The minimum wage in Rhode Island will be $15 – in 2025
May 20, 2021

The minimum wage in Rhode Island will be $15 – in 2025

“This pro-family legislation will raise wages for 112,000 Rhode Island workers who have spent the last year...

Providence DSA: Rhode Island General Assembly dodges Medicare for All vote, defying public demands
May 20, 2021

Providence DSA: Rhode Island General Assembly dodges Medicare for All vote, defying public demands

“We do not have the time to play games with healthcare. Every moment we waste translates into...

General Assembly passes good unemployment insurance legislation for the wrong reason
May 20, 2021

General Assembly passes good unemployment insurance legislation for the wrong reason

Republicans (and many Democrats, sadly) are saying that unemployment benefits are too good, and that people are...

FANG announces end to ICE contracts in Bristol County, Massachusetts
May 20, 2021

FANG announces end to ICE contracts in Bristol County, Massachusetts

“Contracts should burn. Prisons should burn. We need to continue to forge our own relationships with each...

Rising inequality and stagnant wages was the goal of government policy says EPI report
May 19, 2021

Rising inequality and stagnant wages was the goal of government policy says EPI report

Far from being the unfortunate and unavoidable result of apolitical market forces such as technological change and...

Providence Leftist Radio Podcast: Small state – Big impact – Israel and the Ocean State
April 12, 2022

Providence Leftist Radio Podcast: Small state – Big impact – Israel and the Ocean State

“What we are seeing in East Jerusalem right now could be the beginning of a third intifada,...

RI Muslim community holds vigil for Palestine
May 22, 2021

RI Muslim community holds vigil for Palestine

“There are children currently being slaughtered by the Israeli apartheid as we speak,” said Rasha Abousalem. “May...

Dozens testify against the Wyatt in Senate Committee meeting
May 18, 2021

Dozens testify against the Wyatt in Senate Committee meeting

Also: Senate Oversight Committee examines Providence Public Schools hiring practices in the wake of an alleged predatory...

Tom Sgouros: Jorge and John bet big
May 18, 2021

Tom Sgouros: Jorge and John bet big

“In the movie Casablanca, Rick advises Annina’s husband Jan at the roulette table to bet it all...

RICAGV: In wake of violence, advocates call on lawmakers to move gun bills out of committee
May 17, 2021

RICAGV: In wake of violence, advocates call on lawmakers to move gun bills out of committee

“In less than 48 Hours in Providence and Pawtucket 12 people were shot and two left dead....

RI elected officials pledge action on gun violence
May 18, 2021

RI elected officials pledge action on gun violence

“Congress needs to play a constructive role and better address some of the underlying economic and social...

From Providence to Palestine a Rally for Sheikh Jarrah
March 7, 2022

From Providence to Palestine a Rally for Sheikh Jarrah

Israeli actions in Sheikh Jarrah have “sparked protests across Palestine, across the West Bank, across Palestine 48,...

Close High Side Coalition demonstrates the cruelty of solitary confinement in Rhode Island
May 14, 2021

Close High Side Coalition demonstrates the cruelty of solitary confinement in Rhode Island

“I spent two years in seg, in solitary confinement,” said Close High Side Coalition organizer Tarah Dorsey....

Let RI Vote releases poll in support of legislation to make voting easier
May 13, 2021

Let RI Vote releases poll in support of legislation to make voting easier

“In 2020 Rhode Islanders were given choices to cast their ballots and they responded in record numbers,”...

Rhode Island State House Wednesday, May 12, 2021
May 12, 2021

Rhode Island State House Wednesday, May 12, 2021

3pm House Committee on Education SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION H5836 by Shanley, McNamara, Shekarchi, Solomon, Bennett, Vella-Wilkinson, Barros,...

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