Culture & Community
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Turn Off 10 continues to target station advertisers over Sinclair propaganda
Turn Off 10, a campaign coordinated by the Rhode Island Kent County ReSisters to protest Sinclair Broadcast Group's continuing use of local NBC affiliate Channel 10/WJAR as Trump propaganda originally planned this month's protest to take...
Henrietta White-Holder and Linda Finn awarded 2018 Red Bandana Awards
The Red Bandana Fund is pleased to announce two local advocates, Henrietta White-Holder and Linda Finn, as the 2018 recipients of the Red Bandana Award! The Award, the sixth annual, honors individuals and groups whose work embodies the s...
Rally to Commemorate Dr Martin Luther King
Postponed from last month due to poor weather, the Rally to Commemorate Dr Martin Luther King was held at the Roger Williams National Memorial on Saturday, drawing a crowd of about 200 people at its peak. The rally is a result of a large...
Rhode Island Womxn’s Action Initiative sets a new course
Rhode Island Women’s March, which has staged several very successful rallies in the wake of the Trump Presidency, has changed their name to Rhode Island Womxn’s Action Initiative (RI-WAI) and disaffiliated from National Women’s March. In...
Anti-Sinclair Media campaign targets Cardi's for advertising on WJAR/10
Turn Off 10, a campaign coordinated by the Rhode Island Kent County ReSisters and Indivisible Rhode Island protested outside Cardi's Furniture & Mattresses at 1681 Quaker Lane in West Warwick because of the company's continued advertisin...
32 percent of Rhode Islanders identify as 'very religious,' 39 percent as 'not religious'
Rhode Island has the distinction of being the most religious state in New England, where 32 percent identify as "very religious," and 39 percent who identify as "not religious." An additional 29 percent in Rhode Island identify as "moder...
Transgender advocates protest 'transphobic lecture' at St Pius V Church in Providence
Michelle Cretella, a member of the American College of Pediatrics (ACPed), gave a lecture Thursday evening at St Pius V Church in Providence on the dangers of the "transgender agenda." In response, nearly 50 people supportive of transgen...
June 20 session of the RI House to open with Hindu prayers?
Rajan Zed, a Hindu cleric, has announced that he will open the June 20 session of the Rhode Island House of Representatives "with Hindu prayers, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture." [UPDATE 1: "The Speaker’s office...
Abortion and Religion in Rhode Island Part 2: A Short Film
https://youtu.be/n2rxvh6B0H8 Video from the April 10, 2018 Rhode Island House Judiciary hearing on a set of bills concerning reproductive rights, including abortion. Rhode Island is the birthplace of religious freedom. See Part 1 here. F...
Abortion and Religion in Rhode Island Part 1: A Short Film
https://youtu.be/LJqoo1BETTA Video from the April 10, 2018 Rhode Island House Judiciary hearing on a set of bills concerning reproductive rights, including abortion. Rhode Island is the birthplace of religious freedom. See Part 2 here. F...