State Power

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

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Laws are trying to move beyond an environmental justice checklist

Ashli Blow
color landscape photograph of thick hazy hanging over the Duwamish River

Labor unions are making unprecedented calls for a ceasefire in Gaza

Laura Weiss
color photograph of an outdoor press conference. shawn fain stands in a black sweater at a podium; a poster on the podium rea

BIPOC book creators are calling out Islamophobia at St. Martin’s Press

Natasha Ishak
Brown woman wearing a pink head scarf reading book at a cafe table

Columbia University students may call a tuition strike against Israeli apartheid

Nayanika Guha
color photograph of a nighttime protest. people wear Columbia blue graduation caps and keffiyehs. one person holds a poster i

Restrictive voting laws have major implications for presidential election

Sravya Tadepalli
color photograph of an outdoor protest. Black people stand shoulder to shoulder in the middle of a street and hold a black ba

Advocates call for a Temporary Protected Status designation for Palestinian refugees

Alexandra Martinez
color photograph of Palestinians walking on a rubble-covered road towards the camera

Never eat the candy on your pillow: Technology and the imprisoned

Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.
digital collage on a light teal background with a drawn image of a tablet with black circular scribbles at the center

No rescue: Palestine, representation, and global capitalism

William C. Anderson
color photograph of an outdoor protest in support of palestine. people walk through the middle of a street holding banners wi

Never eat the candy on your pillow: The artist’s hustle

Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.
hand-drawn pencil illustration of a hand holding a pencil up for perspective in the foreground against a man sitting with his

Illinois advocates push for reform beyond ending cash bail

Tamar Sarai
color photograph of a young Black couple sitting on a couch arguing about money.

Illinois’ home confinement law faces continued challenges 2 years after it goes into effect

Noah Berlatsky
color photograph of a young Black father sitting on a bed holding his toddler while reading together

5 movements that mobilized you in 2023

Shabnam Banerjee-McFarland
color digital collage of teal, purple, yellow, pink, and yellow hands hold up signs reading "prism," "movements that mobilize