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Ray Levy Uyeda is a staff reporter at Prism, focusing on environmental and climate justice. Find Ray on Twitter @raylevyuyeda.

color photograph of a man wading through floodwater that comes to his knees. he holds a bird in a cage and covers his face as he passes a red-painted wall
Posted inClimate & Environment

In unincorporated communities, climate change worsens inequalities for BIPOC

by Ray Levy Uyeda October 4th, 2023October 5th, 2023
color photograph outside a stone building archway. large signs flank the archway; the left is light blue with alternating dark blue and white text lines reading "montana youth making climate history," and the right is white with alternating light and dark blue text lines reading "montana youth have a right to a safe climate." people in red t-shirts stand and sit on the stairway leading up to the door
Posted inClimate & Environment

Advocates increasingly rely on the courts to effect climate change. Is it the right approach?

by Ray Levy Uyeda September 26th, 2023September 27th, 2023
color photograph of the backs of four farmworkers. they are leaned forward and bracing their arms against a wall of tobacco leaves
Posted inRace

The anti-Indigenous use of commercial tobacco harms the planet and its people

by Ray Levy Uyeda September 7th, 2023September 7th, 2023
color photograph wide shot of volunteers in the bottom right of the frame picking up trash in a marsh. across the river in the midground, a city skyline is visible against a clear blue sky
Posted inClimate & Environment

Loosening wetland protections threatens ecosystems and worsens climate damage

by Ray Levy Uyeda August 30th, 2023August 30th, 2023
digital collage on a light teal background with a loose wavy grid in a slightly lighter green. digital images of herbs and mushrooms surround a book cover that features a picture of a round bowl filled with herbs and plants. white text on the book cover reads "Chími Nu’am: Native California Foodways for the Contemporary Kitchen" at the top and "Sara Calvosa Olson" at the bottom
Posted inRace

‘Chími Nu’am’ celebrates and educates about Indigenous food culture

by Ray Levy Uyeda August 17th, 2023August 17th, 2023
color photograph of a young person with curly purple hair just past their shoulders sitting on a courtroom bench. they're wearing a green dress and smile while looking to the right of the camera frame
Posted inClimate & Environment

Montana youth win historic climate lawsuit

by Ray Levy Uyeda August 15th, 2023August 15th, 2023
digital portrait on a dark teal background of a teenage Black girl wearing an orange shirt and playing the trombone. the trombone extends past the edge of the circular portrait frame into the teal background
Posted inClimate & Environment

We must enter a new climate world together

by Ray Levy Uyeda July 31st, 2023July 31st, 2023
Imagining Our Futures series featuring Catherine
Posted inClimate & Environment

Climate change is not disappearing any time soon. Neither should the reporting

by Ray Levy Uyeda July 27th, 2023July 31st, 2023
digital portrait of a teenage girl with black hair braided over her right shoulder. she wears an orange t-shirt and a pink flower in her hair as she smiles
Posted inClimate & Environment

No one is too young to fight for climate justice

by Ray Levy Uyeda July 26th, 2023July 31st, 2023
digital collage on a background of neon blue, green, pink, and orange circles. three illustrations of young bipoc are encircled on the right, with text that reads "imagining our futures" on the left
Posted inClimate & Environment

We must imagine the climate futures we want to build

by Ray Levy Uyeda July 25th, 2023July 25th, 2023

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