Sitemap - 2023 - Steve Ahlquist
Women & Infants caregivers picket over holiday staffing and patient care issues
POWR names and shames the top holiday evictors in Providence
RI Pay for Success program seeks to reduce persistent homelessness
POWR: Freeze Evictions, Not People
Newport Preservation Society protested over their lawsuit against wind power
Oped: Climate Action Rhode Island to protest Newport Preservation Society Holiday Party
North Providence Town Council will decide the fate of a tent encampment as early as Wednesday
Riders question proposed new bus hub location on I-195 land
JVP-RI: Rep Magaziner ignored calls for ceasefire; JVP-Rhode Island confronted him
Oped: Washington Bridge response reveals authoritarianism and skewed priorities
Four days after unionization, Starbucks strikes back at Providence workers
Palestinian students protest alleged censorship at Rhode Island College
41 students with Brown Divest Coalition arrested inside Union Hall
Oped: On Friday morning Providence Mayor Brett Smiley looked me in the eye and lied...
Downtown Providence Starbucks becomes first in Rhode Island to unionize
Disabled, sick with cancer, and being evicted while unhoused
Jewish Voice for Peace RI drops banners at Waterfire calling for ceasefire
Still no answers from Smiley Administration on police officers violating unhoused people's rights
After days of denial, Mayor Smiley admits it was police officers at the unhoused encampment
City takes no action on armed men harassing residents of tent encampments
Protest asks federal delegation to call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
"We don't need a warrant. You live in a tent."
As poverty soars to record levels, Providence celebrates the holiday season
Fund Transit, Save RIPTA, says new coalition
Video from the International Day of Solidarity for the Palestine People in Providence
Build This World from Love: Five weeks and four decades of anti-apartheid student organizing
Rhode Island experiencing record food insecurity and hunger says Food Bank
As climate change intensifies, a fossil fuel company plans expansion in Rhode Island
Three historic houses on the East Side to be destroyed by developer
Textron HQ targeted by protesters for a second week
Liz Beretta-Perik elected as first woman Chair of the Rhode Island Democratic Party
The 2023 State of Homelessness in Rhode Island
Press release: Brown University Alumni For Palestine send open letter to Brown University leadership
American Airlines customer service workers hold informational picket
Press release: Providence Streets Coalition releases Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Data Map
Local peace groups call on RI's Senate delegation to support ceasefire
Press release: 168 Brown University faculty sign letter in support of arrested students
Jewish Voice for Peace Rhode Island joins Families for Ceasefire's National Day of Action
Providence landlords filed 18% more evictions than in an average pre-pandemic October
Large protest outside Textron HQ in Providence
RI Attorney General warns that RIDOT’s Carbon Reduction Strategy falls far short
Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt resigns
BrownU Jews for Ceasefire Now arrested
Right-wing anti-trans rally in Providence fizzles
Over 130 Jewish and Israeli Rhode Islanders ask federal delegation to support ceasefire in Gaza
Providence City Council passes resolution urging Israeli-Palestine ceasefire
RI for Palestine stages "die-in" in Senator Reed's Cranston office
A prayer vigil for the safe release of the hostages taken by Hamas
Oped: Gubernatorial hypocrisy and the firing of Miguel Sanchez
Jewish Voice for Peace visits Senator Jack Reed's office demanding support for a ceasefire
Jenn Steinfeld: Why I Stand with Palestine
Firearms, Schools & Drills - What We Know, What We Don't
While advocates protest encampment raids at City Hall, Mayor Smiley chats on right-wing radio
New book offers a long neglected look at the history of resisting conscription in the United States
Rhode Island reacts to Israeli-Palestine war
Smithfield's DEI Task Force survives effort to dissolve it, for now...
Speak Up for Trans Youth - a community action meeting - pushes back against right-wing attacks
Exclusive interview with DEM Climate Justice Specialist Chris Gaynor about new EJ policy
Body cam footage of Woonsocket Mayor's homeless encampment raid released
Housing Secretary Pryor unveils Winter Shelter Strategy alongside efforts to prevent homelessness
Healthcare workers picket across Providence for safe staffing, fair wages, and union representation
RIPTA needs saving. Will our elected leaders act?
Press Release: Report shows every community in Rhode Island is harmed by mass incarceration
Mayor Smiley's policy of raiding homeless encampments protested at City Hall
Report: We need to find solutions for 712 unsheltered persons this winter
Governor McKee breaks silence on Woonsocket encampment visits
Woonsocket police suspected there were guns at the camp they brought Governor McKee to
Full video: Igniting the Dream of Economic Justice
Exclusive: CCA President on Woonsocket Mayor's encampment raid
Exclusive: Woonsocket City Council President talks about the encampment visit and the arrests made
Woonsocket Mayor leads encampment raid with Governor McKee in tow
Michael Nugent was arrested for being unhoused today. The official charge was trespassing.
Michael Nugent, unhoused, is being evicted - again
Oped: In service to those we love, we must keep fascists separate from power
Providence Public Elementary Schools violating law and best practices around recess
Pawtucket residents uncover decades of potential land-use violations by city
The real story about what's going on with Nicole Solas
Providence becomes "America’s First Climate Jobs City"
Meeting to mobilize resistance to transgender student policy fizzles
Michael Flynn and the 'Destiny of America'
Time to Run is seeking to democratize access to our Democracy
Climate Action Rhode Island journeys to the March to End Fossil Fuels in New York
A more conservative mindset: Niyoka Powell is running for State Senate in District One
Rhode Islanders testify against electric rate hikes at PUC
Economic Progress Institute: Congress failed to protect proven anti-poverty policies
Representative Megan Cotter: RI needs new path for forest stewardship
DARE confronts Governor McKee over ACI deaths, Governor refuses to meet publicly
The Scituate School Committee sub-committee that was and wasn't
Protesters bring seven coffins to PVDFest to bring attention to deaths in Rhode Island prisons
Rep Magaziner holds labor roundtable with striking RI members of SAG-AFTRA
New House Commission to study effects of lockdown drills and swatting events
Conservative anti-trans activists focus efforts on Foster-Glocester School Committee
PVD Mayor negotiates new PILOT agreements with private higher education institutions
Street Stories interviews me about transportation
DARE: Incarcerated people allege abuse at ACI in response to new rules on solitary confinement
Press release: AOC endorses Aaron Regunberg for Congress
Representative Magaziner opposes House Republican cuts to education
Justin Meszler: White Supremacy in the Soil: Race, Place, and Power in Pawtucket
Updated: Warwick City Council violated the First Amendment of a person during public comment
Live in Providence: Bernie Sanders endorses Aaron Regunberg for CD 1
Greenville caregivers hit picket line to call on Genesis Healthcare to settle a fair union contract
Ocean State Ranked Choice Voting launches during an election that sorely needs it
AmnestyPVD wants answers from Smiley Administration about unhoused rights violations
Jewish Alliance hosts Congressional District 1 candidate forum
A CD 1 candidate forum focused on economic development, entrepreneurship, and small businesses
Black Lives Matter RI PAC hosts Rhode Island Senate District One special election debate
Governor McKee talks about homelessness on Gene Valicenti, annotated
CD 1 Candidates offer perspectives at first-ever Peace Forum
Woonsocket installs anti-homeless architecture in Social Park
DOT contractors imperiled unhoused pregnant resident at Charles Street Tent Encampment
BLM RI PAC and RIBBA host Congressional District One Debate
Oped: Following a script, the Charles Street Tent Encampment was raided today
Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos is running for Congress
Residents of the Charles Street Tent Encampment given eviction order
Local addiction, recovery, and harm reduction organizations host RI-CD1 candidate forum
Paolino Properties brings Tesla to Providence
Senator Whitehouse fields questions in South Providence
A desire to serve: Jake Bissaillon wants to be State Senator in District 1
Providence police order residents out of their homes for an impromptu "head count"
PVD City Councilmember John Goncalves is running for Congress
Full coverage: Democratic Women's Caucus holds CD 1 candidate forum
Cranston residents demand Budlong Pool be repaired and reopened
Sabina Matos breaks silence on nomination signature collection scandal
Educator and entrepreneur Don Carlson is running for Congress
Major revisions to Rhode Island's solitary confinement policies have been negotiated
Lincolnwood Caregivers demand fair wages and benefits
Charles Street Tent Encampment pushes back against possible eviction
Senator Ana Quezada is running for Congress
Governor McKee kills Armory/Scout deal
Cranston issues warning to homeless encampments: Clear out, no exceptions
Exclusive Interview: Gabe Amo, aide to two Presidents and Governor, is running for Congress
Tech professional Stephanie Beauté is running for Congress
A passion for policy: Michelle Rivera wants to be State Senator in District 1
Students of color speak out on what the end of affirmative action means for their future
Tenants' rights group brings their message to City Hall
My lunch with Speaker Joe Shekarchi
Exclusive Interview: Former Rep Aaron Regunberg is running for Congress
State of tenant evictions in RI: Bleak, with scattered glimmers of hope
Court denies Mathewson Street Church the ability to help one of their own
Side with Love Things You Can Do This Week June 28, 2023
HIV-prevention medications now covered by health insurance in Rhode Islanders
Longtime civil rights activist honored in Woonsocket
Public officials provide update on efforts to combat opioid crisis
Poverty is the fourth leading cause of death in America says the Poor People's Campaign
Exclusive Interview: State Senator Sandra Cano is running for Congress
Smithfield School Committee approves minor, cosmetic changes to transgender student policy
Juneteenth is a State Holiday: Hear from the Black women who made it happen
The fifth [not quite annual] Dyke and Trans People of Color march centers bodily autonomy
Bail on 32 Coalition decries General Assembly's failure to pass criminal justice reform bills
Exclusive Interview: Political newcomer Walter Berbrick is running for Congress
A last ditch appeal to the Senate to stop the evil of payday loans in Rhode Island
POWR seeks housing justice for Tiara Graham’s family
CD1 candidate Allen Waters declines public forum invitation due to his anti-trans bigotry