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Advocates gear up for battle to provide all Rhode Islanders with a form of Medicare
February 3, 2022
Unfilled staff vacancies, ongoing mismanagement causing severe problems at DHS
Speaking in Spanish, Lopes told reporters that she suffers from cancer, and has been unable to get...
February 1, 2022
A fight for meaningful health insurance this Thursday at the State House
“The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that as many as 374,000 Rhode Islanders, including about...
January 27, 2022
McKee budget undermines state’s response to the substance use crisis
“Without intervention,” says EOHHS in their request, “rates will continue to fall behind the amount required to...
January 11, 2022
Rhode Island urged to pass the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act now
“Anyone who cares about fighting racism and poverty must realize that attacks on abortion and abortion coverage...
December 18, 2021
Mendes and Brown end Sleep Out protest, vow further action
“Governor McKee always had the tools and resources to solve the crisis of houselessness, but he chose...
December 16, 2021
Governor McKee takes helter-skelter approach to combatting homelessness
“Even with the resources announced today there will still be Rhode Islanders experiencing homelessness,” said Jennifer Barrera,...
December 14, 2021
Record turnout for Sleep Out to end homelessness
“As amazing as it is to be in solidarity with so many Rhode Islanders, we shouldn’t have...
December 6, 2021
Major Merger: Lifespan, CNE, and Brown merger promises local control of care – threatens price increases
Proponents of the merger argue that consolidation will ensure that the state retains and attracts health care...
December 3, 2021
Senator Mendes holds rally ahead of second night outside RI State House
“We know that the moral will to make it happen has never been evident [at the State...
November 30, 2021
Senator Mendes to sleep in a tent outside State House until leadership acts on homelessness crisis
“There are a lot of ways to address this crisis if state leaders had the moral will...
November 26, 2021
Buy Nothing Coat Exchange is back!
“We were trying, as we always do, to over prepare,” said said Becka Carroll, an organizer with...
November 16, 2021
State House holds first meeting of a Commission on Sex Work
“For public testimony it’s very important that we get comfortable with talking about the issues in our...
November 10, 2021
Candidates for Governor respond to McKee’s lack of action on homelessness crisis
The silence of the McKee Administration prompted UpriseRI to reach out to those candidates (who have submitted...
November 3, 2021
Homeless in RI: If we leave 600 people out there, people will die…
“We need a solution today and we’ve been asking the Governor’s office for months. We need him...
October 28, 2021
Governor McKee confronted by activists on his failure to act on homelessness crisis
“In regards to unsheltered homelessness, why isn’t the Governor declaring a state of emergency?” asked Barbara Freitas,...
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