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Errin Haines
Errin Haines is our editor-at-large. An award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of experience, Errin was previously national writer on race for the Associated Press. She’s also worked at the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post.
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In the ‘battle for the soul of America,’ women are on the front lines
President Joe Biden’s inauguration, urging unity, doesn’t end the fight. How will women join it?
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Alabama lawmaker thinks Selma is ready to look at renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Legislation would let city residents decide whether and what to rename the site of "Bloody Sunday."
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Kamala Harris' swearing-in will feature other trailblazers
The first woman, African American and South Asian to become vice president will be sworn in on two Bibles with personal resonance.
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Here’s where Black women political organizers are putting their energy next
After wins in Georgia, they’re looking toward races for mayor and governor — plus the Senate majority in 2022.
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Women overcame the toxic masculinity that defined the Trump presidency. Then it was displayed anew.
While women channeled their activism into progress, men took out their grievances on democracy.
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'Black Voters Matter' in Georgia's Senate runoff elections
How LaTosha Brown helped build a get-out-the-vote powerhouse in the South.
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‘The threats went through the roof’
Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks to The 19th about facing increased vitriol in an era when it’s easier than ever to send threatening messages.
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Alex Padilla fills Kamala Harris' seat, leaving no Black women in the Senate
Padilla’s appointment marks a milestone — he will be the first Latinx senator from California — but Black leaders who led the charge for a Black woman to fill Harris’ seat expressed disappointment.
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Shirley Sherrod holds 'no ill will' against USDA nominee who ousted her
Shirley Sherrod hopes that if Tom Vilsack is confirmed, he will put a focus on Black farmers.
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Black women voters in Georgia ‘care a good deal’ about the Senate runoff, new poll finds
The poll of nearly 500 registered voters in Georgia comes ahead of the start of early voting for the January 5 runoff election.