los angeles Archives - Prism

color photograph of a person wearing a plastic opaque white poncho bent over on a sidewalk rummaging through a plastic trash bag as rain bears down on them

Climate & Environment

LA emergency storm response system doesn’t do enough to consider unhoused residents

by Lisa Kwon September 6th, 2023September 6th, 2023

Organizers say the current system for emergencies operates too slowly to support unhoused Angelenos

color photograph of an indoor art exhibit. large paintings are hung on a white wall. the paintings use vivid reds and darker shades of greens and blues to contrast with the black people wearing blue ski masks depicted in the centers. a black woman wearing a jean jacket sits at a small table in front of the artwork as people walk by

Race

Artists across the country grapple with an unforgiving housing market

by Alexandra Martinez July 7th, 2023July 6th, 2023

color photograph of the abdomens and upper legs of three protesters. they all wear dark blue t-shirts. the protester in the middle holds a picket sign reading "opportunity for all no one is illegal on stolen land"

Sacramento community groups scramble to assist migrants transported from Texas

by Natasha Ishak June 28th, 2023June 28th, 2023

digital collage with a yellow background. on the bottom left, three people holding "No Evictions" signs stand on the right side, a black-and-white cutout of a photograph of a Latinx man looks directly at the camera. diagonally down from the top left corner is a dotted black line with "renters' debt" curving along the loop

Economy & Workers' Rights

Tenants unions harness collective action to fight rent debt

by Leonardo Vilchis-Zarate May 18th, 2023May 18th, 2023

color photograph of about a dozen people standing the midground and background of a flourishing community garden, milling around wooden garden beds

Compton’s only community garden fights to save its space

by Lisa Kwon May 16th, 2023May 16th, 2023

digital collage with a yellow background. on the bottom left, four incarcerated men in uniforms stand with their backs to the camera. on the right side, a black-and-white cutout of a photograph of a Latinx man looks directly at the camera. diagonally down from the top left corner is a dotted black line with "carceral debt" curving along the loop

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Incarceration is financial extraction

by Manuel Galindo May 11th, 2023May 18th, 2023

LA school workers approve historic agreement

by Imani Stephens April 11th, 2023April 11th, 2023

color photograph of an NYPD officer wearing a long-sleeved jacket handing a pamphlet to and older Asian woman outside on a New York street. Both are wearing masks

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Hate crime data collection doesn’t prevent hate crimes

by Mai Tran March 21st, 2023April 19th, 2023

color photograph of a protest outside City Hall in LA, a white building with small rectangular windows and a middle section that rises above the sides. A person stands in the foreground with their back to the camera wearing a loose white t-shirt with a red bandana tied around their head. they hold up a brown cardboard sign with blue and red text facing the camera that reads: how many more lives will they take? stop killing us

Race

The rise of hate in Los Angeles: Annual county report shows a continued increase of anti-Black hate crimes

by Imani Stephens February 20th, 2023February 20th, 2023

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