Latest from Errin Haines
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'The ground has shifted': Biden issues executive orders designed to tackle racial inequities
Activists and organizers see the order on housing, criminal justice, relations with Native Americans and xenophobia toward Asian Americans as a key first step.
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‘If the system is still the same, do we really have justice?’: Bernice King on poverty, race and accountability
The CEO of the King Center speaks to The 19th before launching a new initiative aimed at addressing hate and inequality.
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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.