Opinion
Editorial pieces from contributors and staff
The Uprising, June 29, 2018
"My Senator... wouldn't give me an answer on how he would vote on the Reproductive Health Care Act because he felt like he didn't have to. Because he was never going to have to take that vote as long as the leaders that were in power sta...
Rhode Island has created a political environment in which women are ignored
On Saturday the Rhode Island legislative session ended with no movement on legislation pertaining to equal pay, reproductive freedom, or sexual harassment. Yesterday the Supreme Court of the United States in National Institute of Family...
The Uprising, June 22, 2018 - Fair Pay edition
"You have no idea Representative, respectfully, how much time went into this version. Every business group that we could find voiced an opinion. We've had dozens of people working on this for the entire session. So, with all due respect,...
Justine Caldwell: On motherhood, families and separation
Many people know me now as a Democratic Candidate for State Representative in House District 30. What many people may not know is that I am also a mother of young children: I have a 6-year-old son Escher and a 3-year-old daughter Luna. T...
Senator Stephen Archambault: Why I oppose Kristen’s Law
I understand the intent behind Kristen’s Law, but I feel this legislation is tragically flawed. I was one of only a handful of senators to vote against it, and stand by my vote. In its current form, Kristen’s Law would impose a life sent...
Treasurer Magaziner’s Climate Hypocrisy: Time to divest the pension fund
General Treasurer Seth Magaziner loves to preach his environmental leadership. "I would not be doing my job if I wasn't thinking about climate — climate change is expensive,” Magaziner the state’s environmental leaders in October. And Ma...
The Uprising, June 15, 2018
"I do this in part because someday my grandchildren will read about this in the history books and be distraught over the travesty and inhumanity of it and will ask me, ‘Grandma, how could you have let this happen?' And I want to be able...
Whitehouse and Reed helped pave the way for a humanitarian crisis in Yemen
The violations of international law and the war crimes committed by the Saudi coalition with the assistance of the United States in Yemen is foremost in our concerns right now, particularly since there are efforts being made to commit Un...
The Uprising, June 8, 2018
"We will not be a petty and cruel people..." Reverend Liz Lerner Maclay, First Unitarian Church of Providence Yes, there's a big kerfuffle over the potential loss of $24 million dollars of state money due to a missed court date, there's...
The Uprising, May 31, 2018
“A not-insignificant percentage of the population has so decisively internalized the values of the market for their labor that the act of re-sculpting themselves to better meet its needs feels like authentic expression.” -Adam Greenfield...