May 20, 2021

Providence DSA: Rhode Island General Assembly dodges Medicare for All vote, defying public demands

“We do not have the time to play games with healthcare. Every moment we waste translates into...

General Assembly passes good unemployment insurance legislation for the wrong reason
May 20, 2021

General Assembly passes good unemployment insurance legislation for the wrong reason

Republicans (and many Democrats, sadly) are saying that unemployment benefits are too good, and that people are...

May 20, 2021

FANG announces end to ICE contracts in Bristol County, Massachusetts

“Contracts should burn. Prisons should burn. We need to continue to forge our own relationships with each...

May 19, 2021

Rising inequality and stagnant wages was the goal of government policy says EPI report

Far from being the unfortunate and unavoidable result of apolitical market forces such as technological change and...

May 22, 2021

RI Muslim community holds vigil for Palestine

“There are children currently being slaughtered by the Israeli apartheid as we speak,” said Rasha Abousalem. “May...

May 18, 2021

Dozens testify against the Wyatt in Senate Committee meeting

Also: Senate Oversight Committee examines Providence Public Schools hiring practices in the wake of an alleged predatory...

May 18, 2021

RI elected officials pledge action on gun violence

“Congress needs to play a constructive role and better address some of the underlying economic and social...

March 7, 2022

From Providence to Palestine a Rally for Sheikh Jarrah

Israeli actions in Sheikh Jarrah have “sparked protests across Palestine, across the West Bank, across Palestine 48,...

May 14, 2021

Close High Side Coalition demonstrates the cruelty of solitary confinement in Rhode Island

“I spent two years in seg, in solitary confinement,” said Close High Side Coalition organizer Tarah Dorsey....

May 18, 2021

Rhode Island State House Thursday, May 13, 2021

2:30pm Senate Committee on Health & Human Services SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND/OR CONSIDERATION S0488 by Anderson, DiMario,...

May 13, 2021

Let RI Vote releases poll in support of legislation to make voting easier

“In 2020 Rhode Islanders were given choices to cast their ballots and they responded in record numbers,”...

May 12, 2021

Rhode Island State House Wednesday, May 12, 2021

3pm House Committee on Education SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION H5836 by Shanley, McNamara, Shekarchi, Solomon, Bennett, Vella-Wilkinson, Barros,...

May 12, 2021

Rebuild Woonsocket is a new effort to reshape city politics

“This project represents the coming-together of many different leaders and groups who’ve been pushing for transformative justice...

May 12, 2021

PVD City Council endorses sex work criminalization study commission

“The reality is, legalized or not, sex work continues to exist in Rhode Island and without regulation...

May 11, 2021

Rhode Island State House Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Scholar-Athlete Awards Ceremony 2:30pm Child Care in RI AGENDA: Welcome Review Highlights from Previous Meeting Provider and...