New report: Rent Control is the only policy tool that can provide immediate relief to renters facing unaffordable rent increases
January 19, 2020

New report: Rent Control is the only policy tool that can provide immediate relief to renters facing unaffordable rent increases

Oregon poised to become first to impose statewide limits on rising rents “Rent control can immediately provide...

Demanding Dignity: Caregivers for people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities need a living wage
March 2, 2020

Demanding Dignity: Caregivers for people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities need a living wage

Direct Service Providers are paid only $11 to $12 per hour. Family members of Rhode Islanders living...

Full video: Deputy Speaker Lima leads House into chaos
March 1, 2019

Full video: Deputy Speaker Lima leads House into chaos

During yesterday’s meeting of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, Deputy Speaker Charlene Lima (Democrat, District 14,...

Student targeted with racism at Burrillville High School speaks out
October 31, 2019

Student targeted with racism at Burrillville High School speaks out

Warning: Many of the pictures near the end of this piece are racist and upsetting. On Valentine’s...

All the video: House District 68 Special Election candidate forum
January 19, 2020

All the video: House District 68 Special Election candidate forum

The special election for House District 68 (Bristol, Warren) is next Tuesday, March 5. Voters were given...

Planned Parenthood: Trump releases final gag rule, continuing administration’s attack on people of color, families with low incomes and women
October 31, 2019

Planned Parenthood: Trump releases final gag rule, continuing administration’s attack on people of color, families with low incomes and women

New cruel rule puts the lives of Rhode Island patients who rely on Title X funding at...

AG Peter Neronha: Justice demands reclassifying simple possession as a misdemeanor
January 19, 2020

AG Peter Neronha: Justice demands reclassifying simple possession as a misdemeanor

Rhode Island State Attorney General Peter Neronha delivered the following words at a press conference detailing legislation...

AG Neronha announces legislation to reclassify simple drug possession as misdemeanors
January 19, 2020

AG Neronha announces legislation to reclassify simple drug possession as misdemeanors

Rhode Island State Attorney General Peter Neronha announced new legislation that, if passed, would reclassify simple drug...

Senator Whitehouse says that to fight climate change, the public should be petitioning corporations
October 31, 2019

Senator Whitehouse says that to fight climate change, the public should be petitioning corporations

Wait, what? Yeah, he said that… “How much are the Koch Brothers putting [in]? $500, $400 million?”...

Union contract with Stop & Shop ends at midnight; talks continue, strike authorization votes called
October 31, 2019

Union contract with Stop & Shop ends at midnight; talks continue, strike authorization votes called

UFCW and Stop & Shop contract expires at midnight with company refusing to honor employees’ value and...

Providence City Council resolution against water monetization sent to committee
October 30, 2019

Providence City Council resolution against water monetization sent to committee

The Providence City Council resolution opposing “any and all forms of monetization and/or privatization of Providence water...

Providence City Council to weigh resolution against Elorza’s water ‘monetization’ scheme
October 30, 2019

Providence City Council to weigh resolution against Elorza’s water ‘monetization’ scheme

Providence City Councilors Rachel Miller (Ward 13), Katherine Kerwin (Ward 12) and Seth Yurdin (Ward 1) will...

Providence Water in negotiations to acquire the Johnston Water District
October 30, 2019

Providence Water in negotiations to acquire the Johnston Water District

It is unknown how the potential acquisition might impact the water deal between the Town of Johnston...

No Endless War or Excessive Militarism efforts continue on
February 27, 2020

No Endless War or Excessive Militarism efforts continue on

On Wednesday we created visibility around Jack Reed as we had a small gathering on the sidewalks...

Sunrise RI confronts Senator Whitehouse over his excuses for not supporting the Green New Deal
October 31, 2019

Sunrise RI confronts Senator Whitehouse over his excuses for not supporting the Green New Deal

“We are demanding that we not be written off as young people excited to be engaged in...

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