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Israel continues to prevent medical evacuations from Gaza

1 week ago | prismreports.org | Arvind Dilawar

Before Oct. 7, 2023, Ayat Qadoum and her family of six lived in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City. Her husband worked, and all four of her children attended school. The two eldest—16-year-old Hala and 15-year-old Ibrahim—often competed academically as they studied to one day become doctors.
This Missouri collective builds ‘parallel systems’ to support unhoused neighbors through mutual aid and anarchist principles

1 week ago | prismreports.org | Hope Davis

On a cold February evening, Stephanie Yoakum drives around her small Midwestern city looking for people living outside. She has a sticker featuring the abolitionist John Brown on the back of her car, which is packed with winter gear, snacks in crates, a carafe, and cocoa mix. “Do you want any hot cocoa?” she calls in a silly voice, propping herself over a fence to see a tent on the other side. Yoakum is a core member of CoMo Mobile Aid Collective (CoMAC) in Columbia, Missouri.
Obama-era border policy paved way for Trump’s asylum shutdown

1 week ago | prismreports.org | Kate Morrissey

Alberto fled Cuba to save his life, not once but twice. That’s because the first time he tried to request asylum in the United States in 2019, a judge didn’t allow him to present his case due to a policy change that happened between the day he arrived at the border and the day he crossed it. He was soon deported to Cuba, but immediately left the country again in search of safety.
Anti-trans bills in Kentucky target health care for the incarcerated

2 weeks ago | prismreports.org | Derek Trumbo |Tina Vasquez

Maddilyn Marcum is proud to say she was likely among the first transgender women incarcerated in Kentucky to receive hormone replacement therapy (HRT), health care that the 36-year-old says helps alleviate the gender dysphoria she experiences while incarcerated at Northpoint Training Center. But Marcum may soon be denied this critical, gender-affirming care. Republican lawmakers in Kentucky recently introduced two bills targeting incarcerated trans people.
Deporting veterans betrays America’s promise

2 weeks ago | prismreports.org | Alex Murillo

When Americans think of veterans, they often think of words such as sacrifice, courage, and patriotism. Unfortunately for many veterans—myself included—a very different word comes to mind: deported. An estimated 94,000 veterans do not have U.S. citizenship, leaving them vulnerable to detention and deportation. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) does not report the veteran status of people who have been deported, so the exact number of deported veterans is almost impossible to know.
Alabama can’t prosecute people who help abortion-seekers access out-of-state care

3 weeks ago | prismreports.org | Nicole Froio

A federal district court in Alabama determined on March 31 that people who help abortion-seekers travel to other states for pregnancy terminations will not face criminal prosecution. The ruling came after the Alabama attorney general threatened to prosecute anybody who aids abortion-seekers across state lines. Alabama bans abortion in any stage of pregnancy, with no exceptions for incest or rape.
Uncertainty surrounds suspension of New York’s solitary confinement reform

3 weeks ago | prismreports.org | Bianca Gonzalez

A 22-day illegal correctional officers strike in New York state that affected more than 30 prisons officially ended on March 10, affecting limits on solitary confinement that went into effect in 2022. Correctional officers began striking on Feb. 17, calling on the state to address staffing shortages and to repeal or reform the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement (HALT) Act. The act, which was signed into law by former Gov.
Swarthmore College suspends pro-Palestine student protester

3 weeks ago | prismreports.org | Tamar Sarai

Swarthmore College, a Quaker institution that has often championed protests and human rights, sanctioned 15 pro-Palestine student protesters on March 6, according to the college’s chapter of Students for Justice for Palestine (SJP). One graduating senior was suspended for allegedly using a bullhorn indoors, which the college categorized as “assault,” the students said. The Pennsylvania college issued warnings to five of the other students, and nine were placed on probation.
Two transgender girls are first to challenge Trump’s trans sports ban

3 weeks ago | prismreports.org | Shruti Rajkumar

Two New Hampshire transgender students have challenged the Trump administration over an executive order banning transgender girls from participating in public school sports teams, marking an expansion of their initial complaint against the state version of the ban. On Aug.
Student ICE arrests evoke Israel detaining Palestinians: activists

4 weeks ago | prismreports.org | Neha Madhira

Half a dozen masked federal immigration agents in plainclothes ambushed a Tufts University international student from Turkey on March 25, according to a dramatic video shared by pro-Palestine and immigrant rights advocates. Rumeysa Ozturk, a Fulbright scholar and Ph.D. graduate worker, had just left her home in Somerville, Massachusetts, on her way to an iftar with friends, when the group of agents surrounded her and grabbed her phone as she screamed.