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Posted on March 12, 2024March 27, 2024
Dana Schneider
Nationally relevant, News, Policy, Women's History Month
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Decriminalizing Sex Work: Legal immunity for all with COYOTE RI’s Bella Robinson

Indoor prostitution, or sex work solicited in closed spaces, was decriminalized in Rhode Island from 1980 to 2009, empowering sex workers with the ability to report crimes committed against them by clients. Decriminalization was in part created by a legislative loophole in the RI Supreme Court’s 1998 ruling, State v DeMagistris, which focused on criminalizing […]

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Posted on December 12, 2023January 10, 2024
Steve Ahlquist
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RI Sees Record Food Insecurity and Hunger: Push in the General Assembly to provide free lunch and breakfast for all RI students

In November, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank released a report showing that a record number of Rhode Islanders are seeking food assistance, with communities of color and families with children at the greatest risk of hunger. The 2023 Status Report on Hunger has four major findings: • A record number of Rhode Islanders need […]