Dignified and Indignant: Finding acceptance among Black women
I remember the first time my sister ever called me sister. She was about to give me a facial, my niece came down and asked some question about why my […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
At the Forefront: Black womxn lead the fight for social justice
Black womxn have stood at the forefront of just about every large-scale movement for social justice in this country’s history. As a Black womxn in 2021 fighting for progressive change […]
The Cabinet
Zounds! Horace Popinjay here with the first edition of The Cabinet, a dispatch which shall be put forth each sennight hence! You may guess from my demeanor that I’m writing […]
Cover Me!: Where have all the arts writers gone?
I should start by mentioning that even writing this would normally be considered a conflict of interest. That’s because for the past nine years, I’ve run a theater company. A […]
First prison-associated COVID-19 death in RI
RI experienced its first COVID-19 death associated with the state prison system among either staff or inmates, the Department of Corrections confirmed to Motif. In a statement dated Monday, December […]
Golden Couple Tarnished: Jared and Ivanka expected to receive a less-than-warm welcome
Sins of the Father It appears that the 2020 presidential election has come to a relieving public posturing end — except for Donald Trump’s diseased mind — as even supporters of the barking mad […]
Emperor Denies Getting New Clothes: Fashion industry in an uproar
The nation’s capital descended into its fourth straight week of protests. The outcry started in the first week of November, when the emperor refuted a claim he had purchased a […]
Take a Break: Schools should give contact tracers time to catch up
I’m a teacher in Providence, and since the beginning of this pandemic I’ve been asked by the Rhode Island Department of Health to quarantine twice. Once in July, the same […]
Yes, Rhode Island Had Slavery: It’s time to change the name
As the debate about removing “and Providence Plantations” from the official state name rages across Rhode Island, the most common rebuttal to the claim that the phrase evokes the horrors […]
Procorruption: Buckle up, Rhode Island!
Excited about the upcoming re-election of Donald Trump? Don’t believe those polls; they all have a liberal bias against our Supreme Leader. The rank and file still vote for Trump […]