Eastland Food Products workers target Whole Foods over fair wages
February 9, 2018

Eastland Food Products workers target Whole Foods over fair wages

Workers for Eastland Food Products, located in Cranston, were handing out flyers outside of Whole Foods on...

Legislators introduce the 2018 Fair Shot Agenda
March 2, 2020

Legislators introduce the 2018 Fair Shot Agenda

Thirty-two State Representatives and two State Senators committed to advocating for the 2018 Fair Shot Agenda, a...

Dates for the final hearings on Invenergy power plant set
October 31, 2019

Dates for the final hearings on Invenergy power plant set

The dates for the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB)’s final hearings on Invenergy‘s proposed $1 billion fracked...

Latest regional energy market auction shows Invenergy plant not needed says CLF
October 31, 2019

Latest regional energy market auction shows Invenergy plant not needed says CLF

The results of ISO New England‘s Forward Capacity Auction (FCA) 12, which determines energy suppliers and prices...

Prosperity Now Scorecard highlights strengths and weaknesses in Rhode Island’s ability to help families prosper
March 2, 2020

Prosperity Now Scorecard highlights strengths and weaknesses in Rhode Island’s ability to help families prosper

Low-income people who work hard and play by the rules should be able to build a better...

Elorza statement on Lilian Calderon
February 8, 2018

Elorza statement on Lilian Calderon

Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza issued the following statement with regard to the case of Lilian Calderon. “The...

RIDE weighs emotional testimony on transgender and gender nonconforming student policy proposal
March 2, 2020

RIDE weighs emotional testimony on transgender and gender nonconforming student policy proposal

Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) Commissioner Doctor Ken Wagner heard emotional and moving testimony in favor...

House considers bill to end shackling of pregnant prisoners
October 31, 2019

House considers bill to end shackling of pregnant prisoners

House Bill 7182, “takes up where we left off in 2011,” said Representative Edith Ajello (Democrat, District...

Providence Teachers Union pickets Elorza’s State of the City Address
January 19, 2020

Providence Teachers Union pickets Elorza’s State of the City Address

Hundreds of Providence public school teachers and supporters picketed Mayor Jorge Elorza’s State of City Address on...

Nick Autiello: I don’t have anything to hide
February 7, 2018

Nick Autiello: I don’t have anything to hide

“I didn’t vote for you Mr President,” I confessed to the leader of the free world the...

Rhode Island Coalition for Reproductive Freedom announces legislative agenda
October 31, 2019

Rhode Island Coalition for Reproductive Freedom announces legislative agenda

“Protecting reproductive freedom, including access to contraception and safe, legal abortion, is important to me as a...

The case of Lilian Calderon — and a call to action
February 9, 2018

The case of Lilian Calderon — and a call to action

Last year, at our first Poverty in the Pulpits Sunday – and to be clear this is...

ACLU seeks release of Lilian Calderon in federal court
February 6, 2018

ACLU seeks release of Lilian Calderon in federal court

BREAKING 2018-02-06 11:20AM: Judge bars removal of Calderon outside Massachusetts while the suit is pending.  The judge’s...

Why Nick Autiello’s attacks on Obama make me afraid
February 7, 2018

Why Nick Autiello’s attacks on Obama make me afraid

In 1984 I lived in San Jose, California. I remember my mother giving my siblings and me...

Providence comes together to oppose racist flyers
October 31, 2019

Providence comes together to oppose racist flyers

In response to racist flyers distributed by person(s) unknown across the East Side of Providence, politicians, religious...

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