Stable Genius: Carnival clown turns the Oval into a three-ring
What are we going to do about President Walking Eagle (he’s so full of shit he can’t fly)? P and J thought Dubya Bush was the dumbest and least intellectually […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
La Piazza
To help Federal Hill restaurants survive capacity restrictions placed to keep diners and restaurant workers healthy, the Federal Hill Commerce Association will close two sections of Atwells Avenue on Fridays […]
A Surge in Activism: Activist groups help white people show up the right way
In the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Elijah McClain, we saw many more white people showing up in the streets in solidarity with […]
Something Stinks: ecoRI’s environmental news roundup
Racist Remarks Sink Raimondo’s DEM Nominee Gov. Gina Raimondo’s nominee for an important post that offers a $130,692 salary for settling disputed permits and penalties had little environmental law experience […]
Surf’s Up!: You can always count on sun and sand
There is little doubt in anyone’s mind that the beach is the place to be this summer in RI. Despite the severe restrictions placed on beach parking and admission passes, […]
Dear Black Brotha: Part Deux
For the longest time I was not your ally Because of a lie of anotha brotha You are you brother’s keeper, But, not his keeper of debts and wrongdoing I […]
Lunar Notes
July begins with a Lunar Eclipse across the Cancer/Capricorn axis. This eclipse falls on the Natal Sun of the July 4, 1776 chart of the US. We can expect more […]
Cannabis and The Movement for Black Lives: The racist roots of the war on weed and the role of the cannabis industry now
“Reefer makes darkies think they’re as good as white men.” So believed Harry Anslinger, founding commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics and man of many terrible opinions, who did not […]
In Providence: Fireworks
He almost had them one night. “I was two houses away in either direction, and then they stopped. It’s like they knew I was coming.” This is his first summer […]
Something to Sink Your Teeth Into: FANG’s bail fund keeps people out of dangerously overcrowded prisons
In the past six weeks, bail funds have taken social media by storm. They’ve been around for a long time — bail’s pretty expensive and there aren’t a lot of […]