June 12, 2018

Senators Reed and Whitehouse decry Trump Administration policy of separating immigrant children from parents

United States Senators Jack Reed (Democrat, Rhode Island) and Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) were at Dorcas...

October 31, 2019

First Unitarian Church of Providence declares itself a Sanctuary Church

“We will not be a petty and cruel people,” said Reverend Liz Lerner Maclay, minister of the...

June 5, 2018

Report from Immigration Policy Meeting with US Attorney Stephen Dambruch

Friday’s protest outside the United States Attorney’s Office was as an opportunity to speak out against separating...

June 20, 2018

Protesters demand end to family separation at United States Attorney offices in Providence

Over two dozen people showed up outside the offices of United States Attorney for the Rhode Island...

June 3, 2018

Protesters demand end to family separation at Homeland Security office in Warwick

Over fifty people showed up outside the United States Customs and Border Protection offices on Jefferson Boulevard...

March 2, 2020

Revolution Wind job announcement strikes positive note

“Today, Rhode Island is cementing our place at the center of America’s offshore wind industry,” said Rhode...

March 2, 2020

Global Warming Solutions Act brings teeth to combating climate change in Rhode Island

The Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture heard testimony Wednesday evening on the Global Warming Solutions Act...

May 31, 2018

Senate Minority Leader Algiere falsifies his attendance at Senate Environment Committee meeting

Why did Senator Dennis Algiere (Republican, District 38, Westerly, Charlestown) falsify his attendance at the Wednesday, May...

May 28, 2018

Rhode Island Democratic Party Women’s Caucus condemns separating immigrant families at the border

The Rhode Island Democratic Party Women’s Caucus issued the following statement Monday about the Trump administration’s decision...

May 26, 2018

Refugee Dream Center distributes Ramadan food boxes to Muslim refugees

With the support of Islamic Relief USA, the Refugee Dream Center distributed Ramadan Food Boxes to families...

February 27, 2020

Veterans speak out against United States military interventions

The Rhode Island Anti-War Committee (RIAC) hosted a program at the Rochambeau Public Library in Providence Thursday...

March 2, 2020

Three arrested outside Morgan Stanley shareholder meeting in New York in direct action organized by The FANG Collective

Early this morning a group of activists disrupted Morgan Stanley‘s annual shareholder meeting by blocking vehicle access...

March 2, 2020

Biomass incineration bill opposed at State House rally

“When ECRI speaks, we speak as the united voice of the environmental community in the state,” said...

March 2, 2020

Matt Brown: Biomass legislation “a failure of democracy”

“I think this biomass project is very much like what we saw and what we’re seeing with...

February 27, 2020

A peace walk in the rain

The Rhode Island Volunteers for Moms Demand Action teamed up with the Institute for the Study and...