Uprising

“…when you engage in that kind of civil disobedience, what you expect is to be handled professionally,” said Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha. It was hard to avoid the …

Not a slow news week. Holy crap. 1a. The Pickup Truck People were expecting to be arrested during a peaceful protest outside the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, not …

With the resignation of Providence City Councilmember Luis Aponte (Ward 10) in the wake of his conviction of embezzlement charges, the race is already on to find his replacement. Four …

Stopping climate change means stopping the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure. We don’t stop this expansion by holding conferences at Fidelity Investments HQ in Smithfield, Rhode Island, as the Environmental …

President Donald Trump‘s war on immigrants and asylum seekers continued this week, even as threats of mass immigration raids failed to materialize. This isn’t to say that United States Immigration …

Welcome to The Uprising! Grab a sign and bring it to the protests. The arc of history doesn’t bend toward justice unless we put our backs into it. 1a. AMOR …

The Fourth of July weekend is usually pretty slow, news-wise, but President Trump’s odious immigration policies made for a busy week of protests… 1a. Wyatt Detention Center 18 people, including …

This week the Rhode Island General Assembly finished the session (sort a/kind a) passing legislation important to many people, but also leaving some very worthy legislation on the table. It …

I don’t even know where to begin. Any one of three stories might be the biggest of the month, and they all happened within two days. And there’s so much …