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...

January 19, 2020

McKee staves off Regunberg endorsement bid

Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Daniel McKee prevented Democratic challenger Representative Aaron Regunberg (Democrat, District 4, Providence) from scoring 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...

January 19, 2020

Turmoil as Brown withdraws bid for Democratic Party endorsement

In one sense, there were no surprises at the 2018 Rhode Island Democratic Party State Committee Meeting...

January 19, 2020

As gun violence continues, Providence residents lock arms for peace

Diana Garlington held her third annual Lock Arms for Peace event in Providence Saturday evening. About a...

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...

October 31, 2019

Advocates challenge National Grid rate increase and National Grid’s need to exist

“This is no longer a negotiation,” said Paul Rakotoarisoa, one of the co-chairs of the Providence Democratic...

June 24, 2018

Rhode Island interfaith leaders decry separating families at the border

The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, in partnership with the Board of Rabbis of Greater Rhode...

June 21, 2018

Brown University graduate employees sign landmark union agreement with administration

The labor union for graduate employees at Brown University, Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees (SUGSE), signed...

November 18, 2019

How Invenergy made $20 million from New England ratepayers without producing even one spark of electricity

Invenergy, the Chicago-based fossil fuel energy company that wants to build a $1 billion fracked gas and...

June 21, 2018

Rhode Islanders call for an end to family separations at the border

At its height around 400 people crowded the south steps of the Rhode Island State House on...

March 2, 2020

Poor People’s Campaign week six: A new unsettling force

Week six of the Rhode Island Poor People’s Campaign: A Call for Moral Revival took things up...

January 19, 2020

Pat Fontes is running for United States Senate

On Saturday, April 28, I attended a Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Town Hall Event and had an opportunity to...