Activist sentenced to ten days for blocking entrance to Bristol County House of Corrections
July 17, 2019

Activist sentenced to ten days for blocking entrance to Bristol County House of Corrections

Activist Amory Zhou-Kourvo began a ten-day sentence yesterday for blocking the entrance to the Bristol County House...

Progressive Democrats launch ambitious plan to generate 200 percent of the energy Rhode Island needs
March 2, 2020

Progressive Democrats launch ambitious plan to generate 200 percent of the energy Rhode Island needs

The Rhode Island Progressive Democrats of America are ready to take their first step in creating a...

Protest at Massachusetts home of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Member Cheryl LaFleur
October 31, 2019

Protest at Massachusetts home of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Member Cheryl LaFleur

On Saturday July 13th, climate justice activists from Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE) held a protest outside Federal...

Lights for Liberty: Rhode Island joins the world in condemning United States detention camps
July 13, 2019

Lights for Liberty: Rhode Island joins the world in condemning United States detention camps

Hundreds of Rhode Islanders come together to call for an end to migrant concentration camps Around 500...

A vigil for the recently housed Steve Sceeles, and a plea to do more for homelessness in Rhode Island
January 19, 2020

A vigil for the recently housed Steve Sceeles, and a plea to do more for homelessness in Rhode Island

Advocates lament a life cut short and the reality that so many of our fellow Rhode Islanders...

Providence Mayor Elorza orders Providence Police to not cooperate with federal immigration authorities
July 14, 2019

Providence Mayor Elorza orders Providence Police to not cooperate with federal immigration authorities

“As the Trump Administration considers raids throughout the country and potentially even in our community, I want...

City Council Member Mary Kay Harris inviting Attorney General to help community replace the Board of John Hope Settlement House
January 19, 2020

City Council Member Mary Kay Harris inviting Attorney General to help community replace the Board of John Hope Settlement House

“As I speak tonight, my office is working to set up a community meeting, and I want...

Some modest proposals to improve Rhode Island’s business climate
March 2, 2020

Some modest proposals to improve Rhode Island’s business climate

The latest dreadful “business climate” report Uprise RI just noted reminded Barry Schiller of the many previous...

Washington Park community members and allies speak out against environmental racism during Shell Oil air pollution permit hearing
October 31, 2019

Washington Park community members and allies speak out against environmental racism during Shell Oil air pollution permit hearing

The public hearing highlighted environmental racism and the danger to the health and wellbeing of the surrounding...

Activists demand that Chase Bank stop funding the climate crisis, call for Rhode Island boycott of new local branches
October 31, 2019

Activists demand that Chase Bank stop funding the climate crisis, call for Rhode Island boycott of new local branches

Protesters call Chase Bank the “#1 Worst Bank in the World for funding fossil fuel projects.” Chase...

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...

Rhode Island Democratic Party Women’s Caucus Chair Tracy Ramos announces resignation
October 31, 2019

Rhode Island Democratic Party Women’s Caucus Chair Tracy Ramos announces resignation

On Tuesday, July 9, Tracy Ramos, the current Chair of the Rhode Island Democratic Party Women’s Caucus,...

National Labor Relations Board charges Twin River Casino with hiding casino crime data
July 10, 2019

National Labor Relations Board charges Twin River Casino with hiding casino crime data

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on July 1 charged Twin River Casino with illegally withholding records...

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...

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