Prism

Prism is a non-profit news organization led by BIPOC individuals, dedicated to highlighting stories about people, places, and topics that often go unnoticed by mainstream media. Our mission is to create journalism that empowers Black, Indigenous, and people of color, women, the LGBTQ+ community, and other marginalized groups, allowing them to share their expertise on their own experiences, resilience, and struggles for justice. We cover a variety of important issues and explore how they connect, such as electoral justice, gender equality, workers’ rights, criminal justice reform, racial equality, and immigration. By collaborating with both staff journalists and freelance contributors, we offer a platform for BIPOC reporters and community members to express their narratives authentically. Additionally, our senior fellowship program provides emerging community leaders with opportunities to enhance and share their voices.

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Prism | Justice Requires the Full Story

1 day ago | prismreports.org

An independent, nonprofit newsroom led by and for people of color. Accurate, fearless reporting—because justice requires the full story.
Pittsburgh won’t get to vote on whether to divest from genocide

6 days ago | prismreports.org | Nicole Froio

Pittsburgh residents will not get to vote on whether to divest from genocide in the May 20 primary election after legal challenges ultimately killed a local ballot effort. The grassroots campaign Not On Our Dime withdrew its petition for the ballot question a second time last month despite spending months campaigning and collecting over 21,300 signatures to add the referendum to May’s ballot.
May Day march in Chicago brings together anti-Trump coalition

1 week ago | prismreports.org | Noah Berlatsky

Thousands marched through Chicago’s streets on May 1, in a day of action that in many ways mirrored mass protests in the city months earlier. But in contrast to the march on the Democratic National Convention in August, the May protests were focused on President Donald Trump—and underlined the ways in which the broad antipathy to the current Republican administration has helped unify the left and build bridges to parts of the Democratic Party.
California advocates fortify against threats to ‘sanctuary state’ law

1 week ago | prismreports.org | Mariana Martínez Barba

San Diego-based attorney Ian Seruelo received three separate reports in March alone about local county Sheriff Kelly Martinez violating California’s immigration policy. The California Values Act, also known as Senate Bill 54 (SB 54), ensures that local law enforcement will not cooperate with immigration authorities to deport individuals. For Seruelo, the violations were an example of how the Trump administration continues to target California’s “sanctuary state” law.
NY proposal against wearing a mask during crimes stigmatizes masking and won’t stop antisemitism, advocates say

1 week ago | prismreports.org | Laura Weiss

New York lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul reached a deal on April 28 on the state’s $254 billion budget for fiscal year 2026. The budget—which could still change due to tens of billions in estimated lost federal funding—came after its deadline. Though budget delays are not uncommon in New York’s notoriously opaque process, this year’s was especially controversial due in part to Hochul’s proposed mask ban.
NYC march for migrants and the climate unites with pro-democracy protesters

1 week ago | prismreports.org | Jill Webb

An Earth Day weekend march in New York City on April 19 was officially organized around the intersection of migration and climate issues, but many of the signs held up among the crowd reflected a diverse range of concerns around the current administration.
Maine community not backing down from Trump’s transgender athlete attacks

1 week ago | prismreports.org | Shruti Rajkumar

President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against Maine over the state’s failure to comply with his executive order banning transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports teams at schools, marking an escalation in an ongoing feud between the state and federal government.
World Pride comes to Trump’s backyard

2 weeks ago | prismreports.org | Nick Fulton

This summer, as Washington, D.C., prepares to host World Pride, a massive annual international event that coincides with the 50th anniversary of the city’s Pride celebration, organizers are calling on the global LGBTQIA+ community and its allies to unite in a powerful show of solidarity—and this year, they have a clear message. “I’ll be damned if I let white supremacists push me out of my place,” said Preston Mitchum, a Washington, D.C.-based attorney, activist, and advocate.
Midwest organizers lead push to repeal anti-boycott laws

2 weeks ago | prismreports.org | Alexandra Martinez

A growing coalition of activists, civil rights groups, and concerned citizens is pushing back against anti-boycott laws in the Midwest, which they say are eroding fundamental freedoms. Organizers are starting with efforts to repeal such legislation in Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
How Trump’s education agenda will harm New England students

2 weeks ago | prismreports.org | Eliza Dewey

LaTonia Monroe Naylor has been crunching the numbers, and she’s concerned. The vice chair of the Springfield School Committee in western Massachusetts knows that the Trump administration’s plans to end federal education as we know it would be difficult for her district. “As we look through the budget, there’s a lot of funds specifically that come from Title I,” she told Prism, using the term for the federal funding stream that supports districts with a high percentage of low-income households.