Two protesters from FANG Collective arrested at Bristol County Sheriff public meeting
April 10, 2019

Two protesters from FANG Collective arrested at Bristol County Sheriff public meeting

On Wednesday evening two people were arrested while disrupting a public meeting held by United States Immigration...

The General Assembly continues to be complicit in the evil of payday loans
March 2, 2020

The General Assembly continues to be complicit in the evil of payday loans

Powerful lobbyists have a choke hold on the General Assembly leadership, which is only too happy to...

Greg Gerritt to ProJo: More natural gas infrastructure is not a good thing
March 2, 2020

Greg Gerritt to ProJo: More natural gas infrastructure is not a good thing

To the Editor of the Providence Journal, While I would prefer to celebrate the defeat of the...

Representative Raymond Hull: Speaker Mattiello’s leadership style is about “coercion, exacting vengeance and the abuse of power”
March 27, 2019

Representative Raymond Hull: Speaker Mattiello’s leadership style is about “coercion, exacting vengeance and the abuse of power”

“I suppose that having taken action to strip political opponents of State House office space and rejected...

Massive Pentagon accounting fraud raises questions about Senator Reed’s credibility
February 27, 2020

Massive Pentagon accounting fraud raises questions about Senator Reed’s credibility

On March 18, 2019, United States Senator Reed, ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, confronted the...

Senator Donna Nesselbush: This is not the way to run a democracy
March 20, 2019

Senator Donna Nesselbush: This is not the way to run a democracy

Last week, the Rhode Island Senate adopted its rules, a bi-annual debate that determines the way in...

Is licensing and regulating hairdressing worth the cost?
February 27, 2020

Is licensing and regulating hairdressing worth the cost?

Representative Williams has long advocated for carving out an exception for hair braiding in the onerous licensing...

Senator Sam Bell urges his fellow senators to vote against Senate Rules on Wednesday
March 11, 2019

Senator Sam Bell urges his fellow senators to vote against Senate Rules on Wednesday

Last week the Senate Rules Committee unanimously voted to send the newly revised Senate Rules to the...

Brown War Watch asks: Why is Bill Kristol always wrong?
February 27, 2020

Brown War Watch asks: Why is Bill Kristol always wrong?

Bill Kristol, former editor of the neoconservative journal The Weekly Standard and chairman of the right-wing think...

Updated: Help low-income workers: Raise the EITC to fight the Trump tax law
February 27, 2020

Updated: Help low-income workers: Raise the EITC to fight the Trump tax law

On Wednesday, House Majority Leader Joseph Shekarchi (Democrat, District 23, Warwick) introduced legislation to help Rhode Island’s...

Legislation to allow undocumented immigrants driver’s licenses introduced.
March 1, 2019

Legislation to allow undocumented immigrants driver’s licenses introduced.

Allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain state issued driver’s licenses is once again the focus of legislation being...

Demanding Dignity: Caregivers for people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities need a living wage
March 2, 2020

Demanding Dignity: Caregivers for people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities need a living wage

Direct Service Providers are paid only $11 to $12 per hour. Family members of Rhode Islanders living...

Full video: Deputy Speaker Lima leads House into chaos
March 1, 2019

Full video: Deputy Speaker Lima leads House into chaos

During yesterday’s meeting of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, Deputy Speaker Charlene Lima (Democrat, District 14,...

No Endless War or Excessive Militarism efforts continue on
February 27, 2020

No Endless War or Excessive Militarism efforts continue on

On Wednesday we created visibility around Jack Reed as we had a small gathering on the sidewalks...

Nuclear brinkmanship: back with a vengeance
February 27, 2020

Nuclear brinkmanship: back with a vengeance

Bad news about the renewed nuclear arms race has been pouring in torrents....

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