A new episode of On the Issues with Michele Goodwin is available now! 

As you’ve come to expect from our reporting here at Ms. magazine, On the Issues is a show that reports, rebels and tells it like it is. In each episode, Host Dr. Michele Goodwin will tackle a different, critically important and newsworthy topic, in conversation with the thought leaders of our time, including leaders and activists, elected officials, scholars and other special guests. The overarching theme of the podcast will center listeners’ concerns about advancing the promise of equality and rebuilding our nation.

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A brand new episode—Equality is on the Ballot—is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and MsMagazine.com. 

On January 15, 2020, Virginia became the critical 38th and final state needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment—a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that reads: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” Yet, the ERA has not been added to the Constitution. 

Virginia’s ratification raised important questions about the viability of an amendment that had been stymied for decades—and made clear just how much the ERA is still needed. This week, Dr. Goodwin and her guests ask: what promise does the ERA hold in the continued battle for equality and freedom? And why are the coming elections so critical?

Dr. Goodwin is joined by Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy of Virginia; Ellie Smeal, the co-founder and president of the Feminist Majority Foundation and former president of the National Organization for Women; Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton of Illinois; and Julie Suk, a visiting professor of law at Yale Law School and professor of sociology, political science and liberal studies at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. 

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Listen to our new episode of On the Issues with Michele Goodwin now—we can’t wait to hear what you think!