Opinion
Editorial pieces from contributors and staff
The Uprising - January 12, 2018
Under President Donald Trump's tender ministrations, the only country barreling towards s***hole status is the United States, which surely must be feeling great again... But this is The Uprising: Where we locally source our worries! 1. O...
Concerns over the current PawSox legislation
[caption id="attachment_3126" align="alignright" width="350"] Jeanine Calkin[/caption] Let me start off by saying, I am a fan of the PawSox. I’ve enjoyed watching many games at McCoy Stadium, and love having the PawSox here in Pawtucket....
The Uprising, January 5, 2018
Took the holiday week off but now we're back for the first of 51 consecutive Uprisings, a weekly tour of Rhode Island social, economic and climate justice news. This week the General Assembly went back into session and the state was buff...
Democrats in Name Only stage attacks on reproductive rights at the State House
2017 was The Year of Naming Names. [caption id="attachment_4061" align="alignright" width="200"] Arthur J. Corvese[/caption] As it turns out, so is 2018. You would think, after witnessing the massive blue wave of backlash against sexual...
The Uprising, December 22, 2017
Congress passed a sweeping, comprehensive tax reform bill, a major victory for President Donald Trump, who, since winning the election last year, hasn’t had many victories. The bill was signed into law Friday. The United Nations condemne...
The Uprising, December 15, 2017
Welcome to The Uprising for December 15, 2017: It’s been a wild week. If you’re reading this, the loss of Net Neutrality hasn’t killed UpriseRI yet. I’m starting with this tweet from superhero Bree Newsome: This narrative about Black vot...
How the executive director of the Rhode Island Democratic Party broke up a meeting of the women’s caucus -- and kicked us out into the cold
Thursday night was the culmination of months of effort for the Rhode Island Democratic Party’s Women’s Caucus. Our four co-chairs during the formation of the Caucus have been elected officials; we’re in the process of creating our first...
The end of Net Neutrality threatens smaller news organizations like UpriseRI
“The press today is no longer a synonym for print or broadcast,” said Paola Prado, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication at Roger Williams University. “The 21st Century press distributes on line. Any Federal regulation or deregulat...
Providence City Councilor Nirva LaFortune on PVD Safe Stations
[caption id="attachment_3643" align="alignright" width="400"] Nirva LaFortune[/caption] [Editor's note: The following is the text of Providence City Councilor Nirva LaFortune's speech given at the announcement of PVD Safe Stations.] Good...
The Uprising December 8, 2017
Where to begin? Donald Trump may have launched a new intifada when he recognized Jerusalem. If this rebellion in the “Holy” Land gets big enough, hundreds are sure to die. CVS is buying Aetna for $69 billion, which will have huge, unpred...