Feature Archives - Prism

color photograph of a truck leaving a forested area onto a paved street. a metal overpass stands above the truck in the foreground

Climate & Environment

Prison abolition is environmental justice

by Ray Levy Uyeda March 22nd, 2023March 22nd, 2023

Revived plans to construct a federal prison in Kentucky lay bare the harms of the prison-industrial complex on incarcerated people, the environment, and surrounding communities

color stock photo of an Aboriginal couple in their 50s at home using the internet. The man leans over woman and looks at the laptop screen she is pointing to

Race

Federal broadband programs bar Pacific Territories from full subsidies

by Karen Fischer March 21st, 2023March 21st, 2023

color photograph of a person standing in rain bookts, jeans, and a blue rain jacket on a road flooded with water

Climate & Environment

Climate migration plans must engage impacted communities

by Ray Levy Uyeda March 15th, 2023March 15th, 2023

color movie still of a Latinx woman sitting cross-legged on the floor of a house. she is holding her young daughter in her lap. the color grading is dark yellow

Gender & LGBTQIA+

What happens when a reproductive justice organization makes a feature film? Culture shift.

by Tina Vásquez March 14th, 2023March 14th, 2023

color photograph of an outdoor protest against the police. in the foreground is a yellow sign in the shape of a police badge with red paper on the bottom shaped to look like blood dripping. black handwritten text reads "police city of chicago, you don't serve nor protect us"

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Caregivers on the front lines of Chicago’s abolitionist movement

by Makaelah Walters March 10th, 2023March 9th, 2023

color photo of an outdoor protest in favor of unions. a person stands with their back facing the camera holding up a white paper sign in one hand that reads "the union makes us strong"

Economy & Workers' Rights

Independent, locally focused unions are expanding the playing field for workers’ rights

by Sravya Tadepalli March 8th, 2023March 8th, 2023

color stock photo of an elderly person's hands cupped upwards sticking through prison bars

Crime, Reform & Abolition

The war on drugs persists for older incarcerated people in Florida

by Khawla Nakua and Anthony Cobb February 22nd, 2023February 23rd, 2023

LNG terminals are a threat to communities in climate sacrifice zones

Climate & Environment

Natural gas terminals are an increasing threat to marginalized communities in “sacrifice zones”

by Sara Sneath and Nexus Media News February 20th, 2023February 20th, 2023

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

Climate & Environment

FEMA’s failure to account for climate change leaves BIPOC communities on the brink of disaster

by Ray Levy Uyeda February 14th, 2023March 14th, 2023