Civil Rights

May 23, 2022

Reversing course, Little Compton Town Council votes against flying the pride flag

“There are plenty of people who have historically been seen as less than, or excluded or outright hurt,” said LGBTQ+ Coordinating Committee co-President and event organizer Jenna Magnuski. “For them, the United States flag isn’t a unifying flag. But if...

May 17, 2022

Amended cannabis legalization bills introduced and on path to passage

“The magnitude of the cannabis legislation, specifically the state-initiated expungement piece, is without equal,” said Representative Leonela...

May 3, 2022

McKee administration issuing cash bonuses to landlords during a booming market

“There are over 200 people, individuals as well as those living in families, currently staying outside. Winter...

April 30, 2022

Trinity Rep board member targeted by Boston-based tenant group for evicting vulnerable people and racist gentrification

“Trinity Repertory Theater has an anti-racist mission,” noted City Life/Vida Urbana Communications Director Gabriela Cartagena, “so if...

April 26, 2022

Homeless advocates protest outside Governor McKee’s office due to looming crisis

According to the state’s Homeless Management Information System, over the two weeks ending April 16, 255 individuals have...

April 26, 2022

Black public safety officer at Providence College details ongoing racist attacks by co-workers

“The instances of racial harassment that I experience at PC demonstrate the implicit bias of the community...

April 18, 2022

Senator Tiara Mack celebrates Black hair and culture at State house event

“The storytelling that happens with the person doing your braids is one of the most intimate experiences...

April 1, 2022

Transgender Day of Visibility celebrated at Rhode Island State House

“Transgender Day of visibility arose out of continued effort to show the world that the trans community...

March 31, 2022

Oped: Visibility isn’t enough to liberate trans communities

“More than anything, I want to see trans youth become adults,” writes V Tran....

March 29, 2022

Local peace groups support state legislation on nuclear weapons and state investments in war

“A nation’s power is not measured by the level of destruction its arsenal can inflict,” said Senator...

March 29, 2022

Rhode Island stands with Ukraine rally at the State House

“We’re here together in Rhode Island to do two things,” said Dr. Fine. “To make clear that...

March 25, 2022

The arrogance of Rhode Island’s payday loan industry

These lobbyists don’t testify at hearings because they don’t need to. They have the State House firmly...

March 21, 2022

Activists climb onto the roof of Raytheon’s Cambridge facility in protest of war profiteering, killing of civilians

“We took action today to condemn all wars and all colonial occupations,” said an unidentified person who...

March 18, 2022

Governor McKee is preventing the release of paroled men convicted as juveniles because “it’s an election year”

It is within Governor Daniel McKee’s power to instruct the DOC to interpret the law in line...

March 16, 2022

Advocates push for expungement of criminal records as General Assembly moves towards legalized marijuana

“In order to begin to repair the harm of this failed war on cannabis,” said Cherie Cruz,...

March 14, 2022

Let them Play: A Ban on Transgender Youth is Unconstitutional, Unnecessary and Wrong

“As an educator and transgender person, I know the importance of a supportive and welcoming school environment for...

March 9, 2022

Episcopal Diocese of RI holds a “Vigil Prayer for Peace in Ukraine”

March 7, 2022

Providence joins worldwide protests against Russian invasion of Ukraine

March 4, 2022

ACLU Director Steve Brown details history of prostitution laws in Rhode Island

March 1, 2022

Providence Mayor announces new framework for racial reparations

February 24, 2022

Stop the Hate rally at Billy Taylor Park

February 23, 2022

Nazis interrupt book reading in Providence: First they came for the socialists…

February 5, 2022

Providence joins antiwar protests around the world urging no US military action in Ukraine

January 4, 2022

Religious leaders call for government action on poverty

November 26, 2021

Was a rally against the Woonsocket Mayor and City Council deliberately disrupted by city officials?

November 20, 2021

Preservation without Gentrification? PPS charts a new course

November 15, 2021

Lawsuit challenges ACI prisoner’s eight months in solitary confinement for free speech activity

November 11, 2021

RI Poor People’s Campaign demands that Reed and Whitehouse pass Build Back Better Act

November 10, 2021

Why is Pawtucket’s William Blackstone monument a bad idea?

October 19, 2021

Race, politics and Covid collide at Barrington Zoning Board of Review

September 26, 2021

Rhode Island observes the U.N. International Day of Peace

August 27, 2021

House Commission on shoreline access holds first meeting

August 16, 2021

Judge dismisses all charges in 2017 Cranston panhandling case

July 14, 2021

Youth led Remembrance Vigil honors LGBTQ+ lives lost

June 30, 2021

First ever Woonsocket Pride celebration

June 28, 2021

Immigrant Coalition rallies to get driver’s licenses for undocumented residents