I’m Sleeping in A Shelter in Providence. And I Built an App for Folks Seeking Help With Basic Survival Needs.

by Robert Diamond

Let me start with the most honest sentence I can write: I am sleeping in a shelter in Providence and building a free app to help people find shelters. Take a moment with that. I’ll wait. If your first reaction was somewhere between “that’s either [...]

Providence County is a “Childcare Desert.” We Need to Take Better Care of the Folks Who Care for Our Children.

by Nataly Garcia

My daughter Arlan is three years old and, by choice, speaks primarily in Spanish. She is adventurous and curious, loves ponies and unicorns, and has all the confidence in the world from knowing karate. She is a lovely mashup of girly-girl and tomboy – fearless [...]

In the Summertime, Providence is a Public-Transit Paradise. Here’s Why.

by Barry Schiller

With high gas prices and the increasing threat of climate change, have you noticed the reduced traffic on our roads? Me neither. Still, gas prices are high and climate change is no joke. So it’s likely that folks are curious about getting around this summer [...]

A Former Student’s Tribute to Gordon Wood: “He Inspired Me to Want to Get History Right and to Bring History to the World.”

by Noel Rubinton

Editor’s Note: On June 7, the legendary historian Gordon Wood died after being struck by a car in East Providence. He was 92 years old. Wood taught at Brown University for 39 years. He was the author of ten books, and a recipient of the [...]

During Pride Month in Providence, I’m Wrestling With the Dissonance of Being LGBTQIA+ in 2026.

by Jackie Goldman

In some ways, it is a great time to be queer. As a trans person in Providence, I am fortunate to have a real community. I see pride flags on many streets in my Elmhurst neighborhood. I can think of a number of queer owned [...]

A Friend’s Tribute to Gordon Wood: “An Exceptionally Honest Observer of a Society Moving Toward Perfection at a Very Slow, Deliberate Pace.”

by Ray Rickman

Editor’s Note: On June 7, the legendary historian Gordon Wood died after being struck by a car in East Providence. He was 92 years old. Wood taught at Brown University for 39 years. He was the author of ten books, and a recipient of the [...]

The White House Spent Your Tax Dollars Dehumanizing Latinos. In Providence, That’s Unacceptable – and We Should All Say So.

by Marcela Betancur

In late May, the White House spent most of a day teasing a big announcement about extraterrestrials. There was a countdown on Instagram with crop circle memes and AI-generated abduction videos on TikTok. People online wondered if the government was about to disclose something about [...]

Providence’s World Cup Plans Ignore the Environment. I’m Worried About the Impact.

by Liam Freaney

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by ecoRI on June 2, 2026. It has been republished with permission. Providence is not a World Cup host city. Gillette Stadium is in Foxborough, Mass., 25 miles north. But this summer Rhode Island is preparing for up [...]

An Invitation to Venture Tomorrow to the Johnston Landfill, for the Providence Eye’s “Trash Trek.”

by Debbie Schimberg

We at the Providence Eye believe that if we understand how things work, we’ll be in a better position to help them work better. After all, how can we make decisions and judgements about people and activities we know nothing about? Since our launch in [...]

From A Public Transit Advocate: Ten Reasons the RIPTA Bus Hub Should Remain in Kennedy Plaza.

by Barry Schiller

Much about the future of transit in Providence relates to whether or not the bus hub in Kennedy Plaza is moved.  Having failed to get support for several other sites in the past, RIPTA and its contractor for the transit-hub project, Next Wave, are now [...]