Opinion
Editorial pieces from contributors and staff
RI Environmental Education Association statement on Morley Field Decision
"Woodlawn is currently at risk of exacerbating environmental injustice with the sale and conversion of the neighborhood’s only large green space, Morley Field on Moshasshuck Street. Pawtucket City Council voted in favor of selling half of Morley Field (Lot 309) on Wednesday, October 19, literally moving towards paving this local paradise to put up a parking lot."
City Council candidate Justin Roias: Superman tax break is a bad deal
Justin Roias, Providence City Council candidate for the 4th Ward, released the following statement on the Providence Finance Committee’s decision to approve a tax break proposal for the Superman building, which would occur over 30 years and is worth $29 million.
Gina Raimondo's CRMC was designed to favor wealthy and connected interests, and it delivered
In 2017 then Governor Gina Raimondo changed the membership of the CRMC and began a five-year pattern of corruption that only ended this week...
Gerritt: The closing of Morley Field is illegal
Morley Field is the only park in the neighborhood and the only park in a ten minute walk for most the residents, as well as the only public access to the Moshassuck River as it flows through the entire length of Pawtucket. Unfortunately it has also been the longstanding policy of the City of Pawtucket to neglect the maintenance of the field so for several years it has been rather run down, though still widely used.
Damon Drury: Viral bigot unwanted at Classical HS
Students are opposed to Ramona Bessinger’s presence in the building on account of her outspoken views on race and "gender theory". It calls into question Classical’s commitment to racial justice and and the safety of queer students and students of color.
Progressives hold ground in RI's Democratic primary
There were no major advances made as there were four years ago, but progressive candidates made small gains even as many good candidates fell to a Democratic Party that was not going to underestimate them a second time.
Nuñez: Ahead of RI Primary Election, racism and sexism dominate the polls
In this election, instead of the media, political pundits, and voters focusing on rising costs of living, the abysmal housing market, climate change, or corporate corruption, they channel their energy into attacking diverse candidates for simply existing as such.
Fine & Landekic: Dan McKee's public health failure cost many lives
"Sometimes, leadership means making unpopular choices in the service of the common good. Some people may argue that keeping the economy [open] served that common good. But we disagree..."
Muñoz: WPRI should heed Governor McKee's call for debate inclusion
"For Democracy and for the Democratic Party, I should be on the September 6th debate stage at Rhode Island College (my alma mater)...I’d like to thank Governor Daniel McKee for believing the same, and for taking a stand against political gatekeeping, and for upholding an important tenet of a democratic society, which is inclusion."
Sgouros: "Economic development" or economic development? The case for Diossa
In truth, the economic development industrial complex rests on a mirage everyone agrees to see: that lasting prosperity can be created by directly affecting the location and investment decisions of rich people and large corporations. Time and again we see the fleeting nature of these deals, where a corporation extorts a government by moving somewhere or promising to hire people...