According to a research piece by Alex Kotch for Sludge, at least five companies in Rhode Island are profiting from contracts made with United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP). …
“Five years ago Kobe Dennis and myself decided that there was a lot of violence that was going on in the community so we decided to start a new organization …
I wrote the piece below for RI Future in March 2015. It’s still relevant today, I think, given the comments of Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello during the last …
The Wyatt Detention Center issued a press release today defending the facility’s standards and the access to health, legal and religious services for detainees, including those zero-tolerance Southern border detainees …
“We care about this issue and we’re going to do something about it. I can’t tell you what the DNC is going to do. I can’t tell you,” said Olasanoye. …
The West Warwick Town Council passes a resolution in support of the Second Amendment, but stops short of declaring themselves a Sanctuary Town Under the leadership of Council President David …
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo (Democrat), Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (Democrat), and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (Republican) held a meeting at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Connecticut on Tuesday. …
Activist Amory Zhou-Kourvo began a ten-day sentence yesterday for blocking the entrance to the Bristol County House of Correction on August 20, 2018. Zhou-Kourvo and Holly Stein were arrested after …
Hundreds of Rhode Islanders come together to call for an end to migrant concentration camps Around 500 people gathered on the south lawn of the Rhode Island State House to …
Advocates lament a life cut short and the reality that so many of our fellow Rhode Islanders remain unhoused. A call is made for the state to provide the resources …
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