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Former Warwick City Councilmember and Warwick Sewer Authority member Carlos Pisaturo makes derisive, racist comments about Native Americans
“Pocahontas and Tonto have had their day,” said former Warwick City Councilmember Carlo Pisaturo. “It’s over.” In a piece in the Warwick Beacon, reporter John Howell reports that former Warwick City Councilmember Carlo Pisaturo (Ward 5),...
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England opposes Trump Administration’s racist, harmful 'public charge' rule
Today, the Trump-Pence administration’s Department of Homeland Security released its final public charge rule, a harmful rule designed to keep families separated and to dissuade immigrants from accessing health care and meeting other bas...
Representatives Ranglin-Vassell and Kislak decry new immigration restrictions as ‘immoral, racist, un-American’
Providence Representatives Marcia Ranglin-Vassell (Democrat, District 5, Providence) and Rebecca Kislak (Democrat, District 4, Providence)today condemned President Donald Trump’s latest effort to restrict immigration - not just for those...
Barry Schiller: How would you spend $2.6B on Rhode Island transportation? Hearings coming this week!
The $2.6B is about how much the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will be spending in their four year plan as proposed in their Amendment 19. Note Uprise RI has reported on the RI Bike Coalition's opposition to proposed c...
At Providence River Pedestrian Bridge opening, the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition demands funding restored to bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure projects
As Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza and other political dignitaries prepared to officially open the new Providence River Pedestrian Bridge on Friday, they were greeted by activists representing the Rhode...
Governor Raimondo signs executive order creating Juvenile and Criminal Justice Working Groups
As part of her ongoing efforts to reform Rhode Island’s criminal justice system, Governor Gina Raimondo today signed an executive order establishing the Juvenile and Criminal Justice Working Group. The Working Group will be divided into...
TGI Network responds to Governor Raimondo's non-binary marker announcement
The TGI Network of Rhode Island is the only statewide organization providing support and advocacy for the TGI community in Rhode Island and surrounding areas. In response to Governor Gina Raimondo's announcement that the state would find...
Governor Gina Raimondo commits to including a non-binary marker on drivers licenses and birth certificates within the next year
Governor Gina Raimondo just announced that birth certificates and licenses will soon have a non-binary option, as is presently allowed in "about a dozen states." "We are going to launch an initiative so that there's a non-binary option o...
ACLU calls on Providence school officials to immediately address “alarming” racial disparities in school discipline
Citing a “persistently disproportionate use of disciplinary action and suspensions against students of color,” the ACLU of Rhode Island has called upon Providence school officials to take immediate action to address this problem before t...
RICAGV: Speaker and Senate President attempt to defend their continued lack of commitment to violence prevention
Following a horrific week of violence in cities across the country including Dayton, El Paso, and Chicago, Governor Gina Raimondo spoke out about the lack of commitment to gun violence prevention from House and Senate Leadership. In resp...