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Environment
Dreaming Big for the Port: Residents Co-Create a Climate-Resilient Future for Providence’s Vulnerable Shoreline
The Port of Providence is a bustling, gritty, and heavily industrialized waterfront that contains a dense concentration of major industrial tenants, scrap metal recycling, energy and petroleum infrastructure, and offshore wind projects. A stark contrast to [...]
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03
Jul
Jul
Neighborhoods Politics/Government
Providence Asks Voters to Fund More Housing Bonds. How Was The Money Spent Last Time?
This November, the City of Providence will put a question before voters: should the City borrow another $25 million dollars and lend it to developers of income-restricted housing? Providence’s Housing Trust Fund is one of the [...]
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03
Jul
Jul
Environment
Who Gets a Beach Day in the Ocean State? Providence Turns to Water Parks as URI Measures Inequitable Shore Access
Providence splash pads and pools opened up on Monday, June 29, offering places for neighbors to cool down from the summer heat. Christian, a 15-year-old visiting his father for summer break, was the first to jump [...]
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01
Jul
Jul
Local Elections 2026 Politics/Government
Mayoral Candidates Lay Out Stances on Local Issues at Elmwood Community Center
Four candidates running for Providence mayor faced residents at a packed Elmwood Community Center on June 24, addressing housing, pollution, education and more. The event was organized by a coalition of eight neighborhood associations and community [...]
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Jun
Jun
Readers' VoicesWrite a Letter
Providence County is a “Childcare Desert.” We Need to Take Better Care of the Folks Who Care for Our Children.
My daughter Arlan is three years old and, by choice, speaks primarily in Spanish. She [...]
01
Jul
Jul
In the Summertime, Providence is a Public-Transit Paradise. Here’s Why.
With high gas prices and the increasing threat of climate change, have you noticed the [...]
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Jun
Jun
A Former Student’s Tribute to Gordon Wood: “He Inspired Me to Want to Get History Right and to Bring History to the World.”
Editor’s Note: On June 7, the legendary historian Gordon Wood died after being struck by [...]
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Jun
Jun
During Pride Month in Providence, I’m Wrestling With the Dissonance of Being LGBTQIA+ in 2026.
In some ways, it is a great time to be queer. As a trans person [...]
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Jun
Jun
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor – June 24, 2026
[In response to Providence and the Underground Railroad: New Bibliography Documents Anti-Slavery Activity in RI] My grandmother had a house on Pratt street that had an underground tunnel that went to Congdon street. I was told [...]
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Letters to the Editor – June 17, 2026
[In response to The White House Spent Your Tax Dollars Dehumanizing Latinos. In Providence, That’s Unacceptable – and We Should All Say So. published on June 10, 2026] Thank you to Marcela Betancur for calling out the [...]
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Letters to the Editor – June 10, 2026
[In response to Cannabis Corner? Nine Cooperatives Apply to Open Dispensaries on One Stretch of North Main Street published on June 5, 2026] Definitely not a coincidence! Excellent local reporting by Eric Halvarson, many thanks to [...]
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Sound and Vision (Poetry)
I Hear America Singing
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing [...]
Read more“I’m traveling in some vehicle…”
—after Joni Mitchell’s song and album Hejira I used to sit on concrete curb stops, [...]
Read moreWhy I Would Rather Go to the Laundromat Than Write Poems
Because the gears are already turning when I get there, and all I need to [...]
Read moreFinal Expense
An American child’s voice heckling Lightnin Hopkins,’Howlin Wolfs’ blues I won’t pay for ad free [...]
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