August 24, 2020

Black Lives Matter RI protests outside the home of Richard Gordon in Barrington

Gordon has now been charged with a hate crime as the Rhode Island Attorney General takes over...

June 15, 2021

Protesters object to Raimondo’s Crush COVID police

“We want want the Governor to ‘Knock It Off.’ We don’t need COVID Cops.“ About thirty people...

August 6, 2020

An Open Letter to America from the Black Leadership Initiative

“We have witnessed our brothers and sisters slayed on the streets. We are exhausted. Disgusted. Livid. Open...

August 6, 2020

State House sit-in for George Floyd stirs righteous anger

“Police brutality has always been here, and the inhumane acts, due to racism, have always been here…“...

August 3, 2020

Activists protest new Chase Bank location in Wakefield

“Chase Bank provides far more overall funding worldwide for both current and new fossil fuel projects than...

July 31, 2020

Governor Raimondo intervenes ahead of nursing home strike; commits to fair resolution of safe staffing issue

“My office is fully committed to working with the Legislature and the leadership of SEIU District 1199...

July 30, 2020

With a month to go before school starts in Cumberland, school bus company won’t negotiate contract in good faith, say workers

“We want to make sure we get them to school safely, that they’re protected and we’re protected,...

July 31, 2020

Elected officials and community groups out in support of ready to strike nursing home workers

“The people who provide nursing care are engaged in holy work. But you would not know that...

July 30, 2020

Representative Williams calls out State House racism

“2020 has taught us all some real life lessons, has put the light on. Some real perpetrators...

July 31, 2020

Providence School Board President Nicholas Hemond annoyed by public comments

“Go ahead and report me,” said Hemond, sipping from his bottled water. “I want to start by...

July 29, 2020

Stuart Wilson is running against the status quo personified in his House District 19 run

“The more I watched what was happening with Rep McNamara and the rest of the leadership in...

July 29, 2020

Candidates for Senate Districts 5 and 6, and House District 8, take questions at WBNA forum

No one in Rhode Island does candidate forums quite like the West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA). The...

July 28, 2020

HousingWorks RI issues report on the benefits of housing bonds

“Rhode Island’s per capita investment for affordable homes, at $21.90, is far below that of our New...

July 28, 2020

Car rally outside RIDE demands a safe return to school

“What I know about my classroom is that social distancing is impossible, even from 6 feet, even...

July 26, 2020

Selene Means: Photos from last night’s Providence Stands with PDX action

Selene writes: Note: Some of the photos are blurry because they were shot purposefully out of focus...