February 27, 2020

Humanitarian crisis in Yemen

By all accounts, United States weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been...

March 2, 2020

Report: Work-hours test proposals are punitive and harmful to working people

“Heavy-handed and punitive work tests for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and Medicaid will do little to...

March 2, 2020

Food & Water Watch: Rhode Island counts filthy energy as clean, renewable power

A new report from Food & Water Watch demonstrates how Rhode Island considers energy sources such as...

March 2, 2020

Dominion lawyer says $150,000 tax stabilization reduction is actually an increase

The Providence City Council Finance Committee met Monday evening to hear testimony of the alteration of a...

March 2, 2020

Report: Manchester Street Power Station for sale by owner

Hot on the heels of the revelation that the Providence City Council is seeking to give Dominion Energy...

March 2, 2020

A new Gilded Age in Rhode Island

The top 1 percent in Rhode Island earn 18.2 times more than the bottom 99 percent and...

March 2, 2020

The Providence City Council wants to give Manchester Street Power Station a $150,000 tax break

The Providence City Council Finance Committee is set to hold a public hearing on Monday, July 23...

July 10, 2018

Gabriela Domenzain leaving Latino Policy Institute

[From a press release] Gabriela Domenzain is leaving her position as director of the Latino Policy Institute...

July 1, 2018

Rally outside ACI to end all family separation

Around 400 people attended a rally in Cranston against the separation of families Saturday afternoon, held in...

June 25, 2018

Rhode Island Interfaith Power and Light opposes the incarceration of children and families

Rhode Island Interfaith Power and Light joins many other local, national, and international faith organizations in condemning...

June 25, 2018

Janie Seguí on separating families: This is happening now!

“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a...

March 2, 2020

Activists urge Democratic candidates to reject fossil campaign donations

Members of the Rhode Island Student Climate Coalition, as part of the Sunrise Movement, made their presence...

June 24, 2018

Refugee Dream Center celebrates World Refugee Day as America turns its back

The Refugee Dream Center celebrated World Refugee Day with song, dance, food, poetry and visits from elected...

June 24, 2018

The trauma of being separated from your parents at the border

The children that we are talking about today have already experienced countless traumatic events prior to their...

March 2, 2020

Killingly Connecticut: Not Another Power Plant

Living in Glocester I have the extreme misfortune of being right smack in the middle of 2...