Opinion
Editorial pieces from contributors and staff
‘Yes On 3’ campaign launches in support of $65 million affordable housing bond question
$65 million Question 3 bond referendum supports more affordable homes, good paying jobs, strengthens communities
General Dynamics is Complicit in the War in Yemen
As the manufacturer of the missile that struck the innocent children in 2018, GENERAL DYNAMICS is complicit in these war crimes. General Dynamics IS COMPLICIT IN THESE WAR CRIMES AND ALL OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND FATALITIES FROM WHICH THEY HAVE PROFITED.
Rhode Island Needs a Plan to Fully Decarbonize
In the year 2021, climate change is an urgent threat to humanity, and Rhode Island is no exception. We have already warmed faster than any other state in the lower 48, and like the rest of the East Coast are at threat of more severe hurr...
Pawtucket parent group demands schools reopen
In a letter, PLEE demands that that the Pawtucket School Committee reverse their "premature decision to keep Pawtucket schools closed for the remainder of the school year."
CounterPower PVD: “Knock it Off!” - Safety, Housing and Economic Relief for All
"If we can garner the hope and energy to organize, collaborate and build we can create a city and a state where our hard work is remunerated, our health respected, and our voices heard – resonating off of our neighbors’ rather than muffled and resigned to our own ability to quietly persist. We deserve more than the vacant moralism and inaction from those in seats of power, but we are only going to get what we fight for."
Rhode Island John Brown Gun Club: We all want to end violence in our communities. New gun bans are not the way to do it.
"We all want to end violence in our communities. New gun bans are not the way to do it."
Tonight: Bristol Town Council debates the need for a Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
No one can reasonably deny, in this era of rising fascism and Trumpian intolerance, that our country has a long way to go towards Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The work against racism, bias and white supremacy is an ongoing effort. Certainly, a Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will not be the end of racism in Bristol or anywhere, but it could mark a new beginning in understanding and confronting these issues.
RICAGV: Pro-gun scare tactics lead to surge in RI gun sales and gun violence
Our gun background checks were up 211.07% during 2020. We also saw the shocking 87% increase in gun deaths and 25% increase in gun injuries in 2020 over 2019, which is the inevitable outcome of the skyrocketing surge in gun sales.
Phil Eil: As Governor Raimondo leaves for Washington, what does it mean to be a leader in this moment?
"...as she proceeds through the nomination process, I encourage members of the local national press to ask Raimondo hard questions about what will happen now in Rhode Island, the state that she led for six years and that, as recently as a few days ago, she said she felt a “massive obligation” to serve. To do so isn’t an unfair swipe; it’s a way of taking her, the offices she is both leaving and approaching, and our entire system of government, seriously..."
Statement on Governor Raimondo’s appointment to Biden's cabinet from Sunrise PVD
"Governor Raimondo’s history of business ventures that ignore the climate crisis, disregarding the needs of Rhode Island workers, and appointing members of the PUC who approve rate increases during a pandemic is vitally relevant at this time..."