Immigration Enforcement and Public Schools
As RI settles into another school year, the nation continues to deal with a summer marked by news stories of detention camps, family separations and protests in response to the […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
If You See Something, Say Something: Our writer has something to get off his chest
Last place aversion is the heuristic bias in which people support measures that ensure they don’t fall to last place, even if that means acting against the greater good and […]
Shooting Our Mouths Off
After the recent shooting of William Parsons, Motif‘s writers had a lot to say about gun violence in our state. Check it out and send us your thoughts. Jonathan Jacobs […]
About Our Cover
As we were preparing our annual education issue, shots rang out and 15-year-old William Parsons became the victim of gun violence in the shadow of a Providence school. For weeks, […]
SkillsUSA Helps Students Take Ownership of Their Education
When you picture high school, generally a barrage of John Hughes movies come flooding in: cheerleading, football games, debate club, prom, pep rallies. And when I made the switch from teaching middle […]
Come Together: Jenn Steinfeld is bringing Providence assets together for everyone’s benefit
Colleges and universities often donate infrastructure to the towns in which they reside as a way to contribute to their community and offset their tax exempt status. Providence recently created a […]
RI Writing Project: Providing a lifeline for teachers
If you walk into any high school during the first few days of a school year, you’ll probably encounter some form of professional development. Often, it’s representative of the newest, flashiest […]
Fear and Loyalty Collide at RIC: What role do our college theater programs play in a crowded performing arts community?
As a theater performance major at Rhode Island College (1988-1992), I was fortunate enough to experience part of what many feel were the “golden years” of the program. Given the […]
Trail of Broken Promises: Mashpee Wampanoag Land Trust revoked by Department of the Interior
Wampanoag means “People of the First Light.” Having lived in Cape Cod for at least 10,000 years, they are one of the longest continuous cultures in the Americas. In 2015, […]
AltFacts: Modern Patriots: Burning Your Sneakers to Spite Your Face
Take a Nike, Kaepernick Since the cloudy dawn of humanity, snot-nosed children have been stomping their feet and smashing their toys when petulance gets the better of them. And since […]