Letting the World Change: Reproductive justice activist Tiara Mack is running for state senate
“Why not here? Why not now?” says Tiara Mack. “We are consistently waiting for the world to change for us and we are not being the people to put forth […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Climate Strike
Narragansett Bay has warmed 1.6 degrees Celsius over the last 50 years, and Rhode Island is the first state in the lower 48 to have average temperatures increase by two […]
Revolution!: An interview with Alex Kithes, Woonsocket city councillor
“We are in a very unique moment in a city, state, national history,” says Alex Kithes, 26 years old and Woonsocket’s newest city councillor. “Not only do we have a […]
An Interview with Providence City Council Candidate Monica Huertas
“I’m living a little bit better, but now it’s a different type of violence, a different type of abuse for the people,” says Monica Huertas. “I started learning a little […]
The Man Versus the Mythos: How do we deal with Lovecraft’s bigotry?
We need to talk about Howard Phillips Lovecraft. He was enormously sexist and xenophobic, and his bigotry isn’t the subtext — it’s right there, front and center. His letters reveal […]
Protecting Sex Workers: An update on recently introduced legislation
It’s been more than eight months since the police led a raid to steamroll the Foxy Lady, and the Christmas season shutdown ignited a more honest conversation about sex workers […]
It’s Just Business: We uncovered local companies doing work for CBP
The summer’s been broiling. ICE performed its long-promised mass raids in American cities over the weekend. Eighteen people were arrested protesting outside the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls (charges […]
War Games: Local anti-war group fights military interventionism
On June 20, Iran shot down a United States spy drone over the Sea of Hormuz. Iran claims it violated their airspace, and the US claims it was in international […]
A Roof Is the Best Medicine: New bill attempts to curb homelessness in RI
Spring means different things to different Rhode Islanders. For some, it means flowers, food trucks and the reopening of Del’s and our public beaches. For anyone down and out, it […]
Creating Equity for the Harmed
On March 1, Rep. Marcia Ranglin-Vassell (District 5, PVD) introduced a bill into the House Finance Committee: H5795, The Rhode Island Cannabis Equity Act. The act creates a cannabis equity […]