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A marcher holds a sign that says, “ERA Yes” during the Woman’s March in Manhattan on Jan. 18, 2020. (Ira L. Black / Corbis via Getty Images)

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday—the first Senate committee hearing on the ERA since 1984—constitutional law scholars will testify that Congress has full authority to amend the Constitution and that the ERA is not subject to the filibuster.

These groundbreaking arguments have given new hope to lawmakers and ERA advocates that the amendment will finally be recognized.

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Melissa Grant, CEO of abortion provider Carafem, holds up mifepristone, one of two pills used for abortion. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | As people wait nervously for an anti-abortion judge to rule in a Texas lawsuit aimed at removing the abortion pill mifepristone from the market nationwide, Democratic attorneys general from a dozen states are fighting back with a lawsuit of their own.

On Feb. 24, attorneys general of Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Rhode Island and Vermont sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), asking a Washington federal court to declare that mifepristone is safe and effective and that the FDA’s approval of mifepristone is lawful and valid. Experts see the lawsuit as an attempt to produce a contrary ruling from the Texas judge, whom observers predict will order the FDA to remove mifepristone from the market.

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Demonstrators stand outside the Florida State Capitol on Feb. 15, 2023 in Tallahassee, Fla., to protest Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to eliminate AP courses on African American studies in high schools. (Joshua Lott / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

BY BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL | Education is largely based on perspectives that do not reflect the fact that more than half the world’s population are people of color and female. It’s only when all students are able to recognize themselves in history that they can imagine a future in which they play an important role in the progress and achievement of the world.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ recent attempts to ban an Advanced Placement course in African American studies have us thinking about American fragility, and the drastic consequences of this censorship. Not to mention, what does this mean for our constitutional rights—matters like free speech, and the First Amendment? When the government infringes on our fundamental constitutional rights, how can we fight back?

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