Education
Rhode Island College students rally for RIC Promise
“With a mom who works a full time job, I’m responsible for keeping the house clean and making sure my nephew is taken care of …
Articles by UpriseRI
Television
Watch Now: The Uprising, episode 2 with Alicia Gauvin from the Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health
The second episode of The Uprising is an interview with Alicia Gauvin, the Executive Director of The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health located in …
Climate Change
Youth Plaintiffs file Superior Court requests in Duryea v Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Nature’s Trust Rhode Island announced that it has taken further action to compel the State of Rhode Island to publish, for public comment action, proposed regulations to directly control the emission of greenhouse gases. …
UNAP
UNAP stages informational picket outside Fatima ahead of possible strike
“We don’t take this step lightly and we realize what’s at stake for each other, our patients and the community we are proudly a part …
Reproductive Rights
Rhode Island joins lawsuit against Trump’s Title X changes that erode access to reproductive services
“Reproductive health care freedom must be preserved, and part of that freedom includes making sure that women are provided with all of their options when …
Reproductive Rights
Republican Representative John Lyle Jr: I proudly support the Reproductive Privacy Act
“As a Republican, I believe in the values of individual autonomy and freedom. The rhetoric from leaders of the Rhode Island Republican Party, including Chairman …
Reproductive Rights
Amended Reproductive Privacy Act earns RI Coalition for Reproductive Freedom support
Offered in the Rhode Island House of Representatives as an alternative to the Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA) the Reproductive Privacy Act (RPA) was a …
Environment
Global Warming Solutions Act and combating plastic on ECRI’s legislative to do list
State leaders joined members of the Environment Council of Rhode Island (ECRI) at a rally on the statehouse steps on Thursday to urge the General …
Rent Control
New report: Rent Control is the only policy tool that can provide immediate relief to renters facing unaffordable rent increases
Oregon poised to become first to impose statewide limits on rising rents “Rent control can immediately provide relief to tenants facing unaffordable rent increases, allowing …
Substance Use
AG Peter Neronha: Justice demands reclassifying simple possession as a misdemeanor
Rhode Island State Attorney General Peter Neronha delivered the following words at a press conference detailing legislation he has proposed to reduce simply possession of …