Errin Haines, Author at Flux

The fights for the vote and bodily autonomy are connected, and so are the women who are telling us how

Errin Haines — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:00:30 +0000

In 1961, a White doctor in Mississippi gave Fannie Lou Hamer a forced hysterectomy during a surgery to remove a uterine tumor. The procedure was so common in the state for Black women that it was known as a “Mississippi appendectomy.” Hamer’s experience thrust her into the fight for civil rights and bodily autonomy. For […]

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It’s been almost 100 days since Dobbs—what has changed?

Errin Haines — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 13:00:53 +0000

Sunday marks 100 days since the Supreme Court’s seismic decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, ending a nearly 50-year precedent of federal protections for abortion access in America established by the court’s 1973 decision in the Roe v. Wade case. In the months that have followed, what can be described only […]

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Americans see the media as critical to democracy—now what are we going to do with that?

Errin Haines — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:00:15 +0000

Recently, The 19th made history again with a poll of more than 20,000 Americans across race, age, gender, education, income, and political affiliation, in collaboration with SurveyMonkey. And it’s an Illuminating look at the electorate at a critical time for our democracy. We asked about lots of core issues, including abortion, caregiving, health care and the election. One topic in […]

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Why women are setting the new midterms conversation

Errin Haines — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:00:16 +0000

We’re now just 67 days from Election Day, and the narrative around the midterms has shifted dramatically. A year that began with a focus on inflation concerns and the cost of living has turned into anger and frustration over American rights and freedoms — particularly access to abortion, guns and the ballot box. Women almost […]

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What makes someone presidential — and will she ever be elected?

Errin Haines — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:00:36 +0000

In the centennial year of suffrage, Ali Vitali and I were both on the 2020 campaign trail covering the most diverse slate of candidates to ever run for president, one that included a record six women, an openly gay man and several people of color. Over the course of a year, the field swiftly narrowed, […]

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Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi made history, even as they demonstrated full equality hasn’t happened

Errin Haines — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 01:37:32 +0000

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