Economy & Workers' Rights

417 posts

Miami’s Wynwood loses its queer heart to gentrification

As developers reshape Miami’s art district, LGBTQIA+ venues are vanishing, leaving a community of 190,000 people with few places to gather

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7 Min
By: Kat Grimmett

Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is deadly to already vulnerable groups across the U.S. 

Work requirements, increased red tape, and reduced eligibility for Medicaid and other safety net programs will disproportionately impact poor people of marginalized backgrounds

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13 Min
By: Laura Weiss

She managed to get a temporary farmworker visa. Once in the U.S., she endured abuse and exploitation.

A Prism investigation reveals that women are routinely shut out of the H-2A program, and when they are granted visas, they report being funneled into non-agricultural labor where they face sexual violence and trafficking

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29 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Another way out: Building resistance when passivity is the norm

By now, the COVID-19 pandemic should have shown us that we’re supposed to rise to the occasion by meeting needs, not fall in line behind fascist incursions

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6 Min
By: William C. Anderson

Local food banks face new strains amid cuts to SNAP benefits

Hunger is already a massive problem across the country. The new federal cuts to food assistance will only make things worse, food bank operators say

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6 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Florida judges pause Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park evictions, as residents assert right to buy

Residents are fighting eviction from the decades-old mobile home park in Sweetwater, Florida, which the owner seeks to redevelop into “affordable housing” apartments

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7 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

‘I’m so dehumanized’: Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt

A monthslong Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023

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18 Min
By: Laura Albast

As ‘free agents with no party loyalty,’ Latino voters are up for grabs

The Libre Initiative’s messaging on economic issues resonates with Latinos across the U.S., drawing support for conservative solutions that are ultimately harmful to their communities

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16 Min
By: Paulina Velasco

FIU’s ICE collaboration undermines university’s mission, faculty say

Faculty union demands answers after Prism and other news outlets reported that Florida International University supplied equipment to “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center

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7 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Miami Coalition to Advance Racial Equity founder quits to launch new coalition to fight policies targeting homelessness

David Peery is launching a new Florida organization aimed at advocacy and legal challenges to repressive state and federal laws

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5 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

The construction industry has a suicide crisis

Construction workers, many of whom are immigrant and Hispanic workers, have higher rates of suicide than other industries

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4 Min
By: Jill Webb

Colonialism and extractivism catch up with the North Atlantic’s greatest estuary

The real estate boom along the Chesapeake Bay’s shoreline is just the latest form of extraction to hit the region

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11 Min
By: Peter Gelderloos

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