Matt Brown hits Raimondo on her career making pension cuts
January 19, 2020

Matt Brown hits Raimondo on her career making pension cuts

Although he stopped short of promising to completely make whole the pensions of public sector workers who...

Hotel workers picket Omni Providence for fair wages, reasonable workloads and affordable health care
July 21, 2018

Hotel workers picket Omni Providence for fair wages, reasonable workloads and affordable health care

Hundreds of UNITE HERE Local 26 workers and allies picketed outside the Omni Providence Friday evening to...

Parades and Politics: 2018 Glocester Ancients & Horribles Parade
July 5, 2018

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...

Turmoil as Brown withdraws bid for Democratic Party endorsement
January 19, 2020

Turmoil as Brown withdraws bid for Democratic Party endorsement

In one sense, there were no surprises at the 2018 Rhode Island Democratic Party State Committee Meeting...

Rhode Islanders call for an end to family separations at the border
June 21, 2018

Rhode Islanders call for an end to family separations at the border

At its height around 400 people crowded the south steps of the Rhode Island State House on...

As calls for a veto pile up, Governor Raimondo says she will sign Kristen’s Law
February 18, 2021

As calls for a veto pile up, Governor Raimondo says she will sign Kristen’s Law

As she was entering the hotel to deliver the keynote at the Second Annual Community Overdose Engagement...

Roselli ends race for governor, endorses Matt Brown, will run for vacant Senate District 23 seat
January 19, 2020

Roselli ends race for governor, endorses Matt Brown, will run for vacant Senate District 23 seat

“In the six months I have been campaigning for Governor of Rhode Island one thing has become...

Gloria Steinem and former NARAL president back Matt Brown, say Raimondo not to be trusted on reproductive rights
October 31, 2019

Gloria Steinem and former NARAL president back Matt Brown, say Raimondo not to be trusted on reproductive rights

The Matt Brown for Governor campaign has released a letter, signed by prominent women’s rights advocate Gloria...

Silent vigil held in opposition to family separation policy at the border
June 14, 2018

Silent vigil held in opposition to family separation policy at the border

“I do this in part because someday my grandchildren will read about this in the history books...

No LNG in PVD! floods the State House
October 31, 2019

No LNG in PVD! floods the State House

Monica Huertas, campaign coordinator of No LNG in PVD! led a “Flood the State House” event where...

Senate Judiciary takes up Reproductive Health Care Act
October 31, 2019

Senate Judiciary takes up Reproductive Health Care Act

The Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee took up the Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA) (S2163/H7340) on Thursday, a...

Matt Brown: Biomass legislation “a failure of democracy”
March 2, 2020

Matt Brown: Biomass legislation “a failure of democracy”

“I think this biomass project is very much like what we saw and what we’re seeing with...

What is the argument for supporting Raimondo in the primary?
January 19, 2020

What is the argument for supporting Raimondo in the primary?

As former Secretary of State Matt Brown enters the gubernatorial race I have begun to watch the...

RI state senate candidate Sam Bell on the Trump agenda and his Indivisible RI endorsement
January 19, 2020

RI state senate candidate Sam Bell on the Trump agenda and his Indivisible RI endorsement

Sam Bell, candidate for Rhode Island State Senate, District 5 in Providence, received  Indivisible Rhode Island‘s first...

Matt Brown launches campaign for governor
January 19, 2020

Matt Brown launches campaign for governor

After being introduced by his daughter, Ella, Democratic candidate for Governor of Rhode Island Matt Brown started...

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