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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Next was a great panel on recent US labor news at @poweratwork.bsky.social with @mrsethharris.bsky.social, @melbuer.bsky.social, Andrew Ziaja, and @alexmar.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=lROo... (4/7)
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The Power Half-Hour Episode #9
YouTube video by The Burnes Center for Social Change
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Prism @prismreports.org · 09/10/2025
Jennyfer, a restaurant worker in FL, reported to police that her manager sexually assaulted her. Within weeks, she was charged with a DUI & deported to Nicaragua. The criminal legal system, in tandem with immigration enforcement, is built to disappear vulnerable people, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.
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Deported after reporting sexual assault: A worker’s fight for justice
Jennyfer told police that her manager assaulted her. Within weeks of reporting, she was charged with a DUI and deported to Nicaragua
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Prism @prismreports.org · 15/01/2026
“We want the world to see us as a people, not as spoils.” Locals in Venezuela described the terror of the U.S. airstrikes as they start to rebuild their homes & neighborhoods, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The U.S. military operation killed at least 100 people & tore through residential areas.
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Venezuelans left reeling from deadly and destructive U.S. attack
Locals in Venezuela described the terror of the airstrikes as they start to rebuild their homes and neighborhoods
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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
@alexmar.bsky.social @prismreports.org "ICE killing in Minneapolis highlights escalating pattern of fed immig violence. Renee Good’s death drew national attention, but ppl have long been killed or seriously harmed thru immig enforcement w little accountability." prismreports.org/2026/01/15/r...
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ICE Minneapolis killing highlights federal immigration violence
Renee Nicole Good’s death drew national attention, but people have been facing harm from immigration enforcement, with little accountability
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Prism @prismreports.org · 23/01/2026
Former staff at LGBTQIA+ rights organization Lambda Legal complain of anti-Black bias, @alexmar.bsky.social investigates. According to interviews & internal documents, some Black & trans former workers said they faced retaliation & emotional harm after speaking up about discrimination.
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Former staff at Lambda Legal complain of anti-Black bias
Some Black and trans former workers said they faced retaliation and emotional harm after speaking up about discrimination
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Sahar Fatima @sfatima.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
NEW: FIU workers were directed to secretly deliver equipment to “Alligator Alcatraz.” Amazing investigative work by the brilliant @alexmar.bsky.social prismreports.org/2025/08/11/f...
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FIU workers secretly delivered equipment to Alligator Alcatraz
Public records and a Florida International University employee confirm that at least one operations trailer was transported to the immigration detention facility in the Everglades
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Prism @prismreports.org · 12/08/2025
FIU workers were directed to secretly deliver equipment to “Alligator Alcatraz,” @alexmar.bsky.social investigates in this developing story. Public records & a university employee confirm that at least one operations trailer was transported to the immigration detention facility in the Everglades.
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FIU workers secretly delivered equipment to Alligator Alcatraz
Public records and a Florida International University employee confirm that at least one operations trailer was transported to the immigration detention facility in the Everglades
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Prism @prismreports.org · 24/07/2025
Trump’s Take It Down Act threatens free expression, artists & digital rights advocates warn. The law purports to target “revenge porn,” but experts & activists fear far-reaching censorship, ‪@alexmar.bsky.social‬ reports. prismreports.org/2025/07/21/t...
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Take It Down Act threatens free expression, advocates warn
The Take It Down Act purports to target “revenge porn,” but artists and digital rights experts fear far-reaching censorship
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Prism @prismreports.org · 21/07/2025
“It has been a long standing goal of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 to police the internet.” @alexmar.bsky.social spoke with artists & digital rights advocates who warn that Trump’s Take It Down Act threatens free expression & enables overreach by right wing & white Christian groups.
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Take It Down Act threatens free expression, advocates warn
The Take It Down Act purports to target “revenge porn,” but artists and digital rights experts fear far-reaching censorship
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Prism @prismreports.org · 12/07/2025
Every time tensions flare between the U.S. & Iran, Iranian nationals & Iranian Americans feel the fallout. Iranian student denied U.S. visas say their lives are in limbo after the Trump admin invoked issued blanket visa rejections, ‪@alexmar.bsky.social‬ reports. prismreports.org/2025/07/09/i...
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Iranian students denied U.S. visas after long wait
Students say their dreams are crushed and their lives are on hold after the Trump administration invoked a special authority typically used for national security to issue blanket visa rejections
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Prism @prismreports.org · 09/07/2025
‘We waited a year, then they shut the door’: Iranian students are being denied U.S. visas, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Students say their dreams are crushed & lives are on hold after the Trump admin invoked a special authority typically used for national security to issue blanket visa rejections.
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Iranian students denied U.S. visas after long wait
Students say their dreams are crushed and their lives are on hold after the Trump administration invoked a special authority typically used for national security to issue blanket visa rejections
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Prism @prismreports.org · 26/06/2025
‘No detention on stolen land’: Protesters decry ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ICE facility in the Everglades, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The proposed development, adjacent to federally protected lands that are sacred to Indigenous groups, would be Florida’s largest immigration detention center.
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Protesters decry ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ICE facility in the Everglades
The proposed Everglades development, adjacent to federally protected land, would be the largest immigration detention center in Florida
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Prism @prismreports.org · 01/07/2025
Vermont immigration leaders were violently detained by border patrol, prompting emergency rally, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The arrests came as federal agents stormed a warehouse & arrested dozens of workers in LA, fueling continued calls for freedom & accountability.
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Vermont immigration leaders' violent detainment prompted emergency rally
The arrests in Vermont came as federal agents also stormed a warehouse and arrested dozens of workers in LA, fueling continued calls for freedom
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Prism @prismreports.org · 24/06/2025
Three years after Dobbs, abortion hasn’t ended—it’s shifting underground, across state lines, & into the hands of the most resilient, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Advocates & physicians reflect on the precarious realities of abortion access across the country.
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Three years after Dobbs, abortion has moved across state lines
Advocates and physicians reflect on the precarious realities of abortion access across the country post-Dobbs
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Prism @prismreports.org · 10/06/2025
Here are five Supreme Court cases to watch this month, @alexmar.bsky.social explains on issues of immigration, LGBTQIA+ rights in schools, & government power. Several cases are a direct result of Trump’s first presidency, which tested the limits of executive power & reshaped the federal judiciary.
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Five Supreme Court cases to watch this month
Several of the Supreme Court cases are a direct result of policies and executive actions from Trump’s first presidency
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Prism @prismreports.org · 05/06/2025
Unanimous Supreme Court ruling clarifies legal standard for Title VII employment discrimination claims, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The court ruled Thursday in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services that majority-group plaintiffs are entitled to the same standard as minority groups.
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Supreme Court ruling clarifies legal standard for Title VII employment discrimination claims
The court ruled that majority-group plaintiffs are entitled to the same standard as minority groups under Title VII
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 05/06/2025
"Now, as the Trump administration is trying to put an end to TPS, everything that I have worked so hard to build is at risk, and the situation in Haiti is not good." "I filed this lawsuit not just for myself and my wife, but for hundreds of thousands of my fellow Haitians." #USA #Haiti #Deportation
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Haitian TPS holders challenge deportation threat in federal court
A federal court is expected to rule this week on the Trump administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for more than 200,000 Haitians
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Prism @prismreports.org · 29/05/2025
Mobilizing against budget cut legislation like the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act", which awaits a Senate vote after passing the House on May 22, hundreds of activists are fasting in protest under the slogan "Don't Starve California", @alexmar.bsky.social reports: prismreports.org/2025/05/29/b...
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California activists fast to protest federal budget cuts to health care
Hundreds of activists in California committed to 12-hour fasts to protest the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which now awaits a Senate vote
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Prism @prismreports.org · 28/05/2025
After what advocates called VT's largest workplace immigration arrest in recent history & a full-day picket led by @migrantjustice.bsky.social, @alexmar.bsky.social reports on the growing anxiety & organizing efforts within VT's immigrant & farmworker communities: prismreports.org/2025/05/28/d...
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Immigration arrests in Vermont expose vulnerabilities faced by dairy farmworkers
Advocates called the arrests of the dairy farmworkers the largest immigration enforcement action in Vermont’s recent history
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Prism @prismreports.org · 20/05/2025
At Florida International University, >60% of students identify as Latinx & many are immigrants or international. The university’s decision to enroll in the 287(g) immigration enforcement program, a partnership with ICE, sparks outrage, by @alexmar.bsky.social prismreports.org/2025/05/20/f...
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FIU faculty pushes back against controversial ICE partnership
Florida International University applied for the 287(g) program last year, potentially granting immigration enforcement powers to campus police
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Prism @prismreports.org · 14/05/2025
Residents of Li’l Abner Mobile Homes, facing eviction after the park was rezoned & sold to a developer, are running for local office to challenge the elected officials whose oversight they say landed them in this precarious position, @alexmar.bsky.social reports: prismreports.org/2025/05/13/l...
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Li’l Abner Mobile Home residents run for office while facing eviction
As voters head to the polls Tuesday, a group of residents is running for Sweetwater city commissioner seats in Florida
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Prism @prismreports.org · 13/05/2025
Wikipedia may seem like an unlikely site of resistance, but in an era of escalating censorship, disinformation, & erosion of public trust, Wikipedia is a model for collective governance led by next generation of cultural workers, @alexmar.bsky.social reports: prismreports.org/2025/05/12/w...
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How museums are using Wikipedia to archive marginalized art
As public archival institutions fade and the state rewrites curricula, the next generation of cultural workers is stepping up
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Prism @prismreports.org · 07/05/2025
The U.S. immigration detention system is spiraling into a “state-sponsored terror campaign” against immigrant communities, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Immigrants at Krome Detention Center in South Florida are suffering from physical abuse & medical neglect, a legal group says.
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‘State-sponsored terrorism’: Florida’s immigrant detention crisis
Immigrants at Krome Detention Center are suffering from physical abuse and medical neglect, a legal group says
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Prism @prismreports.org · 30/04/2025
Midwest organizers lead push to repeal anti-boycott laws as free speech battle intensifies, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. So far, 38 states have penalized boycotts of Israel in measures that critics argue directly attack First Amendment rights. prismreports.org/2025/04/30/m...
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Midwest organizers lead push to repeal anti-boycott laws
Thirty-eight states have penalized boycotts of Israel in measures that critics argue directly attack First Amendment rights
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 16/04/2025
Bikini Hostel "is home to more than 100 individuals who were once unsheltered, but city officials are pushing to shut it down, citing concerns over public safety and its operation as an unofficial homeless shelter." "Don't kick us while we're down. Help us get up." #Florida #USA #Housing
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Miami Beach looks to shutter Bikini Hostel for housing homeless residents
The Bikini Hostel began housing homeless people in November 2024 after about 50 people were relocated from Miami's Camillus House shelter
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Prism @prismreports.org · 15/04/2025
A federal court ruled to postpone the Trump admin’s cancellation of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans. The victory grants relief to ~350,000 families, ensuring that they will continue to have protection from deportation & the ability to work legally in the US, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.
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Legal victory grants relief to 350,000 TPS holders across U.S.
A federal court ruled to postpone the Trump administration’s cancellation of Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Venezuelans
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Prism @prismreports.org · 25/03/2025
O Cinema found itself at the center of a political firestorm & eviction threat after showing “No Other Land.” In a significant victory for free expression, the Miami Beach mayor withdrew his threat to evict O Cinema after public outcry & fears of government retaliation, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.
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Mayor drops eviction threat against O Cinema for screening ‘No Other Land’
Miami Beach community members and free speech advocates remain vigilant over retaliation and censorship of the independent theater
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Prism @prismreports.org · 17/03/2025
Trump administration drops EMTALA, Idaho's emergency abortions case, sparking fears among health care workers, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The lawsuit was filed by the Biden administration to ensure that pregnant people in Idaho could access emergency abortion care, as required by federal law.
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Trump drops EMTALA case, sparks fear among health care workers
The lawsuit was filed under Biden to ensure that pregnant people in Idaho could access emergency abortion care, as required by EMTALA
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Prism @prismreports.org · 12/03/2025
Worker safety activists secure major victory in Miami’s largest redevelopment deal, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The developer of the $3 billion project committed to implementing stringent heat protections for construction workers, among other measures. prismreports.org/2025/03/12/c...
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Worker safety activists secure victory in Miami redevelopment deal
The developer of the $3 billion project committed to implementing stringent heat protections for construction workers, among other measures
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Prism @prismreports.org · 11/03/2025
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, froze $3 million in Israel bonds following persistent advocacy from local grassroots orgs, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Ohio activists say there is more work ahead—those funds should be invested locally to benefit residents. prismreports.org/2025/03/11/c...
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Cuyahoga County, Ohio, freezes $3 million in Israel bonds
The Cleveland Palestine Advocacy Community, who led the campaign, argue that funds should be invested to benefit Ohio residents
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Prism @prismreports.org · 22/01/2025
A mobile home community in South Florida is organizing against a looming eviction, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. The tenants of Li’l Abner are suing their landlord over orders to leave their vibrant neighborhood to make way for a new development being presented as affordable housing.
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Mobile home community in Florida is organizing against eviction
Li’l Abner tenants are suing their landlord over orders to leave their vibrant neighborhood to make way for a new affordable housing development
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Prism @prismreports.org · 16/01/2025
As the nation braces for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, grassroots organizations are mobilizing in protest under the banner of “We Fight Back 2025,” @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Organizers say the protests are both a reaction to Trump & a call to action for systemic change.
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Nationwide protests planned for Trump’s Inauguration Day
The Miami Democratic Socialists of America plans to lead a local demonstration during Trump’s inauguration
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Prism @prismreports.org · 13/01/2025
Washington pharmacists prescribe abortion pills through nonprofit’s new program, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Seattle-based Uplift International launched the program aims to lift barriers to abortion access by leveraging telehealth & online pharmacies. prismreports.org/2025/01/13/a...
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Pharmacists prescribe abortion pills in nonprofit’s new program
Uplift International aims to lift barriers to abortion access by leveraging telehealth and online pharmacies to prescribe abortion pills
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Prism @prismreports.org · 26/01/2025
“Bulldozing [mobile homes] to build ‘affordable housing’ is redundant at best & sinister at worst.” Li’l Abner tenants organize against looming eviction orders meant to ironically make way for “affordable housing,” @alexmar.bsky.social reports. prismreports.org/2025/01/22/l...
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Mobile home community in Florida is organizing against eviction
Li’l Abner tenants are suing their landlord over orders to leave their vibrant neighborhood to make way for a new affordable housing development
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Prism @prismreports.org · 28/01/2025
A few words from the Prism team: This blitz of violent and fascist executive orders starting last night from and into today is meant to seed chaos and create deep fear and utter hopelessness. Media is critical to keeping the relentless deluge of fear spinning. They want your views.
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