Priests for Justice, Pax Christie, and the Sisters of Mercy protest treatment of child migrants
July 11, 2019

Priests for Justice, Pax Christie, and the Sisters of Mercy protest treatment of child migrants

Members and allies of three Catholic groups, Priests for Justice, Pax Christie, and the Sisters of Mercy,...

State rankings, like the one CNBC released today, are essentially meaningless, except as tools for pro-business extremists to hurt us
April 18, 2022

State rankings, like the one CNBC released today, are essentially meaningless, except as tools for pro-business extremists to hurt us

State rankings, like the one released Wednesday that put Rhode Island at 50 out of 50 for...

Rhode Island Democratic Party Women’s Caucus Chair Tracy Ramos announces resignation
October 31, 2019

Rhode Island Democratic Party Women’s Caucus Chair Tracy Ramos announces resignation

On Tuesday, July 9, Tracy Ramos, the current Chair of the Rhode Island Democratic Party Women’s Caucus,...

National Labor Relations Board charges Twin River Casino with hiding casino crime data
July 10, 2019

National Labor Relations Board charges Twin River Casino with hiding casino crime data

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on July 1 charged Twin River Casino with illegally withholding records...

The National Director of the Working Families Party wants to shatter politics as usual in Rhode Island
January 19, 2020

The National Director of the Working Families Party wants to shatter politics as usual in Rhode Island

A conversation with Maurice Mitchell, National Director of the Working Families Party about the minimum wage, holding...

Update: Kevin Olasanoye hired as New Jersey Democratic State Committee Executive Director
October 31, 2019

Update: Kevin Olasanoye hired as New Jersey Democratic State Committee Executive Director

An experienced political operative, former Rhode Island Democrats executive director will work to continue party’s progress and...

To the Moon and Beyond: A month long series of presentations kicks off at the WaterFire Arts Center
March 2, 2020

To the Moon and Beyond: A month long series of presentations kicks off at the WaterFire Arts Center

To the Moon and Beyond, a series of events planned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the...

Meeting of the Wyatt Board generates more questions than answers
July 9, 2019

Meeting of the Wyatt Board generates more questions than answers

Board members declined to answer questions or talk to reporters, Attorney William O’Gara and Acting Warden Gregory...

AMOR marches in memory of migrant lives lost
July 7, 2019

AMOR marches in memory of migrant lives lost

Carrying signs, chanting and singing songs, over 90 people marched in honor of migrant lives lost while...

The Uprising! July 7, 2019
July 7, 2019

The Uprising! July 7, 2019

The Fourth of July weekend is usually pretty slow, news-wise, but President Trump’s odious immigration policies made...

Protesters fight for our constitutional right to access ‘privileges of the shore’
October 31, 2019

Protesters fight for our constitutional right to access ‘privileges of the shore’

“Lines are being drawn by the very few who can afford to decide where the lines go,”...

A more surreal than usual Ancients and Horribles Parade
October 31, 2019

A more surreal than usual Ancients and Horribles Parade

I’ve been going to the Glocester Ancients and Horribles Parade for almost 20 years now, always as...

A silent #ClosetheCamps vigil at the Bristol 4th of July Parade
July 5, 2019

A silent #ClosetheCamps vigil at the Bristol 4th of July Parade

As they silently made their way up Hope Street and through the crowds gathering for the 2019...

Katherine Bogen: Buddies in Resistance – Building Intentional Activist Partnerships
July 3, 2019

Katherine Bogen: Buddies in Resistance – Building Intentional Activist Partnerships

I meet Maya, a woman I have already come to love, at a civil disobedience training. Tonight,...

Central Falls Police Report for the Never Again protest arrests outside the Wyatt
July 3, 2019

Central Falls Police Report for the Never Again protest arrests outside the Wyatt

Here’s the police report from last night’s Never Again protest outside the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central...

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