Opinion
Editorial pieces from contributors and staff
The Uprising! February 22, 2019
“The resolution is how we build support. We need this resolution because we need to build support and we have young people across the country who want this and we’re going to start voting politicians out of office who don’t get on board....
Greg Gerritt: Governor and the Projo collude against the community AGAIN
My favorite author, the late Ursula K LeGuin, wrote about a certain kind of wizard, the patterner, in her Earthsea Trilogy. I am no wizard, but I do see patterns, and then write about them. In the same set of books LeGuin also points out...
The Green New Deal vs. Capitalism
The Green New Deal is a work in progress: some see it as a game changer; others view it as yet another God about to fail. Either way, it's a great tool to keep on making noise, or better yet, to follow Bayard Rustin's advice: Our power i...
The Uprising, February 15, 2019
“We need to continue that, in my opinion. In terms of tax credits: No one likes giving corporations a tax break, but we have to. We have to for one simple reason: Our competitors are. If we don’t do it we are in essence unilaterally disa...
Jennifer Lawless: The Citizens for Life poll - and some problems with it
I recently saw the Citizens for Life poll and the Providence Journal’s coverage of it. As a political scientist who regularly conducts survey research, a member of the Board of Oversees for the 2016 American National Election Study, an e...
Anti-choice groups silent on issues of real importance to children and families
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England "supports Rhode Island increasing the minimum wage to at least $15/hour by 2023 as Massachusetts has done," reads testimony in Support of Budget Article 13, presented to the Senate Committee on...
RICRF: Nothing Extreme About the Reproductive Health Care Act
The Rhode Island Coalition for Reproductive Freedom rejects claims by anti-choice activists which characterize the Reproductive Health Care Act of 2019 (RHCA) as “extreme.” The Coalition also refutes the results of a recent poll paid for...
The Womxn Project: Rhode Island Women Need Our Rights – Not More Inflammatory Rhetoric
Statement by The Womxn Project on the release of poll done for a group called “Citizens for Life”: “Many people have strong feelings about abortion. But the fact is that decisions around pregnancy, parenting and abortion are personal. It...
Uprise RI is on cable television
Uprise RI is expanding into television on cable access. Hosted by Jennifer Siciliano and produced by Grant Metts, The Uprising can be seen on Statewide InterConnect A, Channel 13 on Cox, on Thursdays at 6:30pm. In the Providence area the...
The Uprising, February 8, 2019
“So as a matter of substance, it turns out that Invenergy’s witness was wrong, CLF’s witness was right, and yes, just as CLF’s witness has said all along, this is a uniquely bad place to locate a new power plant.”-Jerry Elmer, Conservati...