Opinion
Editorial pieces from contributors and staff
The Uprising, September 14, 2018
The primary election is over and the race for Governor of Rhode Island is now between incumbent Governor Gina Raimondo (Democrat) and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung (Republican). Also in the mix are Anne Armstrong, William Gilbert, Luis Danie...
Alana DiMario: Vote to pass the Reproductive Health Care Act
I was a 16-year-old honor student attending a Catholic high school in Massachusetts. One day while lecturing us about his frustrations with our work, one of my teachers made a few sexist, off-color remarks. Sadly, I wasn’t shocked or out...
The Uprising, September 7, 2018
"Schools are sacred places of teaching and learning so this public health tragedy is hard on our community. Families must send their children to school and know that they will return home." -Representative Marcia Ranglin-Vassell Welcome...
Representative Joe Almeida: The violence must stop
I want to condemn this recent tragic loss of life in this most recent shooting in Providence. A 15-year-old boy named William Parsons sadly lost his life outside of a high school, of all places; somewhere that should represent comfort an...
Kobi Dennis: An open letter from a proud product of Providence Schools
Dear Christine, I hope retirement is what was promised. I'll bet when you decided to dedicate your life to teaching along with thousands of others, you had no idea that years later you and your colleagues would be questioned and ridicule...
Rhode Island People's PAC: What’s with this guy Steven Cianci?
Providence City Council incumbents are bad enough with their personal agendas, backroom deals and fake community inclusion processes, but for a new candidate to be shady right from the jump? What’s he hiding and what’s he afraid of? It's...
Nick Inglis: District 13 still has a race for State Representative post-Carnevale
With all of the focus on former State Representative John Carnevale and his ongoing legal drama, it’s easy to forget that there is still a State Representative race happening in District 13, Providence - one that won't include Carnevale....
Can we go high if they go low?
We all remember the famous words of Michelle Obama: “When they go low, we go high.” But as two Women of Color watching elections in Providence while unpacking that phrase, we wonder, did Michelle ever have any other choice? Specifically,...
The Uprising, August 31, 2018
Welcome to The Uprising! The primaries in Rhode Island are less than two weeks away, on Wednesday, September 12, so that means there's election news! 1a. Gina Raimondo Incumbent Governor of Rhode Island Gina Raimondo is continuing her po...
The Uprising, August 24, 2018
“Come on! We all know how this ends! You guys leave, escorted by the police!” -Antifa counterprotester Welcome to the Uprising! I have some thoughts about the rise of fascist groups David Duking themselves to appear reasonable and mainst...