Women’s March in New York City on Jan. 18, 2020. (Ira L. Black / Corbis via Getty Images)
BY KATHY BONK | A new generation of young feminists are organizing shoulder-to-shoulder with seasoned activists, demanding the Equal Rights Amendment be immediately added to the Constitution.
To demonstrate this support for the ERA, students at Hunter College in New York City launched a petition drive to send a message to Congress that the time is now to put the Equal Rights Amendment into the Constitution. Sign the petition and get involved in the drive at www.sign4ERA.org [[link removed]] .
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The Change Needed to Stop Saddling Young Black and Brown People with Massive Debt [[link removed]]
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Demonstrators protest the the killing of Tyre Nichols on Jan. 27, 2023 in Memphis. (Joshua Lott / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
BY ARIELLE RODRIGUEZ and XOCHTIL LARIOS | In addition to being sentenced to juvenile hall, many young people are ordered by the court to pay money—otherwise known as restitution. Hefty restitution orders are common and saddle young people and their families with crushing debt, while failing to provide the intended relief to survivors. Restitution also makes it harder for overpoliced communities to break free from the carceral system. If a family cannot pay, parents can be subjected to wage garnishment, tax refund interceptions and property liens—threatening the financial stability of the entire family.
California’s youth restitution system is in dire need of re-imagination so that it can be functional and effective. The REPAIR Act, authored by Assemblymember Mia Bonta and backed by Debt Free Justice California, does this by placing crime survivors on a secure pathway to receive accessible and timely funds through a newly formed fund.
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The Ms. Q&A: Consent Culture, Teen Films and Coming of Age—With Michele Meek [[link removed]]
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BY AVIVA DOVE-VIEBAHN | In her new book Consent Culture and Teen Films: Adolescent Sexuality in U.S. Movies , independent filmmaker and scholar Michele Meek challenges the idea of consent as a straightforward concept and questions the messages about consent and teenage sexuality reflected in films of the last 20 years.
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Last week, a New York jury ruled that columnist E. Jean Carroll was sexually assaulted and defamed by the former president, and awarded her five million dollars in damages. On the latest On The Issues, we dive into the Carroll verdict, and its implications for the larger case against former president Trump.
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