Massachusetts loses nearly 5,000 acres of forest every year. A proposed 70-acre “climate-smart” demonstration forest is sparking debates in North Adams about climate resilience
Elected officials and news outlets have painted street vendors as environmentally irresponsible. The Street Vendor Project decided to flip the script and help support a workforce that is among the most vulnerable to climate change
Millions of people in the U.S. with long COVID are facing further government abandonment rather than receiving necessary care
We often don’t hear about the experiences of disabled incarcerated people, but today we’re hearing from Mitch, who navigates prison life as a deaf person
Organizers with Chinatown Art Brigade and Wing on Wo Project spoke to Prism about why the city’s plan to replace Rikers Island with four borough-based jails is a dangerous continuation of the carceral system.
The impasse of the Ruffino Hills Redevelopment Project is a microcosm of the city’s convoluted path to outpace climate disasters
In Manhattan’s District 2, which encompasses neighborhoods famous for queer and trans history, the Coalition of Aunties & Friends for Liberation organize against an anti-trans resolution
Dozens of men inside Centinela State Prison participated in a work slowdown last year to protest inadequate commissary access and daily strip searches tied to jobs with the California Prison Industry Authority
Even before breaking the recent ceasefire, Israeli authorities kept wounded Palestinians such as 16-year-old Hala Qadoum from vital treatment abroad
CoMo Mobile Aid Collective provides food, access to doctors appointments and medication, and other services to locals experiencing homelessness
When it comes to the criminal legal system, both the Trump administration and Project 2025 detach from statistics, facts about crime and punishment, and evidence-based corrections
Some asylum-seekers who joined a lawsuit to stop “metering” practices at ports of entry have built lives in the U.S. despite setbacks
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