My name is Ruby Lerman, and I’m a teenager in Montgomery County, Maryland. I have my whole life ahead of me, and I’ve been thinking about it a lot. Ideally, I want to be an engineer or a climate scientist because those fields interest me. However, those fields are very…
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At every turning point in our nation’s history, change has come because people—especially women—refused to stay silent. Sojourner Truth stood up and asked, “Ain’t I a woman?” Shirley Chisholm ran for president as an unapologetic Black woman, declaring herself “unbought and unbossed.” Fannie Lou Hamer told the truth of voter…
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Young men today are growing up in a world full of noise about what it means to be a man.In the search for identity and belonging, many are turning to online influencers who package harmful ideas in the language of empowerment. What may begin as a desire for connection and…
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The House of Representatives passed the SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act). This bill is based on a false fear that there is widespread voter fraud in U.S. elections. That fear has been used to create rules that make it harder for many eligible people to vote—like married women,…
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Written by Halie Moses Last week, during the National Young Feminist Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., I stood alongside young women and activists from across the country who came to our nation’s capital to make a difference and have their voices heard. Looking around, it became clear that I was…
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Written by Halie Moses In our current political environment, where every hard-won movement–Civil Rights, Women's Suffrage, Reproductive Rights, and LGBTQIA+ rights–is being systematically unraveled, how can one maintain hope, determination, and momentum for achieving something that feels so out of reach, such as solidified equal rights through the law? It’s…
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Last week, we saw another blatant attack on dignity and respect when Rep. Keith Self deliberately misgendered Rep. Sarah McBride. In response, Rep. Bill Keating invoked a question that history will not forget: “Have you no decency?” This isn’t just about one person or one moment—it’s about a larger, dangerous…
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They told us they wouldn’t enact a federal abortion ban. Yet, here we are. H.R.722 seeks to grant embryos legal protections under the 14th Amendment—effectively criminalizing abortion nationwide. H.R.629 takes it even further, aiming to prohibit contraception altogether. But the attacks on women don’t stop there. Millions of women could…
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Over 100 years ago, Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman introduced the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a constitutional guarantee that “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex.” In 2020, Virginia became the 38th state to…
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By Josh Budzinski In the current socio-political landscape, advocating for gender equality remains a critical issue. One significant yet unfinished battle in this area is the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Originally proposed in 1923 and passed by Congress in 1972, the ERA aims to ensure that rights…
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