{"id":2625640,"date":"2026-07-06T15:54:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/singer-alicia-keys-calls-for-an-update-on-womens-equal-rights\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:56:40","slug":"singer-alicia-keys-calls-for-an-update-on-womens-equal-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/singer-alicia-keys-calls-for-an-update-on-womens-equal-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Alicia Keys calls for an &#8216;update&#8217; on women&#8217;s equal rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsinger-alicia-keys-calls-for-an-update-on-womens-equal-rights%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2625640&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys emphasized teh need for an update on women&#8217;s rights as the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary. She promoted the People\u2019s Bill of Rights 250 campaign, which invites public participation in creating laws, highlighting issues affecting women. Keys reflected on the century since the proposal of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a constitutional pledge against sex discrimination, which has yet to be ratified fully despite multiple efforts. the ERA was first introduced in 1923, passed by Congress in 1973, but failed to be ratified by the necessary 38 states within the deadline, though it reached the threshold again in 2020 after the deadline had passed. Keys advocates for equal rights, clarifying women seek equality, not special privileges, and encourages public engagement on what rights women should have in America. She also acknowledged Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s view that ratifying the ERA could reinforce constitutional guarantees of equality for all. Currently, the Supreme Court relies on the 14th Amendment\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-legal-team-files-appeal-after-obama-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-seeking-to-block-pennsylvania-from-certifying-its-results\/\" title=\"Trump Legal Team Files Appeal After Obama Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Block Pennsylvania From Certifying Its Results\">equal protection clause<\/a> to combat sex discrimination in the absence of the ERA.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys said there should be an \u201cupdate\u201d on guaranteeing women equal rights as the country celebrates its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\">250th anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keys posted the video to promote <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/peoplesbillofrights250.org\/\">People\u2019s Bill of Rights 250<\/a>, a national campaign inviting people to collaborate in creating laws. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >campaign welcomes legislative ideas<\/a> in all areas, but women\u2019s issues are the causes Keys chose to highlight in her video.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4637173\/trump-claims-outrank-taylor-swift-tiktok-popularity\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump claims to outrank Taylor Swift on TikTok popularity<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4636614\/spencer-pratt-mamdani-july-4-speech-communist\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Spencer Pratt blasts Mamdani\u2019s July 4 speech: \u2018Communists always start with the bad memories\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4636478\/photos-record-fireworks-show-july-4-dc\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>PHOTOS: Record fireworks show lights up DC for America\u2019s 250th birthday<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDid you know it\u2019s been 100 years since the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced? And now, still, women do not have an explicit guarantee to equal rights under the U.S. Constitution,\u201d Keys said in an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DaYeVLvv0iw\/\">Instagram video<\/a> posted on July 4.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ERA was first proposed in 1923 and was a constitutional amendment that prohibited discrimination \u201con account of sex.\u201d The amendment would\u2019ve marked the first time sex-based equality was explicitly outlined in the Constitution. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the ERA was never added to the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/federal-register\/constitution\/article-v.html\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/federal-register\/constitution\/article-v.html\">Article 5 of the Constitution<\/a> outlines, amending the Constitution requires that at least two-thirds of both the House of Representatives and the Senate pass a resolution with the text of the proposed amendment. Following congressional passage, at least three-fourths of the states must ratify the amendment. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ERA was passed in 1973 with bipartisan support, but failed to get 38 states to ratify it within the seven<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-claimed-he-sexually-assaulted-her-one-year-after-their-encounter-the-school-gave-him-just-one-hour-to-see-the-evidence\/\" title=\"She Claimed He ...ually Assaulted Her One Year After Their Encounter. The School Gave Him Just One Hour To See The Evidence.\">-year time limit<\/a> as outlined in the preamble of the congressional-passed legislation. In 1982, the ERA fell three states short of ratification.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020, the ERA finally reached the 38-state threshold of ratification for adoption, but since it happened after the time limit, it was not added to the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keys said she \u201ccouldn\u2019t believe\u201d it had been over 100 years since the ERA had been proposed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWomen are not asking for special rights, just equal rights,\u201d Keys said. \u201cLet\u2019s turn outrage into authorship. If it\u2019s the 250th anniversary of the celebration of the country, isn\u2019t it time to update some things? What rights or guarantees do you feel all women should have in America?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a good question,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keys said the video wasn\u2019t meant to \u201cspeak for\u201d people but to engage them and question the current structures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI just want to pass you the mic, so have your say at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/peoplesbillofrights.org\">peoplesbillofrights.org<\/a>,\u201d she said. \u201cNot red, not blue, just you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3290476\/biden-equal-rights-amendment-ratified-stops-short-direct-order\/\"><strong>BIDEN SAYS EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT SHOULD BE RATIFIED BUT STOPS SHORT OF DIRECT ORDER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The late Supreme Court Justice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ruth-bader-ginsburg\/\">Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a> argued that in the \u201cevent of legislative default,\u201d the ERA would provide courts with an \u201cunassailable basis for applying the bedrock principle: All men and women are guaranteed by the Constitution equal justice under law,\u201d according to a law review <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/openscholarship.wustl.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=2509&#038;context=law_lawreview\">she wrote in 1979<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the absence of the ERA, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Supreme-Court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a> has used the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-committee-deadlocks-holds-up-biden-nominee-who-rejects-constitutional-due-process-rights-for-college-students\/\" title=\"Senate Committee Deadlocks, Holds Up Biden Nominee Who Rejects ...al Due Process ... For College Students\">prohibit sex-based discrimination<\/a>. The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/supreme.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/us\/404\/71\/\">1971 <em>Reed v. Reed<\/em><\/a>  ruling first established this interpretation of the 14th Amendment in securing protection against gender discrimination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alicia Keys calls for updating women\u2019s rights on U.S. 250th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2625641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26107196537371.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[11021,82285,82284,32276],"class_list":["post-2625640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-equality","tag-gender-justice","tag-singer-alicia-keys","tag-womens-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26107196537371.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2625640"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2625644,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625640\/revisions\/2625644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2625641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2625640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2625640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2625640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}