Opinion
Editorial pieces from contributors and staff
Representative Joe Almeida: We need to address Rhode Island’s achievement gap
Like most Rhode Islanders, I was so disappointed in the Rhode Island Department of Education’s latest student assessment scores. These scores reflect our need to make education a priority especially in places like Providence. However, we...
The Uprising! November 30, 2018
“The humanitarian crisis in Yemen continues to worsen. Saudi Arabia continues to take actions that undermine confidence—not only with the brazen murder of Jamal Khashoggi, but in its continuing disregard for innocent human life in Yemen....
The Uprising! November 23, 2018
"We are asking the Congressman to express his support and we are wondering when we can have an answer.” -Lauren Manus, Sunrise RI Welcome to The Uprising! A lot of us celebrate Thanksgiving, but many indigenous Americans refer to it as t...
The Uprising! November 16, 2018
"I get along with most women in the universe." -Rhode Island Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello Welcome to The Uprising! The quote at the top of this piece is from this morning's bonus q and a between The Public's Radio's Ian Donnis...
Legislators supporting Speaker Mattiello do so at their peril
Supporting Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston) may be politically costly to some legislators. Many Rhode Islanders are expressing the opinion that support for the Speaker means that a legislator has expressed at...
The Uprising! November 9, 2018
“You know what Lisa Scorpio got as a Caucasian woman? She got paid.” -Kobi Dennis. Welcome to a late edition of The Uprising! Sorry it's late, but I've been really busy! Let's get into this, beginning with some election coverage: 1a. Cli...
Zakary Pereira: The solution to our broken democracy - Ranked Choice Voting
Last Tuesday was the first statewide election in America using a new type of voting system. Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), or Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), was adopted by Maine in 2016. After contentious battles between the voters of Maine a...
Rep Joe Almeida: Why I Voted Against Mattiello
I voted against the Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello as a member of the so-called gang of 21. I received such accolades and am deeply honored for all the support. This vote was not easy; I knew Mattiello for a long time. I u...
On the eightieth anniversary of Kristallnacht
Today, November 9, 2018, marks the eightieth anniversary of Kristallnacht, the infamous Nazi pogrom carried out in Germany and the then-recently-annexed Austria on the night of November 9-10, 1938. Today, most conventional accounts of Kr...
The Uprising, November 2, 2018
“Even as our hearts grieve and we pray for healing may we find the strength to take action to repair our world. And through our tears, let us join hands with our neighbors to continue this holy work - For we are nourished and sustained b...