Peace
The entire Rhode Island delegation signed on to the War Powers Act for Yemen
No Endless War and Excessive Militarism (NEWEM) is very excited and pleased about the events of the last seventeen days, a period that culminated Saturday …
Jack Reed
Peace
Demand Progress demands Reed and Whitehouse vote to end war in Yemen
Demand Progress is urging Rhode Island Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, both Democrats, to vote to stop United States involvement in the War in …
Peace
Whitehouse and Reed asked to vote to stop United States involvement in the War in Yemen
Peace activists visited the offices of United States Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) and Jack Reed (Democrat, Rhode Island) to deliver a petition and …
Peace
Saudis may see consequences for the death of one journalist, but not for thousands of Yemenis
Last week, Senator Jack Reed called for a halt to the United States refueling of Saudi Arabian planes because of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi …
RIPTA
Test riding RIPTA’s new electric buses
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) has leased three new all electric buses for use in Providence. “This marks a major step toward a …
Peace
Peace rally outside senator Jack Reed’s office in Cranston
Half a dozen peace activists from the group Anti Endless War and Excessive Military Spending rallied outside Senator Jack Reed’s Cranston office on Wednesday. Here …
Elections 2018
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 this state,” said Representative Joseph McNamara (Democrat, District …
Peace
Humanitarian crisis in Yemen
By all accounts, United States weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been the primary cause of the worsening conditions in …
Politics
Parades and Politics: 2018 Glocester Ancients & Horribles Parade
Parades and politics are forever linked in American politics. Politicians use parades to meet people and get their messages out there. Meanwhile the people use …
Labor
Local labor and politicians react to Janus decision with determination
“The history of the AFL-CIO demonstrates that we have fought through far more adversity than on Supreme Court decision,” said Rhode Island AFL-CIO President George …