We thought the long effort to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment had effectively been defeated back in 1982. Well, not so fast. The issue has re-emerged and the fight goes on. Bob’s guest, Dr. Julie Suk, an expert on the ERA, and a professor of sociology and political science at The CUNY Graduate Center, thinks we need to adjust the way we look at the ERA. She’d like us to adopt a perspective that focuses more on the real-world needs of women in the 21st century.