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Then-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N..Y) talks to ERA supporters outside a federal court on Sept. 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C., following oral arguments in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals over an ERA-related lawsuit. (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)

BY ALLY DICKSON | At the Radical Optimism Conference on Jan. 26, hosted by former U.S. Rep Carolyn Maloney, political activists from around the state rallied for recognition of the federal ERA, made plans for securing a New York state constitutional amendment, plotted strategies for the 2024 elections and committed themselves to showing strong support by recruiting signers for the national ERA petition, Sign4ERA.org.

“In 2024, women’s rights will be on the ballot,” said Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority.

“If equality and the Equal Rights Amendment, in particular, weren’t so important, they wouldn’t be fighting so hard to keep it from us,” said Zakiya Thomas, president of the ERA Coalition.

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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at an event celebrating the confirmation of Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court on April 8, 2022, at the White House South Lawn. (Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

BY REBECCA BUCKWALTER-POZA | The Biden administration’s 2023 judicial appointments were some of the most diverse in a presidential history, marking a historic win for representation in the courts.

The momentum continues in 2024. 

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BY KATIE FLEISCHER | In every issue of Ms., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in this biweekly roundup.

This week: Trump must pay $450 million; OB-GYNs are avoiding states with abortion bans and 93 percent say they or a colleague have been unable to follow standards of care because of bans; new data on women in the workforce; harmful sex ed and anti-trans state bills introduced; postpartum Medicaid coverage; the political gender gap is growing; Missouri Republicans block amendments to add incest and rape exceptions to their abortion ban, claiming, “God does not make mistakes”; Beyoncé becomes the first Black female artist to top the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart; and more.

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