Opinion
Editorial pieces from contributors and staff
Recognizing the tremendous burden that women are carrying in this moment
[caption id="attachment_3484" align="alignright" width="375"] Sandra Cano[/caption] As the #MeToo movement has swept across the country, it has forced some painful cultural reckoning. Powerful men, ranging from Roy Moore to Matt Lauer to...
The Uprising, December 1
Welcome to The Uprising, where the news is necessary, but not necessarily good. This week Garrison Keillor and Matt Lauer crashed and burned their careers and at the current rate, by the time you finish reading this sentence, three more...
The Uprising, November 24
If Thanksgiving is a day to reflect on that which we are grateful for, perhaps Black Friday should be a day to reflect on the relationship between consumerism and chaos, capitalism and violence. Welcome to The Uprising, your weekly dose...
CRMC needs to reject proposed liquefied natural gas plant in Providence
In order for Rhode Island to truly become a leader in supporting renewable energy, we cannot continue to pour money into development of new fossil fuel infrastructure. This includes not only rejecting the Invenergy fracked gas power plan...
The Uprising, November 17
Hello all and welcome to The Uprising for November 17... Roy Moore is a monster, Al Franken asked the Senate ethics panel to investigate him and Donald Trump Jr was Twitter friends with Wikileaks. But that hasn’t stopped House Republican...
The Uprising, November 10
Welcome to The Uprising, a weekly roundup of social justice-y news. Nationally, the week started with yet another horrific mass shooting, this time in a Texas church and Trump went to Asia even as voters, especially women and minorities,...
A Murder by Police in Rhode Island
[Note: This OpEd was first published on End Police Brutality PVD here.] The person shot earlier today by Rhode Island State Police on I-95 was killed NOT because he caused any harm to civilians but because he was believed to be a person...
The Uprising, November 3
Hello everyone and welcome to my weekly rundown of important/interesting news. I’ve decided on a name for the column, and it’s not “that Ted Nesi/Ian Donnis thing.” I’m calling it The Uprising, for reasons that should be clear in item #1...
Trying my hand at that Ted Nesi/Ian Donnis thing...
So, as I'm finishing up five days away from RI Future, and striking out on my own, I figured I’d try one of those lists of news story pieces that Ian Donnis and Ted Nesi do so well. 1. Steve Ahlquist (that’s me!) has left RI Future. I ca...