February 27, 2020

Demand Progress demands Reed and Whitehouse vote to end war in Yemen

Demand Progress is urging Rhode Island Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, both Democrats, to vote to...

February 27, 2020

Whitehouse and Reed asked to vote to stop United States involvement in the War in Yemen

Peace activists visited the offices of United States Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) and Jack Reed...

March 2, 2020

Speakernomics tastes like trickle-down and oligarchy

“The economy is moving in the right direction,” said Rhode Island Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello...

November 26, 2018

Will members of the Reform Caucus be punished by Speaker Mattiello?

The Public’s Radio‘s Ian Donnis asked Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston), “You seemed a little...

November 10, 2022

Sheriff Hodgson helps ICE separate families, earns protesters outside his home on Thanksgiving

At around 9am on a freezing Thanksgiving morning, over a dozen people representing the FANG Collective, community...

March 2, 2020

Not good: Rhode Island Food bank releases report on hunger in Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank has released their 2018 Status Report on Hunger in Rhode Island....

November 9, 2018

Speaker Mattiello and Democracy vs Despotism at Chapel Grille

Over 50 people, representing themselves and more than a dozen different advocacy groups, gathered outside Chapel Grille...

November 9, 2018

Senator Bell abstains from voting for Senate leadership slate at caucus meeting

During his campaign then candidate now Senator-elect Samuel Bell (Democrat, District 5, Providence) promised his constituents that...

February 27, 2020

Saudis may see consequences for the death of one journalist, but not for thousands of Yemenis

Last week, Senator Jack Reed called for a halt to the United States refueling of Saudi Arabian...

October 18, 2018

Community support grows for Cranston man facing deportation to Cambodia

Sene Sem was born in a refugee camp and was resettled into the United States when he...

February 27, 2020

Peace rally outside senator Jack Reed’s office in Cranston

Half a dozen peace activists from the group Anti Endless War and Excessive Military Spending rallied outside...

February 27, 2020

Low-income taxpayers in Rhode Island pay over 50 percent more in taxes than the wealthiest

A new study released today by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and the Economic...

February 27, 2020

20-year, $18 million tax break for luxury downtown apartments under fire ahead of Providence City Council vote

The Providence City Council is planning to decide on the fate of an $18 million, 20-year Tax...

October 31, 2019

Lieutenant Governor Dan McKee and Town of Lincoln donate ambulance to Haiti

Lieutenant Governor Daniel McKee, Lincoln Town Administrator Joseph Almond and Bernard Georges, founder of New Bridges for...

March 2, 2020

Starwood Energy Group to acquire Manchester Street Power Station from Dominion as part of a $1.23 billion deal

[Note this story has been updated for clarity.] Dominion Energy has reached an agreement to sell the...