December 3, 2021

Senator Meghan Kallman: National Grid has failed in regards to Tidewater remediation

As the district Senator, it is my expectation that the National Grid keeps the city of Pawtucket,...

December 2, 2021

Toxic oil leak in Pawtucket traced to National Grid’s Tidewater Landing remediation efforts

“There was a coal gasification facility on that site, an MGP, manufactured, gas plant, essentially coal gasification....

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...

December 1, 2021

First payments in PVD Guaranteed Income Program already effecting positive change

“I’m sure I’m not the only one who works in health care who has the intentions of...

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 29, 2021

The RI Redistricting Commission hearing on prison gerrymandering

“If the state really does believe that imprisoned people are in fact residents of the districts in...

Seven on the Strike Line: Teamsters 251 Calling for Better Working Conditions
November 27, 2021

Seven on the Strike Line: Teamsters 251 Calling for Better Working Conditions

“They wanted to spit their rhetoric about why unions are bad and stuff like that,” said Charles...

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 24, 2021

Providence Youth Created a Mural Imagining More Public Fruit Trees and Housing, and Less Police

“The mural was collectively designed to look like a park, which serves as a refuge for youth...

Was a rally against the Woonsocket Mayor and City Council deliberately disrupted by city officials?
November 26, 2021

Was a rally against the Woonsocket Mayor and City Council deliberately disrupted by city officials?

Workers from the Woonsocket Highway Department were in the park with at least three trucks and multiple...

November 22, 2021

Here are all the bills passed by one chamber and killed by the other

This process matters. For a bill to become law, it must pass both chambers. So we decided...

Preservation without Gentrification? PPS charts a new course
November 20, 2021

Preservation without Gentrification? PPS charts a new course

“As preservationists, we believe that good buildings contribute to a good quality of life, a good city,...

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 16, 2021

Political Coop rallies at State House to demand action on unspent federal funds

“We are here because we got money eight months ago that is just sitting [there],” said Damián...

November 16, 2021

PVD Ordinance Committee passes two measures limiting fossil fuel expansion

Both pieces of legislation need to pass the full City Council to take effect. The ordinance preventing...