As we face four more years of uncertainty and fear, and as we look around us at a failing mainstream media landscape stoking fear and perpetuating harmful narratives about marginalized communities, we need movement media to build a better world.
Throughout this election cycle, Prism editors knew that they wanted to balance urgent election news with other stories; the stories that were getting drowned out by election coverage but which offered a powerful reminder of the work being done by folks on the front lines, and the work they would continue to do regardless of election outcomes. There is more to building a better future than one presidential election, more even than the cycle of races in local, state, and federal campaigns. Trace the work that builds social change past the ballot boxes all the way down to its foundations, and the implication is clear: to build a better world, we must build it together.
Together we’ve covered the intersectional movements bravely demanding an end to genocide, surprising links between Planned Parenthood and Raytheon, the groundswell of unionizing efforts growing the labor movement across sectors, and more. We’ve hosted events and created educational social content about mis/disinformation in the media, we’ve expanded our Reflective Journalism Project to equip more grassroots journalists to report on their communities, and we’ve built an empowered, engaged readership committed to building a better world here and now. We couldn’t do this work without you.
Your memberships and donations help us keep the lights on and the wheels turning. Your support is what enables us to sustainably build and grow our staff so that Prism can meet complicated, urgent moments with expertise and clarity and go wherever justice requires.
There is so much more work to do, and we’re ready. We hope you’ll consider extending your membership or making an additional one-time donation to support Prism’s fearless independent media for the coming year.