Opinion
Editorial pieces from contributors and staff
The Uprising! November 15, 2019
Welcome to The Uprising! 1a. Gina Raimondo and Climate Change "I’m as worried about climate change as you are," said Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo to members of the Sunrise Movement who were disrupting a Boston Globe forum about th...
The Uprising! November 8, 2019
One thing I've learned over time is that the Empire always strikes back. Nothing that good, hard working people accomplish in the realm of social, economic and environmental justice happens without a reaction from the embedded forces of...
Peace activists pressuring Reed ahead of National Defense Authorization Act renewal
"As ranking minority member on the Armed Services Committee, Senator Reed can play an integral part in putting important elements of the House military authorization into the Senate version, including stopping United States support for t...
The Uprising! November 2, 2019
Welcome to The Uprising!, and to a whole new look to UpriseRI! As you can see, we've updated the look of the site, to make it less blog-y and more news-y. This isn't our final form, but it's close. Lot's of tweaks to be made here and the...
The importance of expanding domestic violence protective orders
Previously in Rhode Island, domestic violence protective orders sought in Family Court covered only the common children of the plaintiff and the defendant. In order to also protect children who are not related to the defendant by blood o...
My Tour of Achievement First
"The teachers spewed a stream of punishments, and I often couldn't even see what the students were doing wrong," writes Senator Sam Bell. "The students kept losing points or getting yelled at for things like not looking attentive enough....
The Uprising! October 25, 2019
Since April, over 500 people suspected of being undocumented immigrants have been imprisoned at the Wyatt. "Some of the inmates under federal control [at the Wyatt] are merely witnesses and detainees who have not been charged with or con...
Remember That Time the General Assembly Considered Allowing Motorists to Run over Protesters?
"It’s really a safety issue," said State Representative Justin Price. "During this protest I was stuck in traffic, I witnessed cars traveling south in a northbound lane, exiting on on-ramps, just because people are confused, scared… prot...
Tree of Life One Year Anniversary: Reflections From a Jewish Gun Violence Prevention Advocate
To me, being Jewish is hard. It involves so much memory of suffering and endurance in the present. But it is also where I gather my strength to believe that freedom for everyone is possible. To me, Judaism is "suffering to be free." I ha...
Bypassing Peer Review is Bad Medicine
Conventional and unconventional innovations in medicine are frequent, and welcome, but they must be scientifically sound and responsibly evaluated. Legislative overrides to that process, especially when they might be motivated by cronyis...