Articles by Raven Rakia
Raven Rakia is a fellow at Grist.
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Why is the National Black Chamber of Commerce fighting EPA’s new clean air rules?
A black business leader is accepting money from Big Oil and fighting against clean air.
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New York City sweeps aside homeless people for pope’s visit
In the days before Pope Francis landed in New York, the city dismantled homeless encampments near places the pope will be visiting.
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Ranchers with ties to the biofuel industry attack Brazilian tribe members
The Guarani people -- the largest indigenous group in Brazil -- are all too familiar with the destructive side of sugarcane ethanol.
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A few miles away from where the pope addressed Congress, a black community looks for change
The neighborhood's fresh air has long been overtaken by a trash transfer station.
