Land, Labor & Extraction

Prism’s lens on climate, land, labor, housing, food systems, and the extraction and exploitation of people and resources under capitalism.

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The security provided by nuclear weapons is an illusion—the reality is much more dangerous

Tamar Sarai
The security provided by nuclear weapons is an illusion—the reality is much more dangerous

Columbia’s student workers union unveils the university’s hypocritical liberal persona

Alexandra Martinez
Columbia’s student workers union unveils the university’s hypocritical liberal persona

Victims of the US uranium boom pay substantial costs despite what they’re owed by the US government

Tamar Sarai
Victims of the US uranium boom pay substantial costs despite what they’re owed by the US government

Decades after the uranium boom, radiation victims are still fighting to be recognized

Tamar Sarai
Decades after the uranium boom, radiation victims are still fighting to be recognized

For Muslim eco-activists, protesting the L3 Minnesota pipeline is a religious responsibility

Tasmiha Khan
For Muslim eco-activists, protesting the L3 Minnesota pipeline is a religious responsibility

As Texas faces another winter, organizers are focused on keeping communities safe in case of another blackout

Delilah Alvarado
As Texas faces another winter, organizers are focused on keeping communities safe in case of another blackout

BIPOC retail workers may face extreme conditions this Black Friday

Alexandra Martinez
BIPOC retail workers may face extreme conditions this Black Friday

In rapidly diversifying Minnesota, COVID-19 has intensified the challenges immigrant workers face

Cirien Saadeh
In rapidly diversifying Minnesota, COVID-19 has intensified the challenges immigrant workers face

Building a workforce equity agenda starts with dismantling white supremacy

Marie Kurose Bob Giloth
Building a workforce equity agenda starts with dismantling white supremacy

The restaurant industry won’t survive if its workers can’t

Frances Nguyen
The restaurant industry won’t survive if its workers can’t

Back-of-house restaurant workers are struggling to survive this pandemic

Frances Nguyen
Back-of-house restaurant workers are struggling to survive this pandemic

As their union vote looms, these Amazon distribution center workers are looking to make history

Lakshmi Gandhi
color photograph of a black woman standing on a metal step ladder surrounded by yellow shelves of items in an Amazon warehous