December 21, 2020

A statement from the Decarcerate NOW Coalition, in response to DOC Director Coyne Fague

“Raimondo, Coyne-Fague, Neronha, Alexander-Scott: do you understand that the lives of incarcerated people matter?”...

December 19, 2020

Despite a difficult year, Rhode Island passed a decent 2021 budget – We can do better for 2022

“Despite these 2021 Budget wins, the 2022 budget battle may be harder, as some of the key...

June 15, 2021

Car Rally outside Raimondo press conference demands an immediate response to prison Covid outbreak

“808 incarcerated people are infected with Covid at the ACI and the number is growing. For nine...

December 17, 2020

Nursing home resident and caregiver COVID-19 deaths surpassed 1,000 this week

“Every day nursing home residents and frontline heroes are dying from COVID-19 yet the industry continues to...

December 17, 2020

TGI Network calls out Councilmember Correia’s dehumanizing comments

“You have offended us, you have offended members of the transgender and non-binary community, you have offended...

December 16, 2020

Report: Essential workers in Rhode Island struggle to make ends meet, says EPI

“This year we wanted to show the realities that COVID has brought to light – that many...

December 16, 2020

Uprise RI launches podcast, makes changes to coverage

This week we launched our long-awaited podcast, The Uprising. This new weekly show picks up where Steve...

Raimondo’s multi-hub bus plan violates principles in the Transit Master Plan her administration just approved
December 29, 2021

Raimondo’s multi-hub bus plan violates principles in the Transit Master Plan her administration just approved

“I think transit advocates would have a really strong argument to make,” said Grow Smart RI’s John...

No environmental viewpoint represented on Senate’s gas and electric transmission infrastructure commission
December 14, 2020

No environmental viewpoint represented on Senate’s gas and electric transmission infrastructure commission

At least one commission member has a clear history of anti-environmental, pro-fossil fuel bias....

December 13, 2020

Food security, housing security and mental health for families: RI ranks near the bottom

“By measuring food security, the ability to make rent or mortgage payments, health insurance status, and mental...

December 11, 2020

Rhode Island to stay the course on prison Covid outbreak

“…our focus is to support the Department of Corrections’ leadership, help ensure that there isn’t any increase...

December 10, 2020

Mayor Elorza commits to universal basic income pilot program for Providence in 2021

“We believe that fundamentally, people are poor because they don’t have money. So if we’re serious in...

Senate LEOBoR Task Force votes on final recommendations
May 2, 2022

Senate LEOBoR Task Force votes on final recommendations

“…no one has managed to convince me why there is a need for a Law Enforcement Officer’s...

December 16, 2020

OpEd: DARE speaks out on COVID Crisis at the ACI

“It is clear that the denial of even the few comforts available to our loved ones was...

December 16, 2020

Press Release: Residents call for Burrillville’s Ocean State Power Plant to be phased out

“In a series of emails obtained through an Access to Public Records Act request, Burrillville officials are...