The entire Rhode Island delegation signed on to the War Powers Act for Yemen
February 27, 2020

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...

Demand Progress demands Reed and Whitehouse vote to end war in Yemen
February 27, 2020

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...

Whitehouse and Reed asked to vote to stop United States involvement in the War in Yemen
February 27, 2020

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...

Speaker Mattiello shares his current thinking on reproductive rights and codifying Roe v Wade
October 31, 2019

Speaker Mattiello shares his current thinking on reproductive rights and codifying Roe v Wade

Rhode Island Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello has used his position to prevent the codification of...

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...

Test riding RIPTA’s new electric buses
January 19, 2020

Test riding RIPTA’s new electric buses

The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) has leased three new all electric buses for use in...

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...

Pat Fontes: Help me to hold Sheldon Whitehouse accountable
January 19, 2020

Pat Fontes: Help me to hold Sheldon Whitehouse accountable

This is Patricia J. Fontes, who ran – as Pat Fontes – a Democratic Party candidate in...

Judge Flanders challenges Senator Whitehouse’s power plant ‘hypocrisy’
January 19, 2020

Judge Flanders challenges Senator Whitehouse’s power plant ‘hypocrisy’

On Thursday, former Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice and Republican candidate for United States Senate Robert Flanders...

Sheldon Whitehouse condemns Trump administration’s escalating attacks on the media
August 3, 2018

Sheldon Whitehouse condemns Trump administration’s escalating attacks on the media

[From a press release] Following the Trump administration’s decision to ban CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins from a...

Humanitarian crisis in Yemen
February 27, 2020

Humanitarian crisis in Yemen

By all accounts, United States weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been...

Robert Flanders in Burrillville
January 19, 2020

Robert Flanders in Burrillville

“Most distressing of all, perhaps, is the fact that you’ve got a Senator down there, Mr Whitehouse,...

End Citizens United: Senator Whitehouse pledges to reject corporate PAC money
January 19, 2020

End Citizens United: Senator Whitehouse pledges to reject corporate PAC money

End Citizens United (ECU) praised Senator Sheldon Whitehouse today for his decision to reject corporate PAC money....

Senator Whitehouse’s annual climate event details the paucity of our response
July 22, 2018

Senator Whitehouse’s annual climate event details the paucity of our response

There are some who believe that grappling with the issue of climate change requires the complete overhaul...

Pat Fontes is challenging Sheldon Whitehouse on war and the environment
January 19, 2020

Pat Fontes is challenging Sheldon Whitehouse on war and the environment

There is, said Patricia Fontes, who is challenging United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse in the upcoming Democratic...

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