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Environment
Record-Setting 4th of July Heatwave Had More to Do with Climate Change than El Niño
On Thursday July 2, 2026, Providence saw 99 degree heat—the highest temperature ever recorded in the city on that calendar date. The previous record was set in 1941 at 98 degrees. Despite news headlines focused on [...]
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Arts/Food/Culture
Want to Build Community? All You Need is Cheese
According to a recent survey from RAND and The Connection Institute, 41% of American adults feel lonely at least some of the time. Over half of American adults do not belong to clubs or organizations, while [...]
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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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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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Readers' VoicesWrite a Letter
I’m Sleeping in A Shelter in Providence. And I Built an App for Folks Seeking Help With Basic Survival Needs.
Let me start with the most honest sentence I can write: I am sleeping in [...]
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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 [...]
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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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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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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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