19 episodes

This election year, our democracy hangs in the balance. We need news coverage that cuts past punditry and gives a voice to the new electorate – the marginalized folks that depend on a functioning democracy. Enter: The Amendment, a new podcast about gender, politics and power from The 19th News and Wonder Media Network, hosted by award-winning journalist and 19th editor-at-large Errin Haines. 

Each week, Errin sits down with people who have fresh perspectives on the state of our country – and asks questions that center the voices of women, queer folks, and people of color. The Amendment adds much needed asterisks to America’s most pressing political conversations – and gets clear on the unfinished work of our democracy. 

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    • 4.9 • 112 Ratings

This election year, our democracy hangs in the balance. We need news coverage that cuts past punditry and gives a voice to the new electorate – the marginalized folks that depend on a functioning democracy. Enter: The Amendment, a new podcast about gender, politics and power from The 19th News and Wonder Media Network, hosted by award-winning journalist and 19th editor-at-large Errin Haines. 

Each week, Errin sits down with people who have fresh perspectives on the state of our country – and asks questions that center the voices of women, queer folks, and people of color. The Amendment adds much needed asterisks to America’s most pressing political conversations – and gets clear on the unfinished work of our democracy. 

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    Nine Decades of Activism with Dolores Huerta

    Nine Decades of Activism with Dolores Huerta

    Dolores Huerta is a legendary labor rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez. At 94 years old, she’s still raising her voice for the voiceless and teaching communities how to wield their power. This week, she joins the show to share what she’s learned about fighting for marginalized communities, the importance of the ballot box and how we can claim the future we want. 
    Follow Dolores Huerta on Instagram @doloreshuerta, and support her foundation at doloreshuerta.org. 
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    • 23 min
    Understanding the AAPI Voting Bloc with Axios’ Niala Boodhoo

    Understanding the AAPI Voting Bloc with Axios’ Niala Boodhoo

    We often separate voting blocs by race — we talk about “the Black vote,” “the Latino vote,” “the White vote,” “the Asian-American vote.” but in reality, these are all big — often disparate — groups of people. So this week, to close out Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders Month, we wanted to do a deep dive on the AANHPI voting bloc. Niala Boodhoo, host of Axios’ 1 big thing, helps us understand this voting bloc.
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    • 37 min
    The Undoing of Roe with Shefali Luthra

    The Undoing of Roe with Shefali Luthra

    In the summer of 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Millions of Americans were stripped of various forms of reproductive health care. In her new book, “Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America,” Shefali Luthra covers the experience of those impacted. *Spoiler alert: we’re all impacted*. As the gender and health care reporter for The 19th, Shefali joins the show to discuss the fallout of the Dobbs decision and what the future of reproductive health care looks like. 
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    • 38 min
    Octavia Butler’s Vision of 2024 with Dr. Ayana Jamieson

    Octavia Butler’s Vision of 2024 with Dr. Ayana Jamieson

    The novel “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler begins in the year 2024 – in a world where democracy is at stake, a climate crisis rages, and extremist politicians are on the rise. Octavia Butler published her book in 1993. So … how did she predict the future? And what can her writing teach us about the world we live in today? Octavia Butler scholar Dr. Ayana Jamieson joins the show to help Errin answer these questions – and more. 
    Follow Dr. Jamieson's work at @oeblegacy. Learn more about the Octavia E. Butler: Seeding Futures exhibit here. 
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    • 28 min
    Understanding Trump’s Evangelical Base with NPR’s Sarah McCammon

    Understanding Trump’s Evangelical Base with NPR’s Sarah McCammon

    Over the last 40 years, evangelical Christians have become an influential voting block. White evangelical support for Donald Trump exceeded 80 percent in the 2016 election. The intensifying politicization of the evangelical movement has been too much for some, and many are leaving the church. To understand the voting patterns of evangelicals and the exodus of young evangelicals, Errin chats with Sarah McCammon, a national political correspondent for NPR and author of “The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church.” 
    Follow Sarah McCammon on X @sarahmccammon and Instagram @sarahmccammon_journalist

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    • 36 min
    Destigmatizing Sex Work with Yin Q

    Destigmatizing Sex Work with Yin Q

    Asian massage workers and sex workers have long been the targets of violence in America – but their stories often get pushed to the margins. This week, as AAPI Heritage Month begins, we’re pulling those stories to the center. Yin Q – one of the core organizers of Red Canary Song, a collective organizing with and for Asian and migrant sex workers – joins the show to share some of the stories of their community, break down the history of violence against Asian sex and massage workers, and sketch out what a future where sex work is decriminalized would look like.
    Learn more about Red Canary Song at https://www.redcanarysong.net/, and follow them on Instagram @redcanarysong. 
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    • 32 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
112 Ratings

112 Ratings

AnitainVa ,

New Favorite!

I truly enjoy this podcast! It should be required listening — great conversations and facts about our democracy.

Homeskilket ,

This is just a DNC operative channel

In the promotional intro, the host claims to be a journalist. She then almost immediately cuts to citing Nicole Hannah-Jones and the “evils” of Trump. She’s an operative, this show is trash, this is NOT news.

honeybfly ,

The Amendment is bringing the 19th to Life!

I was sad when the circus left town, but thrilled to see Errin step into the center ring! Yesterday’s episode with Tressie McMillan Cottom on being from the South resonated so deeply for me. Can’t wait to see how this season unfolds!

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