Recent research shows that living in redlined neighborhoods not only increases the risk of breast cancer for Black women, but also shapes their survival rates and broader health outcomes
Community organizations allege that St. James Parish has discriminated against Black residents by allowing chemical facilities in majority Black areas, dubbed “Cancer Alley”
A heat vulnerability index created by Northwestern University could direct environmental resources to Chicago’s most impacted neighborhoods, but it’s locked behind bureaucracy
Legal experts lay out unprecedented challenges to fundamental protections laid out in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which emerged during the civil rights movement
The Fathers & Families Support Center helps Black fathers, who the media too often portray as dangerous or at fault for police brutality
Work requirements, increased red tape, and reduced eligibility for Medicaid and other safety net programs will disproportionately impact poor people of marginalized backgrounds
ICL Group, whose North American headquarters are in St. Louis, is tied to the manufacturing of white phosphorus, which the Israeli military has reportedly used against Palestinians. Now, the company wants to expand into a historically Black neighborhood
The real estate boom along the Chesapeake Bay’s shoreline is just the latest form of extraction to hit the region
Across the Northeast this month, states will mark the complicated history of anointing a singular Black leader to represent their community, a settler colonial tradition that persists today
The complete erasure of Black immigrants, migrants, and refugees is being aided by ICE incursions against disproportionately targeted communities
Revolutionary change is not ordered like a meal or some product online. It is also not voted in by exporting decisions to a representative. It is fought long and hard and won through persistent struggle
In a roundtable conversation with Prism, the co-editors of the new anthology “No Cop City, No Cop World” discuss the unique conditions that led to Atlanta’s Cop City and the strategies for fighting more than 80 similar projects nationwide
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