Opinion
Editorial pieces from contributors and staff
Randall Rose: Why suppressing rights like free speech is a bad idea
Today, a group called Ocean State Against Hate (OSAH) is going to the Rhode Island State House in an effort to forcibly prevent the rightist group Resist Marxism from holding a rally. This is a sequel to a similar confrontation August 4,...
The Uprising, October 5, 2018
"Most of our students cannot stand up and speak for themselves so we are going to be their voice and fight for better schools for all educators and students.” -Samantha Lozeau, a Behavior Specialist at Groden South School in Coventry Lab...
Editorial: They did not die for your salvation
Dinesh D'Souza, an Indian-born American far right conservative political commentator, author and filmmaker, once said, "My own ancestors were converted to Christianity by the Portuguese in India in the period of the Portuguese Inquisitio...
Sam Bell: Just say no to subsidizing luxury housing
Special tax deals for politically connected developers are a big part of Providence's fiscal problems. The $18 million TSA for the Edge College Hill 2.0 luxury housing development that the Council is considering tonight is just another e...
Paul Roselli: ProJo's power plant editorial based on 'misinformation and distortions'
It would be easy to dismiss the Providence Journal October 2nd editorial titled “Loss of plant would hurt.” Easy to dismiss an editorial board that no longer exists. Easy to dismiss a newspaper that is running out of readers, can’t get o...
The Uprising, September 28, 2018
“First Student, right here in Rhode Island, has blatantly violated the trust of its employees and their obligation to contribute toward retirement benefits.” Matt Taibi, Teamsters Local 251 Secretary-Treasurer Welcome to The Uprising! Na...
The Uprising, September 21, 2018
The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources "is essentially using an accounting trick to pretend that building a large, new, long-lived fossil-fuel plant in Rhode Island will actually result in Rhode Island being able to meet its targets...
State Senator Gayle Goldin to Robert Flanders: Yes Bob, This is a #MeToo Moment
Senator Gayle Goldin (Democrat, District 3, Providence) today expressed concerns about Republican candidate for United States Senate Robert Flanders’ comments regarding Dr Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations of sexual assault by Supreme...
Luis Daniel Muñoz: WPRI/Channel 12 debate inclusion policy is discriminatory
Most of the battles we have undertaken for the gain or restoration of civil rights and individual liberties were in opposition to exclusionary policies that were made and intended for the integrity of an exclusive society. The purpose of...
RI NOW: We support Senator Whitehouse’s efforts to #StopKavanaugh and denounce Flanders statements
Since July 10, 2018 when Brett Kavanugh was nominated for the Supreme Court of the United States of America, the National Organization for Women has opposed his nomination. Much of the opposition rests on his stated positions on women’s...