Culture Archives - Prism

The movement for media reparations must include the entertainment industry

Crime, Reform & Abolition

The movement for media reparations must include the entertainment industry

by Tamar Sarai February 17th, 2023February 16th, 2023

As advocates demand that news media reckon with how they have furthered anti-Black violence, entertainment media can’t ignore its guilt in doing the same

color photograph of a person wearing a hat, brown jacket, and dark brown long pants leaning towards a camera on a tripod overlooking the grand canyon

Climate & Environment

Artists in residence at national parks use their work to reckon with settler colonialism

by Ray Levy Uyeda February 16th, 2023February 16th, 2023

color photograph stock image of a black woman in a white and grey jacket and light blue jeans sitting in a wheelchair looking at her phone

Race

Twitter’s meltdown isn’t a punchline for disabled communities

by Vilissa Thompson January 6th, 2023January 23rd, 2023

Economy & Workers' Rights

Corporate culture is a barrier to labor organizing in the video game industry

by Cassandra Roxburgh December 27th, 2022March 7th, 2023

Economy & Workers' Rights

‘Normal Ain’t Normal’ explores working-class pandemic realities

by Ray Levy Uyeda September 30th, 2022September 29th, 2022

Two Filipino parents and their three children enjoy huge waffle ice cream cones on a California boardwalk by the beach. They are walking toward the camera. Mom is holding her youngest daughter's hand.

Race

Amid gentrification and the pandemic, an educational center anchors San Francisco’s Filipino-American community

by Helena Gabrielle Ong August 3rd, 2022August 3rd, 2022

Sick African American boy blowing nose while sitting wrapped in a blanket on mother's lap at home.

Race

Black mothers discuss continued struggles in year three of the pandemic

by Vilissa Thompson May 17th, 2022January 23rd, 2023

mixed media image of a woven basket and a quilt depicting a Black woman picking cotton on a light blue and yellow background

Race

The work of Black fiber artists highlights the ties between land ownership, generational wealth, and self-determination

by Iris Crawford March 30th, 2022March 30th, 2022

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Academy Award-nominated film ‘Attica’ offers a full view of the prison uprising, its tragic aftermath, and its legacy

by Tamar Sarai March 7th, 2022January 23rd, 2023

Race

Fully reckoning with the legacy of American slavery requires more than removing Confederate monuments

by Trevor Smith February 28th, 2022January 23rd, 2023