Equality for the genders is not, in fact, a given or the land of the law as currently stipulated by the U.S. Constitution.

An amendment to the New York State constitution that supporters said will expand anti-discrimination protections and ...

On November 6, 2024, New Yorkers across the state voted “yes” on the Equal Rights Amendment, commonly known as Proposition 1. The newly passed ...

The new constitutional amendment guards against the state's ability to roll back rights, but federal changes will be harder ...

The New York State Constitution will be amended to include Proposition One, also known as the Equal Rights Amendment, after ...

New York voters have made their voices heard on a controversial constitutional amendment aimed at expanding ...

Here's how LGBTQ+ rights—including gender-affirming care and trans rights—fared in the 2024 election after Donald Trump was ...

A total of 7 states passed ballot measures during the 2024 presidential election to enshrine abortion access into their state ...

Abortion rights advocates lost on Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota ballot measures but prevailed in seven other states, ...

Abolitionists will have to play defense at the federal level, and plot a long-term strategy for ending the death penalty in ...

Here are the states that passed measures for reproductive healthcare and LGBTQ+ rights during the 2024 election.

2024 Equal Protection of Law Amendment • Add language to the New York Bill of Rights to provide that people cannot be denied rights based on their "ethnicity, national origin, age, and disability" or ...