Interfaith Coalition members ask legislators to pass legislation to prevent housing discrimination
January 19, 2020

Interfaith Coalition members ask legislators to pass legislation to prevent housing discrimination

Faith leaders called on Rhode Island legislators to end housing discrimination based on source of income yesterday....

Nesselbush introduces Senate resolution denouncing white nationalism and neo-Nazi groups in Rhode Island
October 31, 2019

Nesselbush introduces Senate resolution denouncing white nationalism and neo-Nazi groups in Rhode Island

Rhode Island State Senator Donna Nesselbush (Democrat, District 15, Pawtucket) has introduced a resolution (S0829) that denounces...

Nearly 100 people hold noon time, pro-choice protest at Rhode Island State House
October 31, 2019

Nearly 100 people hold noon time, pro-choice protest at Rhode Island State House

The crowd generated by a first time organizer, unaffiliated with any local reproductive rights groups, demonstrates a...

Me and Chewbacca
March 2, 2020

Me and Chewbacca

About two decades ago, when I was running Atomic Comics, a comic book store, and writing comics...

ACLU: Cristian Aguasvivas likely to be tortured if returned to Dominican Republic
May 20, 2019

ACLU: Cristian Aguasvivas likely to be tortured if returned to Dominican Republic

The American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants’ Rights Project and the ACLU of Rhode Island have today filed...

Burrillville: Invenergy power plant is unneeded and will cause unacceptable environmental harm
October 31, 2019

Burrillville: Invenergy power plant is unneeded and will cause unacceptable environmental harm

Invenergy Lacks Credibility – Application Still Incomplete and Substandard The Town of Burrillville filed its post hearing...

Invenergy’s final argument to the EFSB is kind of a mess…
October 31, 2019

Invenergy’s final argument to the EFSB is kind of a mess…

Invenergy, the company that seeks to build a $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power...

DEM cites petroleum distributor for odors in Port of Providence
May 18, 2019

DEM cites petroleum distributor for odors in Port of Providence

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to Sprague...

Lauren Niedel: Glocester considers Second Amendment Sanctuary Town status
January 19, 2020

Lauren Niedel: Glocester considers Second Amendment Sanctuary Town status

Glocester, on Thursday, became the sixth western Rhode Island location to hold a Second Amendment Sanctuary City...

Nancy Green: Cheap and easy virtue with the conscience clause
October 31, 2019

Nancy Green: Cheap and easy virtue with the conscience clause

People forget history so quickly. The definition of conscience in ‘conscience clause’ is from the Bizzaro World...

Woonsocket City Council Race: Alex Kithes hits fundraising milestone
January 19, 2020

Woonsocket City Council Race: Alex Kithes hits fundraising milestone

Alex Kithes’s campaign for Woonsocket City Council hit a major milestone on Thursday, surpassing their $10,000 fundraising...

The Uprising! May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019

The Uprising! May 17, 2019

“Contrary to the rhetoric, women are not deranged murderers who would carry a fetus for 8 or...

CLF presents its final arguments to the EFSB against the proposed Invenergy power plant
October 31, 2019

CLF presents its final arguments to the EFSB against the proposed Invenergy power plant

Simply put: The power plant is not needed for electricity, the power plant will cause irreparable harm...

The quiet war on vaccines in the Rhode Island State house
May 16, 2019

The quiet war on vaccines in the Rhode Island State house

There is a quiet war going on at the Rhode Island State House over vaccines. Currently, vaccines...

House Finance hears a bill to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies
October 31, 2019

House Finance hears a bill to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies

While the Rhode Island State House reverberated with chants for and against abortion rights, a bill to...

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