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Providence is Strapped for Cash. Are Tax-Exempt Institutions Doing Enough to Help?
Nearly half of Providence’s tax base (44%) is tax exempt. This fact requires that the 56% who pay taxes as existing property owners bear the burden anytime the city faces fiscal problems. Next year, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley wants to increase city property taxes on [...]
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May
May
The Failures (and Wonders) of Fatherhood: Lucas Mann’s Latest Book Explores Being a Dad Through an Innovative Lens
In his 2009 essay “The Losers’ Club,” the Pulitzer-winning novelist Michael Chabon made a surprising connection: Writers’ careers are full of failure. So is fatherhood. “A father,” Chabon wrote, “is a man who fails every day.” Chabon’s insight came back to me while I was [...]
21
May
May
There’s A Teachers Union Election Today — Could the PTU See Change?
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), a small but vocal and growing group within the [...]
14
May
May
In Providence, Community Members Stand on the Front Lines Against ICE
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 previously been arrested on multiple charges, including domestic violence, [...]
14
May
May
The Future of the Port of Providence
Editor’s note: This article is the latest installment in a series of articles about the Providence port and ProvPort’s Master Planning process, written and researched by the team of student journalists at Communities of Hope. Read previous articles here and here. According to The Grantham [...]
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May
May
“No Tariffs on Sharing”: Tool Libraries Offer Resilience Amid Federal Chaos
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Truthout. Copyright, Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission. As a handy person, Devon Curtin spends a lot of time helping people enrich their living spaces. Recently, while working with a friend to remodel their floor, Curtin noticed that the [...]
07
May
May
Kirstin Allio Wants You to Wake Up
Double-Check for Sleeping Children is Providence writer Kirstin Allio’s second volume of short stories and her fourth book. It might also be her best. In twenty lyrical short stories of everyday life, Allio delicately reckons with the ways in which adults reveal themselves to be [...]
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Apr
Apr
Jane’s Walk Returns to Providence: Annual Community-Led Explorations of City Spaces
Jane’s Walk is an annual festival of free, neighbor-led walking conversations within a city space, inspired by urban activist Jane Jacobs— the activist and author who helped stop an expressway from slicing through lower Manhattan and contributed to the New Urbanist movement. Inspired by her [...]
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Apr
Apr
Can the City and the Commissioner Collaborate?
After 5 years of state management of the city’s schools, Mayor Brett Smiley has released his plan for taking back control from the RI Dept of Education (RIDE). The plan seeks to provide a roadmap for building a better public school system under city control. [...]
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Apr
Apr
The Once and Future Thing
What do a junkman from Coney Island and a retired dentist on the East Side have to do with Art? Both were integral to the creation of Providence’s newest art locale, The Angell Street Galleries. Located at 324 Angell Street on Providence’s East Side, in [...]
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Apr
Apr
