Prism

“You’re trying to round up individuals who do not look like them, that they say do not belong here, & they’re not part of their country.” The Miccosukee Tribe challenges ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ which echoes the basis of the reservation system in this land, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.

Today, Prism is publishing a monthslong investigation by @laubast.bsky.social in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that takes a deep dive into the experiences of repression that Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists face in the U.S. while attempting to cover the genocide.

We're heartbroken to share the news that reporter Ahmed Abdel Aziz, pictured below on the right & a crucial source for this story, was one of the many reporters killed by Israel in the bombing of Nasser Hospital on August 25. prismreports.org/2025/07/30/g...

If you do not know how power is wielded, how can you analyze the systems working against everyday people? Philadelphia’s Abolition School taps the ‘radical potential’ of political education, @adryancore.bsky.social reports. Facilitators are interested in making ideas available to analyze the world.

DHS’ plans to build a border wall in the Rio Grande would drastically, if not irrevocably, alter the “hydraulic & geomorphic conditions of the Rio Grande,” posing significant safety risk to those who live alongside it, reports ray levy uyeda. The flooding report indicates that lives are at stake.

Meet the Puerto Rican art collective behind Poncili Creación, whose otherworldly puppets party with your inner child, reports Ayi. Poncili Creación’s work is radical & overtly political. It is a rejection of the coded ways of seeing that often define what art is, who can make it & what it is for.

Health care workers in Lebanon face Israel’s illegal attacks, Neha Madhira reports. As Israel’s illegal invasion & ground siege continues in Lebanon, 500,000+ residents fled at once in March. Pregnant women were forced to give birth on the side of the road & 55+ clinics were shut down or attacked.

Under RFK Jr.’s leadership, ‘MAHA’ obliterates public health, @lauralew105.bsky.social reports. As head of Health & Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made massive cuts to public health & spread dangerous disinformation—all under the guise of “making America healthy again.”

A shaky ceasefire after 39 days of U.S.-Israeli war on Iran appears to be on the verge of collapse with Tel Aviv refusing to halt its bombardment of Lebanon. The trauma of war coupled with genocidal rhetoric could lead to lasting mental health concerns for Iranians, Kourosh Ziabari reports.

“This is the revolution that we are mostly interested in. A revolution of human mindset.” Puerto Rican twin brothers Pablo & Efrain Del Hierro are the duo behind Poncili Creación, bringing chaos & puppetry to the masses, reports Ayi. prismreports.org/2026/04/09/p...

“The importance of an abolitionist education is to break apart what we call hegemony, a common sense understanding of how the world works.” Philadelphia’s Abolition School taps the ‘radical potential’ of political education, @adryancore.bsky.social reports.

“People are afraid to stand up to the government & no one talks.” DHS’ plans to build a border wall in the Rio Grande is ‘a matter of life & death,’ reports ray levy uyeda. The imperiled river sits at the center of the Trump admin’s efforts to expand the border wall against the community's desires.

“It almost feels like what they were doing in Gaza was just to test the waters for the world to see if anybody was gonna stop them. Lo & behold, nothing was done.” Health care workers in Lebanon face Israel’s illegal attacks, similar to the targeting of Gaza’s health care, Neha Madhira reports.