Prism’s top stories of 2021

by Ashton Lattimore

This article was originally published at Prism

This year has been marked by political and public health turmoil, environmental disasters, and widespread social injustice, and it’s …

Voting Rights Roundup: Alaska court upholds new top-four primary and ranked-choice general election

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● Alaska: A state trial court has upheld the constitutionality of Alaska’s new law that created a “top-four” primary followed by a general election using ranked-choice …

Voting Rights Roundup: Texas GOP unveils new voting restriction bills after Dems blocked last one

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● Texas: Texas Republicans have returned for a special legislative session and unveiled their proposed new voting restriction bills, which you can find here for the state Senate and House, …

Guam won’t give up more land to the U.S. military without a fight

This story was originally published at Prism. 

By Frances Nguyen  

Guam is losing to the U.S. military. More than 1,000 acres of native limestone forests, which have been part of the island landscape …