Today at Ms. | October 21, 2021


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57 Cents to the Dollar: The Wage Gap for Latinas Is Hurting Our Communities [[link removed]]

BY REP. NYDIA VELÁZQUEZ and ROSEMARY RIVERA | As we move closer to equal pay for equal work, we must not forget that for Latinas and other women of color, the wage gap is the most dramatic—hindering our economy and leaving millions of working families behind.

A Devastating Supreme Court Decision on Sexual Assault Shows Why the U.S. Needs the ERA Now [[link removed]]

BY VICTORIA F. NOURSE | When she was a college freshman in 1994, Christy Brzonkala was gang-raped by two students at Virginia Tech. Brzonkala turned to a law newly passed called the Violence Against Women Act—and her case made it to the Supreme Court, where women’s right to equal protection from violence ultimately died.
When passed, the Equal Rights Amendment would spark Congress to enact new laws on gender violence, including redrafting the Violence Against Women Act civil rights remedy, and chart a path to overturn Brzonkala’s devastating decision.

Fifty Years After Passage, the Equal Rights Amendment Is More Important Than Ever [[link removed]]

BY REP. CAROLYN MALONEY | In March, the House passed H.J. Res. 17, which would eliminate the arbitrary time limit for ERA ratification and remove any shadow of uncertainty about the ERA’s validity. A companion measure is pending in the Senate.
Gender equality is not a partisan issue. The ERA is the way to guarantee it, and the time for action is now.

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Dr. Goodwin is joined by former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards to discuss the dark money underwriting anti-abortion laws like Texas’s near-total abortion ban S.B. 8 and her Abortion Ban Accountability project, which is calling out corporations who fund legislators who stand against abortion rights and LGBTQ rights.
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