Progressives hold ground in RI’s Democratic primary
September 15, 2022

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...

Candidates for Second Congressional District get philosophical at clergy leaders’ forum
August 20, 2022

Candidates for Second Congressional District get philosophical at clergy leaders’ forum

“The motivation for today’s forum comes from a concern that elections in America today tend to focus...

Librarians call out big publishing’s “unfair, unconstitutional, anti-competitive e-book policy”
March 3, 2020

Librarians call out big publishing’s “unfair, unconstitutional, anti-competitive e-book policy”

“Rhode Island library users are disproportionately hurt by Big Publishing’s unfair and potentially unconstitutional e-book practices,” says...

Zakary Pereira: The solution to our broken democracy – Ranked Choice Voting
November 9, 2018

Zakary Pereira: The solution to our broken democracy – Ranked Choice Voting

Last Tuesday was the first statewide election in America using a new type of voting system. Ranked...

RI Democratic Party: Rhode Island women call on Fung to ditch DePetro
January 19, 2020

RI Democratic Party: Rhode Island women call on Fung to ditch DePetro

Women leaders are calling on Mayor Allan Fung to ditch his association with the oft-fired, sexist and...

Allan Fung in Burrillville
January 19, 2020

Allan Fung in Burrillville

Saying that he would put his “put my environmental record against this Governor’s any day,” Cranston Mayor...

Full coverage of United Way’s Monday morning gubernatorial forum
January 19, 2020

Full coverage of United Way’s Monday morning gubernatorial forum

The United Way of Rhode Island held a gubernatorial forum Monday morning featuring four of the six...

Guns and ICE among concerns at Cranston City Council city-wide candidate forum
January 19, 2020

Guns and ICE among concerns at Cranston City Council city-wide candidate forum

The six city-wide candidates for Cranston City Council were at the Cranston Public Library on Thursday for...

Joe Biden comes to Providence to stump for Democrats ahead of November elections
January 19, 2020

Joe Biden comes to Providence to stump for Democrats ahead of November elections

“We have the three Trumpeteers from Rhode Island: Flanders, Fung and Bell, whose objective is to Trumpetize...

Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence responds to Allan Fung’s dangerous call to harden our schools
January 19, 2020

Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence responds to Allan Fung’s dangerous call to harden our schools

The Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence (RICAGV) opposes gubernatorial candidate Allan Fung’s plan to “place a...

When Allan Fung blocked her on Twitter, she filed an APRA request
October 31, 2019

When Allan Fung blocked her on Twitter, she filed an APRA request

On September 14 Lindsay Crudele, a resident of Dorchester Massachusetts, discovered that she had been blocked on...

Cranston Mayor Fung called out on his ‘Trumpian, divisive, racist, fear-based campaigning’
August 28, 2018

Cranston Mayor Fung called out on his ‘Trumpian, divisive, racist, fear-based campaigning’

Members of the Cranston Action Network (CAN) and allied groups rallied outside Cranston City Hall Monday night...

Cranston Action Network to rally against Fung’s ‘anti-immigrant fearmongering’ at Cranston City Hall
August 26, 2018

Cranston Action Network to rally against Fung’s ‘anti-immigrant fearmongering’ at Cranston City Hall

Declaring that, “Cranston and Rhode Island don’t stand with Fung’s Trumpian divisive, racist, fear-based campaigning, nor with...

Cranston Action Network: Cranston residents denounce Allan Fung’s declaration that the Cranston Police Department will expand cooperation with ICE
August 15, 2018

Cranston Action Network: Cranston residents denounce Allan Fung’s declaration that the Cranston Police Department will expand cooperation with ICE

On August 10th Cranston Mayor Allan Fung announced his intention to expand the role of the Cranston...

Governor Raimondo laughs when asked if she’ll debate primary challenger Matt Brown
January 19, 2020

Governor Raimondo laughs when asked if she’ll debate primary challenger Matt Brown

[Edit 3:50pm: “Governor Raimondo has no plans to debate in the primary at this time,” responds Emily...

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