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...

October 31, 2019

Attorney General Kilmartin opposes Invenergy’s power plant plans

Attorney General Peter Kilmartin has announced his opposition to Invenergy‘s planned $1 billion fracked gas and diesel...

January 19, 2020

Justine Caldwell calls out Rep Giarrusso for skipping House sexual harassment training

Justine Caldwell, who is exploring a candidacy against Representative Antonio Giarrusso in Rhode Island House District 30...

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...

October 31, 2019

Fall River protests against water deal with Invenergy

Fall River residents and environmental allies protested the water deal between Invenergy, the Chicago-based company that wants...

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...

January 11, 2018

Mattiello: House to ‘reflect the public’s will’ regarding PawSox

Republican Steven Frias, who ran a close race against Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston) last...

January 19, 2020

RIDOT controlled the message on 6/10 Connector

One of the key ways that the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) controlled the message on...

February 27, 2020

Opposition grows against Tax Stabilization Investment Act in Providence

A unique and diverse coalition of community organizations, labor unions and concerned Providence residents co-signed a letter...

January 19, 2020

Officials kick-off 6/10 Connector repairs

“For too long, the disrepair of this interchange symbolized Rhode Island’s failure to invest in ourselves,” said...

January 9, 2018

IUPAT begins national worker education campaign on TPS and DACA at worksites around the United States

The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) kicked off a nationwide campaign Monday “designed to...

October 31, 2019

Invenergy: Delays in permitting power plant due to uninformed opposition, not our incompetence

Invenergy has sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), claiming that delays in the...

January 19, 2020

Providence rescinds new gang database policy amid community concerns

The day after receiving a letter that charged the Providence Police Department with violating the newly enacted...

March 2, 2020

Resuscitating Love at the Heart of Our Democracy

[This keynote address was delivered at the tenth annual Fighting Poverty with Faith Interfaith Vigil at the...