October 31, 2019

Ranglin-Vassell, Quezada to reintroduce bill to require insurance, Medicaid coverage for doula services

Representative Marcia Ranglin-Vassell (Democrat, District 5, Providence) and Senator Ana Quezada (Democrat, District 2, Providence) have announced...

January 19, 2020

Lock Arms for Peace: Providence needs to reopen unsolved murders

“The list that we just read was a list that was released in 2013 and it was...

January 19, 2020

Harry Tuttle: Elorza’s Achievement First Decision, explained

Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza poked a hornet’s nest on Monday when he suggested at a meeting of...

January 19, 2020

Mike Dumond: Jumped Bikes – Vandals take an Uber ride

One day there were a thousand red Jump bikes scattered across Providence. Then suddenly, on August 22,...

January 19, 2020

Missak Melkonian: I support The Bike Mob

Recently the illustrious Providence Journal reported on a “mob” of young people who apparently “wreaked havoc on...

January 19, 2020

Cicilline and Whitehouse push for Senate passage of bills that will better protect Democracy

“Good government isn’t just an abstract idea. It has a direct effect on people’s lives,” said United...

August 21, 2019

Rhode Island can strengthen its economy and communities through inclusive policies for immigrants

State and local policymakers can take key steps to better integrate immigrants, including immigrants who are undocumented,...

October 31, 2019

Statement from Central Falls Mayor James Diossa on the Wyatt incident

“Due to the grave and serious nature of the night’s events, our first calls were to the...

October 31, 2019

Attorney General Peter Neronha speaks to the press about the ongoing Wyatt investigation

“It is my expectation that this investigation will wrap up in the next several weeks,” said Rhode...

January 19, 2020

What’s Missing from the Commissioner’s PPSD Takeover Proposal

On August 8, 2019, Rhode Island Commissioner of Education Angélica Infante-Green issued a “Proposal for Decision and...

October 31, 2019

Never Again Providence calls for the closing of the Wyatt Detention Center in the wake of violence at peaceful protest

“I didn’t notice the black pickup truck until the headlights were suddenly feet away from us,” said...

October 31, 2019

In the aftermath of the assault at the Wyatt, Central Falls Police Officers refused to take statements from witnesses and victims

“We are in Central Falls,” said the Central Falls Police Officer, “There is so much crime in...

January 19, 2020

Audrey Mead: They are us

“They are us.” The thought reverberated in my head as we walked past the 20-something couple that...

October 31, 2019

Sunrise RI protests Senator Whitehouse’s lack of support for the Green New Deal outside his annual clambake fundraiser

“We are tired of Senator Whitehouse,” said Yesenia Puebla of Sunrise. “We have asked him 10 times...

January 19, 2020

Moms Demand holds a ‘recess rally’ to insist Senate bring universal background checks and red flags law up for a vote

About 150 people, most wearing the now iconic red tee shirts emblazoned with the Moms Demand Action...