Women who were detained in South Louisiana while pregnant told Prism that they were berated by guards; forced to wear shackles on their wrists, hands, belly & feet; & were made to eat inedible food. The eugenics movement has shaped the experiences of women in ICE detention, Edith Romero reports.

Pregnant women in ICE detention face policies shaped by eugenics

The experiences of detained women show that the American eugenics movement remains an integral part of the system

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Each year, ~2.4 million Americans turn to the internet in search of abortion care. Repro justice advocates warn that an anti-abortion political landscape that coalesces with a new age of AI-mediated information access has also created new concerns about privacy, @nicolefroio.bsky.social reports.

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Asylum-seekers are people fleeing persecution, violence & other grave threats. The U.S. government is deporting numbers of immigrants to their deaths in countries they’ve never set foot in. “Is this what due process now looks like under the law?” questions epidemiologist & observer Margaret Handley.

Asylum court proceedings are a dystopian loop

For third-country removals, U.S. immigration courts demand that immigrants provide proof that they will be persecuted in a country they’ve never been to

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“What matters is that there’s real support for the Palestinian people, not just talk & slogans.” Three years into the genocide, some Palestinians in Gaza say that pro-Palestine rhetoric from politicians only goes so far if realities don’t shift on the ground, Mohammed Abo Matar reports.

Three years into Gaza's genocide, U.S. political rhetoric hasn't translated into action

While some political candidates rose to prominence through their support for Palestine, the U.S. has not stopped backing Israel

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“When I got out, I felt so happy because I had my son in my belly & I thank God that I am out of that detention center. I never wish this on anyone.” The experiences of pregnant women in ICE detention show that eugenics remains an integral part of the system, Edith Romero reports.

Pregnant women in ICE detention face policies shaped by eugenics

The experiences of detained women show that the American eugenics movement remains an integral part of the system

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“The increase in information access being mediated through AI could result in a real disruption to the business model that lets [abortion] resources stay afloat.” @nicolefroio.bsky.social reports on how abortion access orgs are battling AI overviews to make their sites visible to abortion-seekers.

How abortion access organizations are adapting to AI

As AI chatbots routinely share misinformation about abortion, advocates are working to make their websites more visible to abortion-seekers who use AI

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Three years into Gaza's genocide, U.S. political rhetoric hasn't translated into action, writes Mohammed Abo Matar. As midterms approach as some pro-Palestine candidates rose to prominence, Israel never stopped its genocide. Despite a ceasefire, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 8 people last week.

Three years into Gaza’s genocide, U.S. political rhetoric hasn’t translated into action

While some political candidates rose to prominence through their support for Palestine, the U.S. has not stopped backing Israel

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As our beloved @pressonsouth.bsky.social fellows begin to publish their work, I thought I'd share some of their excellent reporting here in a thread, starting with this story from G. Samantha Rosenthal about North Carolina being the center of anti-Zionist organizing in the South:

Jewish anti-Zionism in the American Bible Belt

Southern Jews aligned with the pro-Palestine movement are building “a Judaism of liberation” in the heartland of Christian Zionism

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After a farmworker died & another became disabled after a heat stroke, their employer keeps sending workers on H-2A visas out to the blistering North Carolina fields. Our co-published investigation by @tinavasquez.bsky.social is up now in @theguardian.com, with photos by Kaoly Gutierrez.

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Heatstroke ruined his health. Years before, it took the life of another farm worker at the same company

On May 22, 300+ people detained inside New Jersey’s Delaney Hall detention center went on a work & hunger strike to protest inhumane conditions. Strike leader Martin Soto, who was disappeared by ICE agents while returning home with a pack of diapers, was released from custody last night.

Loved ones, supporters of Delaney Hall’s striking immigrants rally outside detention center

Immigrants detained inside Delaney Hall, the notorious Newark, New Jersey, facility are on a work and hunger strike to demand freedom

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“The bombing, the killing, the displacement are still going on & we haven’t seen anything real that stops our suffering.” Three years into Gaza's genocide, U.S. political rhetoric hasn't translated into action, Mohammed Abo Matar reports. The U.S. has not stopped backing Israel.

Three years into Gaza’s genocide, U.S. political rhetoric hasn’t translated into action

While some political candidates rose to prominence through their support for Palestine, the U.S. has not stopped backing Israel

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“How can such a misuse of the concept of evidence be part of our U.S. legal system?” Asylum proceedings are a dystopian loop, writes epidemiologist & observer Margaret Handley. For third-country removals, courts now demand proof that immigrants will be persecuted in a country they’ve never been to.

Asylum court proceedings are a dystopian loop

For third-country removals, U.S. immigration courts demand that immigrants provide proof that they will be persecuted in a country they’ve never been to

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"The American eugenics movement transformed immigration law, and the experiences of detained women show that eugenics remains an integral part of the system." Read more from Edith Romero in @prismreports.org:

Pregnant women in ICE detention face policies shaped by eugenics

The experiences of detained women show that the American eugenics movement remains an integral part of the system

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For @prismreports.org, @us.theguardian.com & @enlacelatinonc.bsky.social, our fellowship coordinator, @tinavasquez.bsky.social, investigated Florida Orange Gold’s disregard for the health of their migrant farmworkers in North Carolina and Florida. Read the story at tinyurl.om/farmworkersheat.

The racist cruelty & abusive immigration policies women in ICE detention face are built on eugenics, an ideology that aimed to “improve” the human population based on white supremacy, Edith Romero reports. Pregnant women in ICE detention show that eugenics remains an integral part of the system.

Pregnant women in ICE detention face policies shaped by eugenics

The experiences of detained women show that the American eugenics movement remains an integral part of the system

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our staff recs section this issue features analysis from @theankler.bsky.social, @dissentmag.bsky.social, @prismreports.org, @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, and @truthout.org! links can be found here: www.therevivallab.org/fighting-tec...

Fighting Technofascism

Reflections from a convening hosted by MediaJustice & Mijente

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“Over hundreds of years, eugenics transformed into policy, practice & law, as illustrated by today’s immigration quotas, surveillance systems, detention centers & instances of modern-day slavery.” The experiences of pregnant women in ICE detention show that eugenics remains, Edith Romero reports.

Pregnant women in ICE detention face policies shaped by eugenics

The experiences of detained women show that the American eugenics movement remains an integral part of the system

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Big news: A federal judge has dismissed the FACE Act case filed by the DOJ (Harmeet Dhillon, specifically) against pro-Palestine activists who organized against illegal land sale events. I covered the case in a larger piece for @prismreports.org: prismreports.org/2026/03/11/n...

I keep coming back to this amazing feature by @tinavasquez.bsky.social for @prismreports.org. Fantastic reporting on heat illness in farmworkers, which is only getting worse.

Despite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fields

Florida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina

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On Sept. 29, @prismreports.org published my story about Carlos Vargas Moreno, an H-2A worker with a company called Florida Orange Gold who in 2022 experienced a heat stroke that left him disabled. Two years prior, another Florida Orange Gold H-2A worker died from heat stroke.

Despite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fields

Florida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina

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“ More people should be thinking about what we’re seeing now as the beginning & not some climax.” Immigrant rights advocates describe increased ICE presence & surveillance of communities of color in Austin, Neha Madhira reports.

After ICE shooting, Austin community organizes protests, neighborhood resources

Immigrant rights advocates describe increased ICE presence and surveillance of communities of color in Austin

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Dental care is in crisis in Gaza due to Israel's blockade on supplies, Esraa Abo Qamar reports in a new dispatch from Palestine. As Israel blocks healthcare supplies & anesthesia, patients are going without the dental care they need or living with debilitating tooth pain.

Dental care is in crisis in Gaza due to Israel's blockade on supplies

As Israel blocks healthcare supplies and anesthesia, patients are going without the dental care they need or living with debilitating tooth pain

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For Palestinians in Gaza, smartphones have become lifelines serving multiple purposes, writes Malak Hijazi. They act as “a warning & distress signal, a map for displacement, a teaching platform, a mobile library, a repository of documents, an archive of memory & a tool for documenting violations.”

Smartphones hold entire archives of life in Gaza

As Israel destroys all signs of what Gaza once was, Palestinians hold on to records and memories on their devices

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Florida Orange Gold is one of hundreds of middlemen contracted by U.S. growers & crop farmers to hire & oversee migrant farmworkers. Even after the 2020 death of a farmworker they employed, Florida Orange Gold continues to expose H-2A workers to heat stress, @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.

Despite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fields

Florida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina

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Eclectic, human-created radio programming is made possible not just because of student devotion, but also because many campus stations house irreplaceable collections of physical media. @brittashoot.com details the free speech fight playing out on campuses where student radio is disappearing.

College radio stations are disappearing

Cleveland State University's recent transfer of its radio station's broadcast license to a conglomerate is the latest blow to independent student media

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“The whole community had pulled up & we were all yelling & screaming, protesting almost immediately because, you know, this is our place. These are our people.” After ICE shooting, Austin community organizes protests & resources as Texas leads in aggressive immigration raids, Neha Madhira reports.

After ICE shooting, Austin community organizes protests, neighborhood resources

Immigrant rights advocates describe increased ICE presence and surveillance of communities of color in Austin

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Every night, Reiman Harazin, 31, goes through the photos she has saved on her phone. That way, she hopes, she won’t forget any detail of her life in Gaza. Smartphones hold entire archives of life, memories & evidence in Gaza as Israel destroys all signs of what Gaza once was, Malak Hijazi reports.

Smartphones hold entire archives of life in Gaza

As Israel destroys all signs of what Gaza once was, Palestinians hold on to records and memories on their devices

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“I don't want to see him disappear into the system like I've seen many others. That's one of the reasons why I've been at [the site of the shooting] every day.” After ICE shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in the back on Sept. 20, Austin community organizes protests & resources, Neha Madhira reports.

After ICE shooting, Austin community organizes protests, neighborhood resources

Immigrant rights advocates describe increased ICE presence and surveillance of communities of color in Austin

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"Inhumane, barbaric, torturous" can only describe the state of Tennessee's twice-botched execution of Christa Pike on Wednesday night. Pike survived two rounds of the lethal drug, pentobarbital, the second botched execution in Tennessee this year. Torture is too trite a word🧵

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'Inhumane, Barbaric, Torturous': Christa Pike Survives Botched Execution in Tennessee | “This event is the worst we’ve seen and unlike any other botched execution in the modern era. There is no precedent.”

“Almost nowhere inside this system is an expressed desire to do better, to improve working conditions, to create a heat standard.” Despite farmworker death & another disabled by heat stroke, their employer keeps sending people to blistering fields, @tinavasquez.bsky.social investigates.

Despite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fields

Florida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina

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