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Barry Schiller: Car-free in Rhode Island? It's possible!
There are many, especially in the UpriseRI community, who are aware how the drive-everywhere culture has eroded the quality of both cities and the countryside, that transportation emissions are the largest source of greenhouse gas emissi...
DARE demands restoration of low-income housing at Barbara Jordan II
Members of DARE’s Tenant and Homeowner Association (THA) rallied on Saturday to demand the redevelopment of Barbara Jordan II apartments for low and very-low income residents of Providence. They marched through the streets of the Barbara...
HomesRI advances their legislative priorities at the State House
HomesRI advocated for their legislative priorities on Thursday at the Rhode Island State House beginning with a short program of speakers followed by direct outreach to legislators. HomesRI was created to shine a spotlight on the need fo...
Senate Judiciary Committee passes resolution denouncing and opposing white nationalism and neo-Nazism
An amended version of a Senate Resolution denouncing and opposing white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups passed the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday evening. Introduced by Senator Donna Nesselbush (Democrat, District 15, Pawtucket) by...
Reverend Charles Blustein Ortman: The time for our action, from individuals and houses of worship, lies just ahead
Early Monday morning, 55 Central American asylum-seekers were delivered to three Denver, Colorado houses of worship through the auspices of several not-for-profit agencies. They were bused in from Las Cruces, New Mexico, where they had b...
It's time to shift our economic priorities away from corporate profits
No Endless War and Excessive Militarism (NEWEM) gathered Tuesday along the edge of the commercial plaza where Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed's office is. We gathered to press Senator Reed (as well as United States Representative James La...
Is this the year the General Assembly eliminates the tampon tax?
"This is a women's health and women's rights issue," said Representative Moira Walsh (Democrat, District 3, Providence). "I know there are much bigger and louder issues that happen at the State House regularly, but this is very much abou...
Tiverton Town Council rejects Second Amendment Sanctuary Town resolution, but will reconsider in June
On Tuesday, the Tiverton Town Council voted down a resolution that would have declared Tiverton a second amendment sanctuary town by a vote of 4-3. Town Councilors Denise deMedeiros, Nancy Driggs, Patricia Hilton and Joseph Perry voted a...
Help a Sister Out Period campaign delivers 62,000 menstrual items to Rhode Island Food Bank
The Rhode Island Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) lead an effort, Help a Sister Out Period, that resulted in a donation of 62,000 menstrual products being delivered to the Rhode Island Food Bank. "These items will be distributed thr...
AMOR holds vigil for the immigrant children who have died while incarcerated in the United States
"Since September 2018, six known youth have died being held in United States Customs and Border Patrol custody," said AMOR's Arely Diaz, reading a prepared statement. "We are here today to mourn the loss of their lives and to speak again...