Errin Haines
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Cross Japan off the list of nations who have never elected a woman head of state: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Japan to elect first female leader, a hawk who promotes ‘Japan First’
After some last-minute political maneuvering, Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan’s prime minister just days before President Donald Trump arrives in the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Cross Japan off the list of nations who have never elected a woman head of state: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts have concerns.
One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure
Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts have concerns.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts have concerns.
Known as a surrogate mother of her community, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for trans and LGBTQ+ rights. 19thnews.org/2025/10/tran...
Legendary transgender activist Miss Major dies at 78
Known as a surrogate mother of her community, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for trans and LGBTQ+ rights.
19thnews.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Known as a surrogate mother of her community, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for trans and LGBTQ+ rights. 19thnews.org/2025/10/tran...
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Federal employees say that flying is still safe despite the strain on air traffic controllers. But expect even more airport delays ahead. www.wired.com/story/shutdo...
The Shutdown Is Pushing Air Safety Workers to the Limit
Federal employees say that flying is still safe despite the strain on air traffic controllers. But expect even more airport delays ahead.
www.wired.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Federal employees say that flying is still safe despite the strain on air traffic controllers. But expect even more airport delays ahead. www.wired.com/story/shutdo...
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Joining @velshi.com tonight:
Professor Jason Stanley
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@congressmanraja.bsky.social
@errinhaines.bsky.social
#LastWord
Professor Jason Stanley
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@congressmanraja.bsky.social
@errinhaines.bsky.social
#LastWord
October 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Joining @velshi.com tonight:
Professor Jason Stanley
@rbreich.bsky.social
@congressmanraja.bsky.social
@errinhaines.bsky.social
#LastWord
Professor Jason Stanley
@rbreich.bsky.social
@congressmanraja.bsky.social
@errinhaines.bsky.social
#LastWord
Fun fact: The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to women more than any other Nobel Prize category apnews.com/article/nobe...
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key unifying figure in the opposition, advocating for free elections and...
apnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Fun fact: The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to women more than any other Nobel Prize category apnews.com/article/nobe...
"In some ways, the targeting of Black women was sort of like the warm-up to getting ready to target Comey." James is latest high-profile target in playbook and pattern of retribution used on many others in the past — including other Black women in positions of power. 19thnews.org/2025/10/leti...
From Letitia James to James Comey, Trump is treating the DOJ like an instrument of revenge
The New York AG and former FBI director are two of the most high-profile targets, but the president’s playbook in seeking retribution has been used on many others in the past — including other Black w...
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October 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"In some ways, the targeting of Black women was sort of like the warm-up to getting ready to target Comey." James is latest high-profile target in playbook and pattern of retribution used on many others in the past — including other Black women in positions of power. 19thnews.org/2025/10/leti...
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September 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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"His team didn’t get it." If this book excerpt is any indication, folks will hear from a Kamala Harris many rarely got to see as vice president about her 107-day presidential campaign, speaking frankly about her frustrations and leadership in a historic role 👀 www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Constant Battle
The first excerpt from 107 Days
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"His team didn’t get it." If this book excerpt is any indication, folks will hear from a Kamala Harris many rarely got to see as vice president about her 107-day presidential campaign, speaking frankly about her frustrations and leadership in a historic role 👀 www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
For the first time in more than 20 years, Kamala Harris will not be a candidate for elected office. What does that mean for her and for the future of American politics? My latest column: 19thnews.org/2025/07/kama...
Kamala Harris chooses possibility over predictability
After 20 years, Harris’ path forward begins with stepping back — a decision that could write a new playbook for a generation of Black women in politics.
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July 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
For the first time in more than 20 years, Kamala Harris will not be a candidate for elected office. What does that mean for her and for the future of American politics? My latest column: 19thnews.org/2025/07/kama...
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris is passing on a run for California governor, she announced on Wednesday.
“For now, my leadership—and public service—will not be in elected office."
“For now, my leadership—and public service—will not be in elected office."
Kamala Harris announces she will not run for California governor
The former vice president announced Wednesday she won’t be jumping into the crowded field of Democrats vying to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
19thnews.org
July 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is passing on a run for California governor, she announced on Wednesday.
“For now, my leadership—and public service—will not be in elected office."
“For now, my leadership—and public service—will not be in elected office."
Ending months of speculation, former Vice President Kamala Harris says she will NOT run for governor of California nearly a year after making history as the first Black woman nominee for president of a major political party.
July 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Ending months of speculation, former Vice President Kamala Harris says she will NOT run for governor of California nearly a year after making history as the first Black woman nominee for president of a major political party.
Interesting. I am more interested in who America is a year later, as we have seen ongoing political violence -- including the killings of state lawmakers only a few weeks ago. What are we normalizing, and what does it say about who and where we are as a country?
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
A year after Trump's near-assassination, friends and allies see some signs of a changed man
One year after Donald Trump's near-assassination at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, friends and allies see some signs of a changed man.
apnews.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Interesting. I am more interested in who America is a year later, as we have seen ongoing political violence -- including the killings of state lawmakers only a few weeks ago. What are we normalizing, and what does it say about who and where we are as a country?
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Education leaders warn of layoffs, larger classes and slashed services as the Trump administration withholds federal K-12 funding — hitting California and Texas hardest. 19thnews.org/2025/07/trum... via @19thnews.org
$6 billion school funding freeze sparks outcry over ‘cruel betrayal’ of students
Education leaders warn of layoffs, larger classes and slashed services as the Trump administration withholds federal K-12 funding — hitting California and Texas hardest.
19thnews.org
July 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Education leaders warn of layoffs, larger classes and slashed services as the Trump administration withholds federal K-12 funding — hitting California and Texas hardest. 19thnews.org/2025/07/trum... via @19thnews.org
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Abusive messages, fear of physical violence and violations of privacy are the cost of elected office in the U.S. now, according to nine Gen Z and millennial state lawmakers.
After Minnesota shootings, young lawmakers ask: Is politics worth it?
In an era where safety precautions and online abuse are often part of the job, young American lawmakers wonder if politics is just too dangerous as a career.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Abusive messages, fear of physical violence and violations of privacy are the cost of elected office in the U.S. now, according to nine Gen Z and millennial state lawmakers.
"We celebrate our history, and we celebrate our contributions to this country. We don’t have to have a proclamation from anyone else but ourselves." My Juneteenth Amendment column on resistance and radical imagination in the age of erasure w/@kayewhitehead: 19thnews.org/2025/06/june...
‘We don't wait to be celebrated’: What Juneteenth means this year
Thursday marks the first national observance under President Donald Trump of Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
19thnews.org
June 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"We celebrate our history, and we celebrate our contributions to this country. We don’t have to have a proclamation from anyone else but ourselves." My Juneteenth Amendment column on resistance and radical imagination in the age of erasure w/@kayewhitehead: 19thnews.org/2025/06/june...
The two-women contest for the governor’s mansion is poised to give Virginia its first woman governor. If she wins, Earle-Sears would become the nation’s first Black woman governor: 19thnews.org/2025/06/virg... via @19thnews.org
Virginia is set to get its first woman governor
Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears will lead their parties in the fight for the Virginia governor’s mansion In November.
19thnews.org
June 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The two-women contest for the governor’s mansion is poised to give Virginia its first woman governor. If she wins, Earle-Sears would become the nation’s first Black woman governor: 19thnews.org/2025/06/virg... via @19thnews.org
Tragic update on the Adriana Smith story out of Georgia: 19thnews.org/2025/06/adri... via @19thnews.org
A brain-dead Georgia woman is set to be taken off of life support after her baby was delivered
Adriana Smith has been on life support since February. Her case has made national headlines, drawing attention to the state’s six-week abortion ban.
19thnews.org
June 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Tragic update on the Adriana Smith story out of Georgia: 19thnews.org/2025/06/adri... via @19thnews.org
Moderating this conversation starting soon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8lD...
Equal Pay: A Conversation with U.S. Representative Katherine Clark
YouTube video by John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
www.youtube.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Moderating this conversation starting soon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8lD...
In this week's episode of Trump’s reality show presidency, strength and power are defined from Los Angeles to Washington by a public and excessive show of force, where pageantry is a means of reinforcing control. My latest column for The Amendment: 19thnews.org/2025/06/trum...
On two coasts, a show of force — and a test of ours
Analysis | In Trump’s reality show presidency, strength and power are defined by a public and excessive show of force and pageantry is a means of reinforcing control.
19thnews.org
June 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
In this week's episode of Trump’s reality show presidency, strength and power are defined from Los Angeles to Washington by a public and excessive show of force, where pageantry is a means of reinforcing control. My latest column for The Amendment: 19thnews.org/2025/06/trum...
Me watching these NBA Finals with no clue who most of these men are but enjoying the quality basketball nonetheless
a close up of a woman making a funny face while sitting in a dark room .
ALT: a close up of a woman making a funny face while sitting in a dark room .
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June 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Me watching these NBA Finals with no clue who most of these men are but enjoying the quality basketball nonetheless
In 2020, George's Floyd's killing by police sparked a reckoning in America — in many cases, with Black women at the center. For my latest Amendment column, I asked some of them: What did that moment ask of you — and what, if anything, did it give back? 19thnews.org/2025/05/blac...
From reckoning to backlash, Black women reflect on the stakes of the moment
Five years after the killing of George Floyd prompted millions of people to protest, promises have been broken and work undone.
19thnews.org
May 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In 2020, George's Floyd's killing by police sparked a reckoning in America — in many cases, with Black women at the center. For my latest Amendment column, I asked some of them: What did that moment ask of you — and what, if anything, did it give back? 19thnews.org/2025/05/blac...
Hey, y'all! Wanted you to hear it from me: I'm running for president of The National Association of Black Journalists! I'm so excited for the opportunity to lead at this moment in our profession and our organization. I hope you'll support me and spread the word! #Errin4NABJ
May 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Hey, y'all! Wanted you to hear it from me: I'm running for president of The National Association of Black Journalists! I'm so excited for the opportunity to lead at this moment in our profession and our organization. I hope you'll support me and spread the word! #Errin4NABJ
Had some thoughts on last night's #MetGala. Who were your winners and losers?
The politics of visibility and resilience were on display, as Whiteness was decentered and the intersectional excellence of those historically marginalized by their race, gender and sexuality was celebrated as part of the American story.
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At the Met Gala, fashion on the frontlines of resistance
The elite space celebrated the sartorial legacy, culture and contributions of Black and LGBTQ+ Americans, under attack by the Trump administration.
19thnews.org
May 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Had some thoughts on last night's #MetGala. Who were your winners and losers?
So moving to see @NABJ founder and pioneering columnist Chuck Stone honored with a #Pulitzer special citation in our beloved organization's 50th anniversary year. The work continues and his legacy looms large in our industry. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Groundbreaking Daily News columnist Chuck Stone wins a special Pulitzer citation
Stone received the award for his groundbreaking work covering the civil rights movement, his role as the Daily News’ first Black columnist, and his position as a cofounder of NABJ.
www.inquirer.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
So moving to see @NABJ founder and pioneering columnist Chuck Stone honored with a #Pulitzer special citation in our beloved organization's 50th anniversary year. The work continues and his legacy looms large in our industry. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...