December is cosmically busy with Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn all changing signs. These changes suggest a change in attitude, ideas and desires. While Sun, Mercury and Venus, in a sign for a month or so, have an impact on our day-to-day activities, Jupiter, in a sign for a year, and Saturn, for two and […]
Revive the Roots is a non-profit organization located in Smithfield that teaches and practices permaculture, an agricultural philosophy that recognizes the inextricable relationship between people and nature and works within an ecosystem’s natural patterns. The non-profit provides space to visitors at Mowry Commons, land leased from the estate of Mary Mallory through the town of […]
In 2017, the Providence town council wrote an ordinance that allows Providence police to confiscate and destroy illegally ridden ATVs and dirt bikes. This October, the City of Providence, in a show of enforcement, publicly demolished 33 dirt bikes and ATVs. One week later, during a ride-out on October 18, 24-year-old Jhamal Gonsalves was involved […]
“How do we make government transparent, and how do we make government function well?” asks State Senator Gayle Goldin (Senate District 3), who sees it as the fundamental question for the future of Rhode Island Senate Leadership. Once seen as too wonky of an issue for hardcore politicos, the General Assembly leadership debate has turned […]
Governor Gina Raimondo, and DOH director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott gave the weekly COVID press conference at 1pm today. “The only option we have is to take all of this seriously,” said the governor today. COVID runs rampant in the Ocean State, as metrics of measuring the virus’s spread surge. DOH reports 845 new cases of […]
To help all those cosplayers bummed to not be able to show off their skill at Comic Con this year, Motif teamed up with RI Comic Con to hold a virtual cosplay contest. Judges faced a difficult decision, but declared the winners, listed below. Winners of passes to RI Comic Con 2021 Professional Casual Youth […]
Governer Gina Raimondo held her weekly press conference at The Vets at 1pm today. She began her press conference with good news about vaccine efficacy and Rhode Island’s being chosen to be a pilot state in Pfizer’s vaccine delivery program before she got into the data. The RI Department of Health today announced 921 new […]
In fewer than 10 minutes, the first pre-trial hearing in the federal Class B misdemeanor charges against Tammy Brown was conducted virtually beginning at 10:40am today. Motif and about 100 other members of the public called in to hear the proceedings. Brown had encouraged friends and supporters to call in to demonstrate the public interest […]
You may have heard the acronym PERA thrown around quite a bit in the news lately, but unless you’ve been paying incredibly close attention, you may be wondering: What on Earth is PERA? Let’s take a closer look at the Providence External Review Authority. What Is the Providence External Review Authority? The Providence External Review […]
Received political wisdom in Rhode Island says the coastal and metro areas are more liberal, while the state’s interior towns elect Republicans. These are areas that don’t see a strong Democrat opposition, where Republicans have long held sway without much effort. After all, with Democrats controlling state government for close to 100 years now, why […]