Today at Ms. | April 5, 2021

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Correction: “April 2021 Reads for the Rest of Us” was written by Dr. Karla J. Strand [[link removed]] (@karlajstrand) [[link removed]].

Afghan Women Negotiators Warn of “State Collapse” Should the U.S. Leave Too Soon [[link removed]]

BY MAKHFI AZIZI | Habiba Sarabi, Fatima Gailani, Sharifa Zurmati Wardak and Fawzia Koofi are the only women negotiators representing the Afghan state in negotiating peace with the Taliban. They urged a premature U.S. exit would “result in state collapse and collapse of institutions.”

“An Inclusive Constitution”: Professor Julie Suk on the Equal Rights Amendment [[link removed]]

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | The Equal Rights Amendment is now one floor vote in the Senate away from finally becoming the 28th Amendment to the US Constitution. Julie Suk’s recent book, “We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment,” charts the legal, historical and political significance of the ERA’s current resurgence, enabled by generations of women who have fought for the ERA.

April 2021 Reads for the Rest of Us [[link removed]]

BY DR. KARLA J. STRAND | None of us has been left untouched by the health, social justice and economic crises of the last year. I find that the right book, at the right time can make a world of difference. Here’s to this year being better than the last; at the very least, may we all find the book(s) that we need. Perhaps yours is included in this month’s list of 43 titles.

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