Ray Levy Uyeda, Author at Prism

Justice Requires the Full Story

color photograph, overhead shot of a shallow river in the Everglades. an airboat is moving through the water and a small wake trails behind it as it passes a wood-plank dock

Climate & Environment

Advocates say caring for the Everglades isn’t about restoration, it’s about respect

by Ray Levy Uyeda January 9th, 2023January 23rd, 2023

As climate change threatens the Everglades, artists and activists try to foster connections between the people and the environment

color photograph of an outdoor protest. people wear white t-shirts and hold up pink, white, and green paper signs on wooden pickets that read "do no make us homeless" and "please stop closing the mobile home parks"

Climate & Environment

Resident-owned communities intersect housing and climate justice

by Ray Levy Uyeda January 4th, 2023January 4th, 2023

color photograph of a farmworker wearing a grey sweatshirt and jeans standing between rows of grape plants. they are leaning over with one arm stretched down towards a wheelbarrow filled with green grapes

Climate & Environment

Support for farmworkers is an essential part of climate change policy

by Ray Levy Uyeda December 28th, 2022December 29th, 2022

color photograph of a youth climate protest. several youths wearing masks hold brown cardboard signs with slogans like "respect your mother" and "denial is not policy"

Climate & Environment

Young people are using the courts to hold the US government accountable for the climate crisis

by Ray Levy Uyeda December 19th, 2022December 20th, 2022

color photograph of a factory smokestack at sunset

Climate & Environment

Groups file suit against EPA for exposure to carcinogenic gas

by Ray Levy Uyeda December 14th, 2022December 14th, 2022

color photography of a bridge over the Tanana River in Nenana, Alaska. yellow grass grows tall in the foreground, with coniferous trees in the background

Climate & Environment

Alaska’s sale of land for agricultural development threatens Indigenous food systems and environmental health

by Ray Levy Uyeda December 7th, 2022January 23rd, 2023

climate activists sit on the ground in front of construction equipment. a police officer in riot gear stands in the foreground, holding a rifle aimed down

Climate & Environment

How criminalizing protests stifles climate justice

by Ray Levy Uyeda November 8th, 2022January 23rd, 2023

Climate & Environment

Worsening climate change could make it harder to vote

by Ray Levy Uyeda November 2nd, 2022November 7th, 2022

a person satnds in a shallow river with tall wild grass in the background, through which snakes a red oil pipeline

Climate & Environment

Indigenous activists look to Rights of Nature laws to stop fracking

by Ray Levy Uyeda October 20th, 2022January 23rd, 2023

Despite state initiatives, Indigenous education in public schools remains inconsistent

by Ray Levy Uyeda October 17th, 2022October 18th, 2022