PR Saline Shortage Affects the Mainland
When Hurricane Maria flattened Puerto Rico in September, the damage and loss was catastrophic. But unless we had family ties to the island, the disaster seemed distant, barely touching our […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Family of None
“Why would I want a mini-me?” she asks, annoyed at the suggestion that someday she might want to have kids. “No way do I want offspring. Isn’t one of me […]
Analysis: Are Guns a Public Health Problem?
Whether to consider deaths and injuries from guns a public health problem, and therefore to bring to bear the statistical tools of epidemiology, has been a substantial controversy since at […]
Send in the Troops to Troop PVD
I’m going to let you in on a behind-the-scenes battle between two Motif writers, incited by the new “Taco Bar” on the Olneyville section of Providence. It began with […]
Lunar Notes
Aries: You concentrate on your public persona and where you are headed in this life. Past actions catch up with you for good or ill. While a boost in finances is […]
The Roots Report: Runnin’ Down a Dream
Okee dokee folks… Last week I had the pleasure of being included in the sold-out Tom Petty tribute show at the Columbus Theatre. Initially I wasn’t part of the line-up, […]
Got Beer? Riding the Black Hog
With temperatures in the dear God, why have you forsaken us range, I’ve been desperately seeking the malty comfort of some rich, dark brews that will warm the bones and […]
Medical Care Within the State Prison System
Most Rhode Islanders are familiar with the large, gray stone building surrounded by a barbed wire fence that sits atop Pontiac Avenue at the former Howard complex in Cranston, now […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: See Ya’ ’17, Environmental Concerns and Local Notables
2017 Perhaps only Phillipe and Jorge know how difficult keeping the Cool, Cool World going for over 38 years has been, but this past year has been especially challenging in […]
Overdue #MeToo Movement
It’s fall 1991. I am a senior in college and feminist is a word I have been using for less than a year. My roommates and I rush home from […]