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Education
Today (5/14), a Providence Teachers Union (PTU) special election will test whether teacher discontent is powerful enough to challenge the current union president’s lock on senior union spots. PVD CORE (Caucus of Rank and File Educators), [...]
Read moreProvidence Counts
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT is a nonprofit organization aimed at providing “information-based advocacy to achieve equitable public policies and programs for the improvement of children’s lives.” Part of this work includes publishing an annual Factbook that [...]
Read morePolitics/Government
On Thursday April 24th, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detained a man after a confrontation in front of his home in Providence. The man, a Dominican national living in the U.S. without legal authorization, had [...]
Read moreI am writing in support of the Mayor’s proposed budget. I appreciate the significant fiscal constraints on the city’s budget and support the concept of the overall increased tax levy. [...]
Read moreTo the Editor, I support Bottle Bill legislation for Rhode Island. As a member of Zero Waste Providence, I have spent years talking about trash and advocating for the reduction [...]
Read moreArts/Food/Culture
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Truthout. Copyright, Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission. As a handy person, Devon Curtin [...]
Arts/Food/Culture
Double-Check for Sleeping Children is Providence writer Kirstin Allio’s second volume of short stories and her fourth book. It might [...]
Neighborhoods
Jane’s Walk is an annual festival of free, neighbor-led walking conversations within a city space, inspired by urban activist Jane [...]
Education
After 5 years of state management of the city’s schools, Mayor Brett Smiley has released his plan for taking back [...]
Arts/Food/Culture
What do a junkman from Coney Island and a retired dentist on the East Side have to do with Art? [...]
Politics/Government
Federal funding slashes may make it harder for food-insecure residents of Providence to access fresh food – and harder for [...]
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