June 15, 2021

Hundreds of activists clean up Providence; Castillo commits to reallocating police budget

“We cleaned up trash around the city, along Broad Street, Westminster, and Hartford Ave, canvassing onlookers to...

August 14, 2020

Parents and educators rally at State House for a safe return to school

“Rather than finding fault, criticizing and shaming the process or blaming teachers, perhaps the past five months...

August 19, 2020

Two arrested at courthouse eviction protest in Providence

“Collecting rent during a pandemic is extortion,” said a protester. “Eviction during a pandemic is genocide. Knock...

August 22, 2020

Raimondo to reconsider executive order as the state heads towards eviction crisis

The Aspen Institute estimates that 44,000-62,000 Rhode Island households, meaning 100,000-142,000 individual Rhode Islanders, “could be at...

August 24, 2020

Black Lives Matter RI protests outside the home of Richard Gordon in Barrington

Gordon has now been charged with a hate crime as the Rhode Island Attorney General takes over...

June 15, 2021

Protesters object to Raimondo’s Crush COVID police

“We want want the Governor to ‘Knock It Off.’ We don’t need COVID Cops.“ About thirty people...

August 6, 2020

An Open Letter to America from the Black Leadership Initiative

“We have witnessed our brothers and sisters slayed on the streets. We are exhausted. Disgusted. Livid. Open...

August 6, 2020

State House sit-in for George Floyd stirs righteous anger

“Police brutality has always been here, and the inhumane acts, due to racism, have always been here…“...

July 26, 2020

Photos from a Black Lives Matter Silent Vigil in Barrington

Around 70 people lined up along County Road in Barrington on Sunday afternoon to be part of...

August 4, 2020

Providence Police make several arrests during Portland Solidarity rally and march

With calls of “Whose Streets? Our Streets!” and other chants, around 150 mostly young people marched on...

Caravan against police violence and evictions in Providence on Saturday
July 26, 2020

Caravan against police violence and evictions in Providence on Saturday

“We are out here because we share the same conditions, the same struggles – We see the...

July 24, 2020

PERA calls for immediate briefing on two recent incidents involving Providence Police Officers

“Within the past 24 hours, I have received over a dozen phone calls from protestors, attorneys and...

August 27, 2020

Reform or Repeal? The Senate LEOBoR Task Force holds first meeting

Task Force member Jose Batista, executive director of PERA, suggested that the Task Force work “the opposite...

July 21, 2020

Uniform Parentage Act signed into law

“To have the legislature pass this bill, and have Governor Raimondo swiftly sign it into law, in...

July 21, 2020

Coalition celebrates passage of Fair Chance Licensing bill

“Our bill is a small but significant step towards repairing the vast harm that mass criminalization has...