“If we put a project like this in around Yellowstone County, in that river valley, it’s gonna be an environmental impact similar to a coal mine, or something that’s gonna cause irreparable harm to the area. I think that’s why there’s so much opposition to it right now.”

Jazzy Mason's essay is a 2026 winner of the Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize, which honors the work of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated authors who are writing toward a more just world.

Candidates from the Student List, who are not students themselves but largely first-time politicians selected by student-led popular assemblies, won a majority of seats in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, marking a seismic shift in Serbian politics.

Congressional District 9 had stood as the state’s sole majority Black district for more than 40 years. Now, it stretches across half the state and is majority white.

Harlow Scott’s essay is a 2026 winner of the Keeley Schenwar Memorial Prize, which uplifts the work of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated writers who are sharing their stories firsthand — and calling us to action against brutal state repression.

Jazzy Mason's winning essay, “For Child Abuse Survivors Like Me, Prison Reactivates Familiar Trauma,” points to the way in which prison “mirrors the dynamics of abuse with chilling precision.” truthout.org/articles/for-ch…