To the Editor: We aren’t going to be silent any longer we are tired of waiting for laws to be put in to protect our safety. Today was the to end gun violence walk out that took place nationwide in memory of the 17 students who died in that tragedy that happened in Florida last month. […]
To the Editor; On this day March 14, 2018, students across the nation have walked out of school and headed out to make a difference due to the tragic events that occurred in Parkland, Florida, exactly one month ago hoping to change the nations gun control laws, but the laws are not what I am […]
To the Editor: I am a tenth grader at a Providence public high school and it would be a lie if I tell you I feel safe. Our schools are filled with people who you might think you know but you can never know their inner problems or what’s going on inside their heads. Us […]
To the Editor: There are many people who have lived in different areas growing up as a child. For others they’ve might’ve been more exposed to a softer side that have created a “bubble” around them. Others like me have been exposed to certain things others may have not, like guns and drugs. I’ve saw […]
To the Editor : Teachers should not be armed with guns. One, teachers don’t have the experience to handle a gun. They need to have knowledge on guns before getting one. The schools have a hard enough time paying for a police officer to stay at the school. Who would pay for the gun in […]
To the Editor, On Sunday, March 18, the business section of The Providence Journal printed an AP article, “Bids to curb health-care costs falter.” The article goes on about the machinations in Congress about fixing or destroying the Affordable Care Act, but the article misses the real point. No one in Congress wants the price […]
“No More,” “This is what democracy looks like” and “Enough is enough;” those were the chants heard at the student-run march to end gun violence at the RI State House on March 14. At 12:45pm students from high schools all over the state walked or drove to the state house in quite a tear-jerking sight as […]
On March 14, students throughout this country exercised their first amendment rights and walked out to bring awareness to the gun problem in our country. As an educator, I firmly believe students need to be in the classroom at all times. In fact I pride myself on not calling the office for student interruptions because I don’t […]
The Value of Porn What’s your porn worth? It’s a question RI Senators Frank Ciccone (D-Providence) and Hanna Gallo (D-Cranston) have been asking themselves, on behalf of Rhode Islanders. The answer they came up with was $20. Whether that is $20 per quarter, per year or per sex act is unclear in the wording of […]
In the spirit of pending April Fools, we decided to go the opposite direction with our ALTernative Facts column and actually invented none of this information… He’ll Be Back In a scene that might have been lifted from the outtakes of the movie Idiocracy, the man Trump picked to succeed him on “Celebrity Apprentice,” Arnold […]