Articles by Raven Rakia
Raven Rakia is a fellow at Grist.
All Articles
-
![]()
![]()
Adiós, polluters: Study links immigrant status and exposure to dirty air
The new study not only looks at race but at immigrant status and language.
-
![]()
![]()
East Coast and Gulf Coast power grids are still not ready for a big hurricane
It's been three years since Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast. Our power grids are still awful.
-
![]()
![]()
Will Obama come close to ending mass incarceration?
As President Obama calls for criminal justice reform, he continues to open and build new federal prisons in environmentally toxic areas.
-
![]()
![]()
One more reason the prison industrial complex is awful: The physical distance it puts between people
The prison industrial complex makes car travel necessary, but the answer isn't to eco-shame the loved ones of incarcerated people.
