March 2, 2020

Energize Rhode Island announces new carbon pricing bill

“For anyone who is a scientist or a parent, this moment in history is particularly scary,” said...

March 2, 2020

Announcing the campaign for a $15 minimum wage and fair wages

Today marked the launch of a coordinated campaign to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an...

January 31, 2018

Vigil/Protest for Lilian Calderon, taken by ICE

A group of social justice activists gathered outside the law office of Martin Harris this morning to...

March 2, 2020

Video from the 2018 Rhode Island Small Business Economic Summit

The structure of the late morning/early afternoon portion of the 2018 Rhode Island Small Business Economic Summit...

February 27, 2020

The Small Business Economic Summit is the tail that wags the General Assembly

“I haven’t missed one of these summits since I was elected,” said Rhode Island Speaker of the...

January 17, 2018

Gina Raimondo’s annotated State of the State address

Above: Video of the State of the State address. Below: Raimondo’s State of the State address, as...

March 2, 2020

Small Business Economic Summit recycles long debunked minimum wage myths

At the 2018 Rhode Island Small Business Economic Summit, held at Bryant University on Tuesday morning, Dale...

February 27, 2020

Protesters chide Jack Reed for excessive military spending

Several people held signs outside United States Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)’s Cranston office Tuesday afternoon protesting his...

March 2, 2020

Not resting on a ‘win’ against fossil fuel compressor station, Rehoboth prepares itself for round two, with the help of elected officials

The environmental action group Citizens Against the Rehoboth Compressor Station (CARCS) is not taking their recent “win”...

January 15, 2018

Rhode Island speaks out against President Donald Trump’s ignorant racism

“New Bridges for Haitian Success, other Haitian leaders and elected officials take this initiative to condemn the...

January 15, 2018

NAACP President Jim Vincent: We got to get conscious right now!

“I’m here because I’m outraged,” said Jim Vincent, President of the NAACP Providence Branch. “I’m outraged because...

January 15, 2018

Providence City Councilor Nirva LaFortune: We must counter darkness and hate with love and light

“In this day and age there is no room for racist and xenophobic practices. Our nation should...

March 2, 2020

Representative Marcia Ranglin-Vassell: Faith, love and strong progressive legislation for a better world

“I just want to begin by saying Donald Trump is a racist, he’s a fraud, he’s a...

March 2, 2020

Celebrating the lottery, and football, and all that they entail

At a press conference held yesterday to announce new Patriots themed scratch tickets, Governor Gina Raimondo, New...

March 2, 2020

Carbon capture as a way to combat climate change

Dr Graciela Chichilnisky, lead author on the Nobel Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), spoke...