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Neighborhoods
Providence and the Underground Railroad: New Bibliography Documents Anti-Slavery Activity in RI
Beginning in the late 1600s, enslaved people lived in Rhode Island and their enslavers profited from their stolen labor, as well as the wider economy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. However, according to research compiled by [...]
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Arts/Food/Culture
Side Quests: “Veer” by Cole Swensen
Summer is often full of journeys as lovely weather and longer days conspire to stir dreams of road tripping. Allowances are made for traffic, and everyone prays that the weather holds. Then the plan goes sideways, [...]
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Jun
Neighborhoods
Real Housewives of Rhode Island and the Reality of “Doubled-Up Homelessness” in Providence
Dr. Molly Richard is an academic usually focused on studying homelessness, and she had never watched the Real Housewives franchise. But as an assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island, she tuned in when the [...]
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Jun
Jun
Arts/Food/Culture
Teen Poets Recognized by Award Named for Providence Public Educator Maureen Kenner
The winning poems for the 2026 Maureen Kenner Memorial Prize have been announced, with Lina Durfee’s poem “Altitude Sickness” receiving the first place honor. The contest, held by poet Tina Cane and the Rhode Island Center [...]
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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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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
A Friend’s Tribute to Gordon Wood: “An Exceptionally Honest Observer of a Society Moving Toward Perfection at a Very Slow, Deliberate Pace.”
Editor’s Note: On June 7, the legendary historian Gordon Wood died after being struck by [...]
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Jun
Jun
The White House Spent Your Tax Dollars Dehumanizing Latinos. In Providence, That’s Unacceptable – and We Should All Say So.
In late May, the White House spent most of a day teasing a big announcement [...]
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Jun
Jun
Providence’s World Cup Plans Ignore the Environment. I’m Worried About the Impact.
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by ecoRI on June 2, 2026. It has [...]
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Jun
Jun
An Invitation to Venture Tomorrow to the Johnston Landfill, for the Providence Eye’s “Trash Trek.”
We at the Providence Eye believe that if we understand how things work, we’ll be [...]
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May
From A Public Transit Advocate: Ten Reasons the RIPTA Bus Hub Should Remain in Kennedy Plaza.
Much about the future of transit in Providence relates to whether or not the bus [...]
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May
Providence’s Unfinished Iryna Zarutska Mural Was a Powerful Symbol. We Should Heed Its – Unintended – Messages.
For more than a month, an unfinished mural dominated a block of downtown Providence. Although [...]
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May
May
Sound and Vision (Poetry)
“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 [...]
Read moreWhat Governments Say to Women
(The law compels a married woman to take the nationality of her husband.) I. In [...]
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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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Letters to the Editor – May 20, 2026
In response to “Look at this Stuff, Isn’t It Neat? The Creative Reuse Center of RI Provides Access to Affordable Reclaimed Art Materials” Great article! And good news that Creative Reuse is coming to Prov. [...]
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