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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California activists fast to protest federal budget cuts to health care

1 week ago | prismreports.org | Alexandra Martinez

In the face of looming federal budget cuts, activists across California launched a statewide solidarity fast from May 19 to May 23 to protest the proposed slashing of critical social services, including health care and food assistance. But the protest couldn’t stop the GOP’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which passed the U.S. House of Representatives 215–214 on May 22. Tipped over by one vote, the bill now advances to the Senate. On May 20, the movement spread to Republican Rep.
Reproductive rights funders must end ‘wall of resistance’ on Palestine

1 week ago | prismreports.org | Renee Bracey Sherman

I have organized for abortion liberation through sharing my abortion story for nearly 15 years. Thus, I am no stranger to those who want to silence my voice. I have spoken up about anti-Blackness and racism in the reproductive rights movement and challenged popular pro-choice politicians to do better. Despite different tactics, I’ve always known that my colleagues and I were headed in the same direction: toward liberation and reproductive justice for all oppressed people. Or so I thought.
Immigration arrests in Vermont expose vulnerabilities faced by dairy farmworkers

1 week ago | prismreports.org | Alexandra Martinez

Three dairy farmworkers detained in April, including during what advocates are calling the largest workplace immigration arrest in Vermont in recent history, were granted release on bond during hearings on May 13 and May 19 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and May 22 in Karnes County, Texas. Meanwhile, two others who were arrested during the same incident remained detained in Texas, sparking frustration and concern among immigrant rights advocates and the farmworker community.
Betar’s threats to Palestine organizers send shockwaves through campuses

1 week ago | prismreports.org | Neha Madhira

Over the last few months, the Trump administration has been rounding up pro-Palestine students who it claims support terrorism, despite a lack of evidence to back up these assertions. A Zionist advocacy group, Betar US, has claimed to be helping identify anti-genocide protesters for Trump officials and local law enforcement to target. The group’s former executive director detailed that process to Prism in a wide-ranging interview.
Nearly half of REI workers reported racial discrimination on the job, survey finds

1 week ago | prismreports.org | Eddie Velazquez

Almost half of workers at Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) said they have experienced or witnessed racial discrimination at work, according to a new survey report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP). Independent researchers from NELP also found instances of workplace discrimination based on age and gender, a lack of upward mobility for workers of color, and widespread discontent among workers for what employees said are inconsistent scheduling practices.
Illinois moves to protect autistic residents’ medical records

1 week ago | prismreports.org | Noah Berlatsky

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed an executive order safeguarding the medical records of autistic people in Illinois. The order follows a recent federal proposal by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a national autism database. It prevents state agencies from sharing autism-related information with anyone outside of state government without a clear reason and informed consent.
In-custody deaths remain mired in darkness

2 weeks ago | prismreports.org | David Silverberg

Andrea Armstrong launched a project six years ago that seemed impossible at the time: compiling a database on the number of people who have died while incarcerated in Louisiana. Understanding the full depth of the prison death crisis in the United States has long been a challenge.
Trump mimics tactics of domestic abusers

2 weeks ago | prismreports.org | Kylie Cheung

As the Trump administration aggressively pushed its propagandistic agenda in April to justify the unlawful transfer of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the administration had a main talking point: Abrego Garcia is an imperfect immigrant, so he deserved to serve a life sentence in CECOT, a maximum security prison and notoriously brutal labor camp in El Salvador. In many ways, the shameless cruelty of Abrego Garcia’s case is a microcosm for the administration’s approach to everything.
Chicago renters with Housing Choice Vouchers face discrimination, delayed assistance

2 weeks ago | prismreports.org | Tatiana Walk-Morris

It took talking to other renters struggling to find housing for Tymikee Brown to realize she wasn’t alone. As a social work student and intern at the housing nonprofit Northside Community Resources, she heard from other renters rejected by landlords who didn’t want to accept Housing Choice Vouchers, colloquially known as Section 8. Brown was also searching for a landlord who would accept her housing voucher. She estimated she was turned down by about 20 landlords.
saving forests from climate change

2 weeks ago | prismreports.org | Kate Abbott

In North Adams, a recovering mill town in Massachusetts, a stream runs through white pines that are 90 years old. Michaela Lapointe enjoys listening to the sound of the water. Once, she saw the quick, sleek movement of an otter diving a few feet away. For eight years, she has walked the Bellows Pipe Trail almost daily. She first came to the woods at a difficult time, when her father was dying of cancer. Now she comes to remember him.