State Power

Prism’s lens on how state power is exercised, enforced, and resisted.

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Native American women are defending voting rights and building power in the process

Carolyn Copeland
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Black women’s fight for the franchise is reshaping democracy

Carolyn Copeland
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Jail reform wins big as LA County voters vote yes on Measure R

Tamar Sarai
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With no hope of parole, Pennsylvania ‘lifers’ fight for their only chance at freedom: clemency

Tamar Sarai
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Super Tuesday? Try Super March. Every Tuesday is a new battle for the nomination

Anoa Changa
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From #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen to ‘Hood Feminism’: A Q&A with author Mikki Kendall

Cynthia Greenlee
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Prisons are banning Black history books, and the law has made it possible

Tracey Onyenacho
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Rumble in the Palmetto State: Democrats clash at debate ahead of South Carolina primary

Anoa Changa
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How a hip-hop artist and a dancer are using art to reform the L.A. jail system

Chanté Griffin
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The fight for jail reform is far from over. Here are a few ways to get involved

Carolyn Copeland
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Los Angeles DA candidates offer different approaches to jail reform. Who will get the top job?

Carolyn Copeland
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Care first, jail last: The fight to stop LA from using jails as mental health treatment centers

Francisco Aviles Pino
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