Opinion
Editorial pieces from contributors and staff
EPI Report details four transformative and equity-centered ways Rhode Island can invest ARPA funding
“With eight areas of focus and over fifty proposals, many further subdivided, the Governor’s overall plan for spending $1.2 billion of ARPA SFRF between FY2022 and FY2026 risks spreading the federal aid too thinly to spark transformative change and meet our greatest challenges.”
The Womxn Project: Research shows voters oppose bans on abortion
...Research shows that people who are denied access to abortion care are more likely to live in poverty, more likely to experience health complications like eclampsia and postpartum hemorrhage, and more likely to remain with abusive partners....
RI Queer PAC: Little Compton Town Council shows it’s conservative colors
"The three conservative members of the Little Compton Town Council have exposed their bigotry and hate. They have used antiquated concepts of community and their own personal bias in a failed attempt to silence the Queer Community of Little Compton. But the LGBTQ+ community is strong, loud, and we are many. We refuse to sit idly by while political leaders abuse and misuse the power of their office to suppress our voice and erase our PRIDE."
Rep Cassar: Bans on abortion coverage are not good economic policy, not good health policy, and not good for Rhode Island
"...it is unacceptable for the legislature to control the reproductive lives of individuals on Medicaid and state plans, just because we can, and because a small number of legislators think we should."
Yes Rep Quattrocchi, the RI General Assembly can pass laws on the funding of abortion
"We are of the opinion that the enactment of the RPA did not amount to a constitutional amendment requiring a referendum," writes the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Andrew Schiff: How will children grade us?
One in four households with children in Rhode Island are food insecure, meaning they struggle to afford adequate food. To feed their children, thousands of parents seek food assistance each month at food pantries that are member agencies of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank...
Molly Scavuzzo-Duggan: Why the eviction moratorium mattered and what we can do next
One woman described to me how her landlord, upon hearing that Rent Relief doesn’t have a cap on how much monthly rent can be paid, immediately raised her rent by $400.00. “How will I be able to afford this, when Rent Relief money runs out?”, she asked me. I didn’t have an answer for her.
Haig and Marzullo: There's a culture of silence at Providence College
"In America that “Culture of Silence” is so pervasive, insidious, and institutionalized as well as seductive in its state of consciousness that it always goes unnoticed. Yet, it is the driving force behind our institutional divisiveness..."
Missak Manouchian: The cycle continues, until it doesn't
Adam and Eve had a better chance trusting the snake in the garden than Rhode Islanders do with the Democratic Party. They have sold us out time and time again, what makes this election cycle any different?
RI State Senator faces homophobic, racist backlash for new bill
"We unequivocally condemn these attacks and stand in support of Senator Mack as well as her efforts to pass bill S2285 for safer and more equitable sexual education in our schools," writes the RI Queer Political Action Committee.