December 15, 2020

My Tour of Achievement First

“The teachers spewed a stream of punishments, and I often couldn’t even see what the students were...

January 19, 2020

What’s going on in Kennedy Plaza?

“We’d all benefit by this approach, embracing, instead of rejecting transit. It could improve mobility, help attract...

January 19, 2020

John Brown Gun Club Opens Temporary ‘Free Store’ in Providence to Serve the Homeless

“Homeless people are frequently ignored, but we realize that capitalism makes it so that we’re always one...

January 19, 2020

Mayor Elorza meets with community groups to discuss state takeover of Providence Schools

“To do something this big and this challenging, you need everyone pulling in the same direction. You...

January 19, 2020

New report: Nearly half of renter households in Providence are ‘cost-burdened’

“21.7 percent of renter households in Providence are severely cost-burdened, while 25.1 percent are moderately burdened…” In...

January 19, 2020

Results from Rhode Island Food Bank’s 2019 Hunger Survey paint a picture of desperate families and hungry children

“The results of the survey provide a portrait of the people served by the Food Bank,” said...

January 19, 2020

Senator Reed announces record grant for lead reduction

“Lead poisoning remains a real problem that affects too many kids, and it’s taken a great deal...

January 19, 2020

RIDE is sitting on the 2019 RICAS scores

There is not much point in getting into too much speculation about why RIDE is behind schedule...

January 19, 2020

Senator Samuel Bell: Rhode Island’s SAT proficiency levels are preposterously high

“Just because the bureaucrats who set the levels are bad at math doesn’t mean you are.” If...

January 19, 2020

Central Falls City Council creates Affordable Housing Fund

City Council President Maria Rivera notes that this is the first affordable housing fund in the city’s...

January 19, 2020

My child attends a school with a three percent proficiency rate, and it is OK for us

Last week The Public’s Radio‘s Ian Donnis quoted Rhode Island Commissioner of Education Angélica Infante-Green in a...

January 19, 2020

RI Transit Riders: Kennedy Plaza tunnel idea ‘virtually dead on arrival’ and ‘ridiculous’

“…cars are like dinosaurs waiting for their asteroid, and we have to think about how people are...

January 19, 2020

Dr Anthony Rodriguez: Providence College must do better for students of color

I am a recipient of the 2011 Golden Apple Excellence in Teaching Award in the State of...

January 19, 2020

Rhode Island’s War on non-drivers

Despite their contribution to climate change and all the people, pets, and wildlife they kill or injure,...

January 19, 2020

Mayor Elorza not objecting to Providence Public School parents and students legal motion to require engagement and transparency in schools takeover

Last week a group of high school students and Providence parents on behalf of their children filed...