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A Black Lives Matter Candlelight Vigil in Rural Northwest Rhode Island

Send in your application for a mail-in-ballot by May 19th! Vote for Bernie & delegates on June 2nd.
May 18, 2020

Send in your application for a mail-in-ballot by May 19th! Vote for Bernie & delegates on June 2nd.

What’s next for RI Bernie Supporters? Per Senator Bernie Sanders, his goal is to still get as...
An open letter from District 40 Committeewoman Lauren Niedel-Gresh on last night’s RI Democratic Party meeting
November 19, 2019

An open letter from District 40 Committeewoman Lauren Niedel-Gresh on last night’s RI Democratic Party meeting

“The best thing that can happen right now is for the whole shameful process to blow up...
Lauren Niedel: At the 2019 New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention
January 19, 2020

Lauren Niedel: At the 2019 New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention

A Great Big Room Filled with Anti-Trump Democrats Saturday, September 7 was a preview of what could...
The Rhode Island Democratic Party is on the Wrong Track
October 31, 2019

The Rhode Island Democratic Party is on the Wrong Track

Kevin Olasanoye‘s exit as the Executive Director of the Rhode Island Democratic Party (RIDP) earlier this month...
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...
Rhode Island Democratic Party in need of internal reforms
October 31, 2019

Rhode Island Democratic Party in need of internal reforms

The Rhode Island Democratic Party State Committee held their executive committee elections and yearly general meeting on...
An Evening with Dr. Cornel West
October 31, 2019

An Evening with Dr. Cornel West

“Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself.” On Thursday, February 28th, Rhode Island College (RIC)...
Student targeted with racism at Burrillville High School speaks out
October 31, 2019

Student targeted with racism at Burrillville High School speaks out

Warning: Many of the pictures near the end of this piece are racist and upsetting. On Valentine’s...
Lauren Niedel-Gresh: No backtracking on DNC No Fossil Fuel Dollars Pledge and Superdelegate reforms
August 21, 2018

Lauren Niedel-Gresh: No backtracking on DNC No Fossil Fuel Dollars Pledge and Superdelegate reforms

In June, right here in Providence, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Executive and Rules and Bylaws Committees...
Killingly Connecticut: Not Another Power Plant
March 2, 2020

Killingly Connecticut: Not Another Power Plant

Living in Glocester I have the extreme misfortune of being right smack in the middle of 2...
The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Convenes in Providence
January 19, 2020

The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Convenes in Providence

Providence was the host of the Democratic National Committee’s Executive Branch and Rules and Bylaws Committee (#DNCRBC)...
Representative Mike Chippendale – Not the Public Servant he professes to be
May 1, 2018

Representative Mike Chippendale – Not the Public Servant he professes to be

There are few reasons that District 40, the sleepy rural area of Foster, Glocester and Coventry, would...
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