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Mayor Smiley to decide if Christian Nationalist ideas belong on the Providence School Board
"The secularists (supporters of euthanasia, gay marriage, unfettered abortions, destroying the idea of Christmas, the legalization of illegal drugs…
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Representative Megan Cotter: The selection of a Chariho School Committee Chair should not be politicized
"Let’s prioritize the future of our students and stand behind someone who has proven time and time again that she is in it for the right reasons—the…
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Representative Megan Cotter
Hearts for Social Justice: Methodists host their 3rd Annual Prayer Walk at RI State House
“A prayer for all of our unsheltered friends across the State and that Governor McKee will have an open heart and mind to ensure every Rhode Islander…
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December 2024

Syrians and their allies celebrate liberation in Rhode Island
"We’re celebrating every day for the rest of our lives," said organizer Sterk Zaza. "Until all countries and oppressed people are free."
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Providers are working without contracts, emergency hubs are not yet funded, and key members of the Housing Department are on vacation
“Is it appropriate to be on vacation while people are dying on the streets of Rhode Island?”
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Providence legislators support unionization of Atlantic Mills commercial tenants
"We stand with the commercial tenants of Atlantic Mills in their efforts to organize and safeguard this community resource during the current ownership…
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The bio-fuel explosion at the Port of Providence is yet another disaster in a never-ending stream of disasters
“Last night’s explosion at the port should remind us that storing fossil fuels, gas, oils, and other toxic chemicals in a neighborhood is never a good…
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No room at the inn: As Rhode Island celebrates the holidays, people suffer and die
Between a State House lighted with Christmas colors and a Mall besieged by holiday shoppers, over fifty people gather in 17-degree weather to ask, "Why…
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Court upholds ban on bulk liquid propane storage in Port of Providence
RI Superior Court rules in favor of the City in Sea 3 Case ...
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Greg Gerritt: Politics and Economics in the USA
"Many folks have leaned into local government responses when states and nations are not paying attention. It brings us from an environmental agenda to a…
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Greg Gerritt
Imagine there's no bottom...
"Our State is in moral free fall."
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Duane Clinker
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Atlantic Mills Tenants Union is the first commercial tenants union in Rhode Island
"Together, we are building the better worlds we want to live in," said artist Jenine Bressner. "Here, we are working to preserve and celebrate the…
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