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...

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...

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...

Aaron Regunberg: Never Again is about throwing ourselves into the gears of that mechanism in any way we possibly can
July 5, 2019

Aaron Regunberg: Never Again is about throwing ourselves into the gears of that mechanism in any way we possibly can

Former State Representative Aaron Regunberg (Democrat, District 4, Rhode Island) delivered the following speech outside the Wyatt...

Kithes and Jalette move on to general election in Woonsocket City Council special election
January 19, 2020

Kithes and Jalette move on to general election in Woonsocket City Council special election

Alex Kithes and Roger Jalette Sr were the top vote-getters in yesterday’s primary election for the open...

Never Again Is Now: 18 people arrested protesting ICE and concentration camps outside the Wyatt Detention Center
July 3, 2019

Never Again Is Now: 18 people arrested protesting ICE and concentration camps outside the Wyatt Detention Center

18 people, including former State Representative Aaron Regunberg (Democrat, District 4, Providence) and Roger Williams University Professor...

The Uprising! June 29, 2019
June 30, 2019

The Uprising! June 29, 2019

This week the Rhode Island General Assembly finished the session (sort a/kind a) passing legislation important to...

FANG Collective protests outside Bristol County House of Correction
June 30, 2019

FANG Collective protests outside Bristol County House of Correction

The FANG Collective wrapped up their week of action with a rally outside the Bristol County House...

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