heat Archives - Prism

color photograph of an outdoor protest in support of farmworkers' labor rights. people of varying ages and racial backgrounds stand in the midground in vibrant royal blue shirts that have the text "WeCount!" written across them. one person stands near a podium at the center and holds a microphone. a bright yellow sign with red text and a blue poster with an illustration of farmworkers that both say "Que Calor" decorate the front of the podium

Climate & Environment

Miami-Dade nears final approval for nation’s first county-wide heat standard for outdoor workers

by Alexandra Martinez September 20th, 2023September 21st, 2023

The heat standard includes a heat exposure safety program for workers

color photograph of an outdoor protest in support of UPS Teamsters

Economy & Workers' Rights

UPS workers averted a strike. Here’s what you should know about the tentative deal

by Sravya Tadepalli August 1st, 2023August 1st, 2023

color photograph of an outdoor protest. people hold red cloth signs with white texts that reads "¡Que Calor!" and several people hold a large canvas banner with red text that reads "¡Que Calor!" and smaller black text that reads "agua, sombra, y descanso"

Climate & Environment

Miami workers fight for better labor conditions in the heat

by Kat Grimmett August 1st, 2023August 8th, 2023

digital portrait on a dark teal background of a teenage Black girl wearing an orange shirt and playing the trombone. the trombone extends past the edge of the circular portrait frame into the teal background

Climate & Environment

We must enter a new climate world together

by Ray Levy Uyeda July 31st, 2023July 31st, 2023

digital collage on an orange background. the outline of the state of texas hovers on the left above barbed wire crossing over grey mountains

Crime, Reform & Abolition

‘I wasn’t sentenced to be cooked’: Heat desperation in a Texas prison

by Kwaneta Harris July 12th, 2023July 12th, 2023

color photograph of an outdoor protest. people wear white t-shirts and hold up pink, white, and green paper signs on wooden pickets that read "do no make us homeless" and "please stop closing the mobile home parks"

Climate & Environment

Resident-owned communities intersect housing and climate justice

by Ray Levy Uyeda January 4th, 2023January 4th, 2023

color photograph of a farmworker wearing a grey sweatshirt and jeans standing between rows of grape plants. they are leaning over with one arm stretched down towards a wheelbarrow filled with green grapes

Climate & Environment

Support for farmworkers is an essential part of climate change policy

by Ray Levy Uyeda December 28th, 2022December 29th, 2022

a Black woman wearing a blue disposable mask, a black-and-white patterned short-sleeved blouse, and a long black skirt walks along a city sidewalk. Beside her is a dehydrated plant with wilting brown leaves

Climate & Environment

Extreme heat increases the need for BIPOC mental health care

by Ray Levy Uyeda September 7th, 2022May 8th, 2023

Latinx people in jeans and hoodies of various colors wearing backpacks line up on a concrete sidewalk in front of a blue and white striped public transit bus

Climate & Environment

Cutting funding for public transportation amid extreme temperatures is a match made in hell for marginalized communities

by Lajward Zahra August 9th, 2022January 23rd, 2023

Climate & Environment

Biden administration launches initiative to protect workers from deadly heat

by Brenton Zola September 24th, 2021September 24th, 2021