The legislation SESTA/FOSTA, signed by President Donald Trump on April 11, 2018, shuts down websites where sex workers advertise, and removes the online safety tools that sex workers used to ensure their safety. Specifically, this …
In response to the Rhode Island House not allowing a vote on the net neutrality bill unanimously passed by the Rhode Island Senate, S2008, a small rally, organized by Rhode Island Rights, was held at …
Mayor Jorge Elorza today launched IDPVD, the City of Providence’s municipal identification card program. IDPVD is available to all Providence residents ages 14 and older and promotes community pride. The card serves as proof of …
Rhode Island Rights held a rally Wednesday outside the Federal Building near Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence to support whistleblowers facing jail time, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and Terry Albury, who revealed government secrets to …
Unnoticed by many Rhode Islanders, nearly 100 people turned out at the Roger Williams Memorial Park on North Main Street in Providence for a Rally Against Criminalization: criminalization of people of color, informal work such …
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo today signed an executive order protecting Net Neutrality a day after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rescinded federal regulations protecting internet users.
In his latest update on the state’s compliance with a court order designed to ensure the timely provision of food stamp assistance to needy families, Special Master Deming Sherman indicated that the Rhode Island Department …
The first meeting of Rhode Island State Representative Teresa Tanzi‘s Special Legislative Commission to Study Unlawful Sexual Harassment in the Workplace met on Tuesday.
Providence County is the only location in the United States that will be conducting a test run ahead of the 2020 Census.
Rhode Island’s parentage laws are woefully out of date. The statutes were enacted in 1979, and have not been revised or updated much since that time. Some parts of Rhode Island’s parentage laws are archaic …
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