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ENVIRONMENTAL - prismreports (Apr 1) |
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The brutal heat wave that swept Texas last summer posed extreme risks for many incarcerated people, garnering the attention of lawmakers, advocacy organizations, and everyday Texans.
This winter we faced a different extreme: cold.
For the past eight years I’ve lived in solitary confinement, the heat goes out every January or February. ... Read more ...
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Loosening wetland protections threatens ecosystems and worsens climate damage - prismreports (Aug 30, 2023) |
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When the Supreme Court decided to upend federal wetland protection standards in June with its decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), much of the public’s focus shifted to the potential for fallout regarding the what of the legal matter: wetlands. Less emphasis was placed on the how of wetland protection that largely takes ... Read more ...
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No one is too young to fight for climate justice - prismreports (Jul 26, 2023) |
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Jul 26, 2023 · Sign up for Prism’s newsletter to get first access to news and analysis that makes you think - and act. Developed alongside people on the frontlines of injustice, Prism will help deepen your understanding on the most pressing issues of our time.
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IMAGINING OUR FUTURES is an as-told-to Prism series that started with a simple question: How do young people navigate the emotional and mental toll of climate change? With each conversation, the gravity of the question revealed itself again and again, this time in the form of hopes and dreams for the future, a place that young people have no choice ... Read more ...
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The art world must grapple with climate change - prismreports (Jun 16, 2023) |
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Jun 16, 2023 · Sign up for Prism’s newsletter to get first access to news and analysis that makes you think - and act. Developed alongside people on the frontlines of injustice, Prism will help deepen your understanding on the most pressing issues of our time.
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Nestled under the Waco Street overpass and bounded by elementary schools, the disused Union Pacific wood treatment site at the Englewood Rail Yard doesn’t readily tell the true story of its own history. Houston, Texas, residents and their descendants have tried to: how Black men were pushed into the most dangerous and taxing jobs at the wood ... Read more ...
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Worsening climate change could make it harder to vote - prismreports (Nov 02, 2022) |
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Nov 02, 2022 · Sign up for Prism’s newsletter to get first access to news and analysis that makes you think - and act. Developed alongside people on the frontlines of injustice, Prism will help deepen your understanding on the most pressing issues of our time.
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Twenty-seven days before the 2018 midterm elections, Hurricane Michael made landfall on the Florida panhandle and devastated tens of thousands of homes and buildings, displacing families and forcing the closure of multiple polling locations in eight impacted counties. The polling place consolidation led to a 7% decline in voter turnout that year, ... Read more ...
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Abortion restrictions worsen with climate change - prismreports (Sep 20, 2022) |
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In the past few months, people across the U.S. have faced extreme climate hazards such as wildfires on the West Coast, flooding that contributed to undrinkable water in Mississippi and left hundreds homeless in eastern Kentucky, and record-breaking heat waves. Concurrently, four states have passed near-total abortion bans, and the first abortion ... Read more ...
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National TV news keeps ignoring the human costs of extreme weather events - prismreports (Oct 05, 2021) |
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Oct 05, 2021 · Sign up for Prism’s newsletter to get first access to news and analysis that makes you think - and act. Co-created alongside people on the frontlines of the most pressing issues, Prism will help widen your lens on injustice, and learn what’s needed to fix it.
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I’m writing this from New Orleans a little more than a month after Hurricane Ida devastated Southeast Louisiana - after most national TV crews have long since packed up and left. A blue tarp lies atop my parents’ roof, flapping in the occasional sticky breeze. Aside from some cosmetic damage, their home is okay. They’re some of the ... Read more ...
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The mainstream immigrant rights movement is dead - prismreports (Sep 29, 2021) |
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Sep 29, 2021 · Sign up for Prism’s newsletter to get first access to news and analysis that makes you think - and act. Co-created alongside people on the frontlines of the most pressing issues, Prism will help widen your lens on injustice, and learn what’s needed to fix it.
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Three years since one of the largest mass mobilizations for immigrant rights in U.S. history, little to nothing has improved for millions of displaced people throughout the Americas. Last week in Del Rio, Texas, U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback corralled Haitian families as they tried to cross the Rio Grande and return to an ... Read more ...
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