The North Smithfield Town Council held a special meeting Monday evening with the sole purpose of rescinding an anti-Nike, anti-Colin Kaepernick resolution passed one week ago that caused public outrage and made national news. Council …
A press release from North Smithfield Town Council President John Beauregard: “At the North Smithfield Town Council meeting this past Monday I proposed a resolution only ‘requesting’ Town departments refrain from doing business with Nike. …
In all, twenty people stepped up to the podium during Monday night’s North Smithfield Town Council meeting to speak against a resolution requesting that “the School Department as well as other departments of the Town …
On September 14 Lindsay Crudele, a resident of Dorchester Massachusetts, discovered that she had been blocked on Twitter by the Republican candidate for Governor of Rhode Island, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung. Crudele is a professional digital …
Incarcerated people in at least 17 prisons across the United States have been on strike since August 21. These strikes are expected to last until September 9. On Saturday, members of Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee …
The Behind the Walls Committee at DARE (Direct Action for Rights and Equality) has long advocated for a series of reforms in our prison system. To that end, the committee held an event on Saturday …
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 …
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