This article is part of Prism’s series on Tribal Nations, Voting Rights, & Political Power. Read the rest of the series here. The Native vote is vital in the 2020 election because our tribal sovereignty, lands, water, and the well-being of our people hinge on the outcome. But
This summer, I received an email saying an online gathering for a poetry event was canceled to allow everyone space for healing when George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis. The following week, the gatherings resumed as if the mourning was complete. As a person who grew up having to navigate
When news broke that President Donald Trump had tested positive for COVID-19, the news cycle dutifully turned the page on his open white supremacy and the First Lady’s reconfirmed disdain for migrant children. At the same time, across social media, the performative “when they go low, we go
Around 1:30 AM on a late August night, I found myself wide awake in bed doomscrolling on Twitter when I heard the ring of shots, loud and clear enough for me to know that they were only a few blocks away. It had been a summer of chaos, cries,
The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a fierce and revolutionary advocate for gender equality and reproductive rights, has left behind a complex legacy in the American judicial system. No stranger to sexism herself, in 1972 Ginsburg became the co-founder of the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, which pushes
In the wake of this week’s grand jury decision to indict only one of the Louisville Metro Police Department officers responsible for fatally shooting Breonna Taylor in March, and to charge him only with wanton endangerment, protesters have continued to take to the streets as organizers plan the path
This story is part of Prism’s series on sex positivity and the arts. Read the rest of the series here. At a time like this, BIPOC women and femmes and our communities deeply need some laughter and joy to help us process the pain of living in America’s
This explainer is part of Prism’s series on sex positivity and the arts. Read the rest of the series here. Sex positivity has become a buzzword among many sex professionals and those working in sexuality fields. Often believed to be rooted in values of consent, body autonomy, and pleasure,
These comics are part of Prism’s series on sex positivity and the arts. Read the rest of the series here. “Adventures of Bitter Fag” is artist Julio Salgado’s alter-ego. While he identifies as a silly gay who loves to crack jokes, there is a bitter part of
This story is part of Prism’s series, Sex Positivity and the Arts. Read the rest of the series here. While Twitter tends to be a dumpster fire for women of color, 2013 was an interesting time to be on the site. People like Feminista Jones had emerged to the
Since the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor on March 13, communities in Louisville and across the country have been in a state of unrest, sharing their pain and grief, and grappling with what justice for the loss of Taylor’s life would actually mean. Calls to arrest and charge the
Sixty-five years ago today, an all-white jury acquitted the accused murderers of Emmett Till—a 14-year-old Black boy who was lynched after allegedly offending a white woman in a local shop. The jury spent just over an hour deliberating. Months later, the suspects confessed and faced
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