Economic Progress Institute: New brief analyzes how federal investments have improved RI’s Child Care Assistance Program as Congress debates $2.4B expansion of child care funding
February 27, 2020

Economic Progress Institute: New brief analyzes how federal investments have improved RI’s Child Care Assistance Program as Congress debates $2.4B expansion of child care funding

Additional federal funding would allow Rhode Island to make quality child care more affordable for a larger...

Who is Dr Victor Pedro and why is he receiving $1M in the 2020 RI State Budget?
February 27, 2020

Who is Dr Victor Pedro and why is he receiving $1M in the 2020 RI State Budget?

Update: 9:20AM: I caught Dr Victor Pedro outside his office this morning: Dr Victor Pedro has a...

Video from the House 2020 Budget Briefing
February 27, 2020

Video from the House 2020 Budget Briefing

Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston) held a legislative 2020 Budget briefing yesterday in the State...

Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless: General Assembly rejects $2.7M in federal dollars to help end chronic homelessness in Rhode Island
February 27, 2020

Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless: General Assembly rejects $2.7M in federal dollars to help end chronic homelessness in Rhode Island

By removing $500,000 for a social impact bond project (also known as Pay for Success), the General...

Women’s Fund of Rhode Island and Women’s Fund of Southeastern Massachusetts partner with VoteRunLead to teach women how to run for office
January 19, 2020

Women’s Fund of Rhode Island and Women’s Fund of Southeastern Massachusetts partner with VoteRunLead to teach women how to run for office

VoteRunLead is fresh off the heels of its national #RunAsYouAre2019 day of training of over 800 women...

Senate Leadership threatens passage of childhood sexual abuse legislation
January 19, 2020

Senate Leadership threatens passage of childhood sexual abuse legislation

Representative Carol Hagan McEntee (Democrat, District 33, South Kingstown, Narragansett) and Senator Donna Nesselbush (Democrat, District 15,...

Watch Now: The Uprising TV, with Jeanine Calkin, former Rhode Island State Senator
June 17, 2019

Watch Now: The Uprising TV, with Jeanine Calkin, former Rhode Island State Senator

The sixth episode of The Uprising is an interview with Jeanine Calkin former Rhode Island State Senator...

Photos from 2019 RI Pride
March 2, 2020

Photos from 2019 RI Pride

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The Seventh Annual Red Bandana Awards ceremony
January 19, 2020

The Seventh Annual Red Bandana Awards ceremony

Note: Thank you very much to the Red Bandana Fund for awarding me the Red Bandana Award...

ACLU: Lawsuit over immigrant detentions could affect detainees being held in Central Falls
June 17, 2019

ACLU: Lawsuit over immigrant detentions could affect detainees being held in Central Falls

A recently-filed ACLU class-action lawsuit challenging the government’s practice of denying due process to detained immigrants could...

Providence’s First Annual People of Color Dyke and Trans March
March 2, 2020

Providence’s First Annual People of Color Dyke and Trans March

Every year, around the country, Dyke and Trans Marches are held “to give voice to communities either...

Andy Boardman: House budget proposal – Three winners and three losers
February 27, 2020

Andy Boardman: House budget proposal – Three winners and three losers

While you were sleeping Friday night, House leaders unveiled their state budget proposal for the coming fiscal...

The Uprising! June 14, 2019
June 14, 2019

The Uprising! June 14, 2019

“I think we’ve dealt with this issue already, twice, so I think the third time is not...

Reproductive Privacy Act passes out of Committee and onto Senate Floor
October 31, 2019

Reproductive Privacy Act passes out of Committee and onto Senate Floor

On Thursday the Senate Health and Human Services Committee (HHS) passed the Reproductive Privacy Act (RPA), H5125B,...

Ysanel Torres: Every second, every moment, every breath: They mean everything….
January 19, 2020

Ysanel Torres: Every second, every moment, every breath: They mean everything….

There’s this thing about time that I’ll never understand The way it never ends even when it...

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