A doctor attends to a patient sitting in an exam room
Photo courtesy of Providence Community Health Centers
Providence Community Health Centers: A Primary Source of Primary Care
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If you’re having trouble finding a primary care provider (PCP), you’re not alone. The COVID pandemic greatly increased the stress and burnout of primary care docs (MD), physician assistants (PA), and nurse practitioners (NP) — leading to hastened retirements of many practitioners, along with declining [...]

26
Oct
TRANSIT FORWARD RI 2040: Where Is Providence Going?
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Are you fed up with crowded, congested roads?  Worried about your safety on those roads?  Stressed by the high cost of maintaining one or more vehicles?  Concerned about businesses moving out of Providence?  Or anxious about climate change every time the news focuses on weather disasters [...]

26
Oct
There’s Money to Get the Lead Out
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Published with the cooperation of Motif Magazine. Providence locals have long boasted that their city tap water is among the best in the country. U.S. News and World Report, however, has other ideas: Rhode Island sits at a middling #21 for drinking water quality in [...]

18
Oct
Genesis Center works with Providence Housing Authority to offer a range of options for adults who want to earn a high school credential and continue on into job training, college, or employment.
Adult Learning Landscape
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Adults in Providence can attend classes to learn English, earn a high school credential, gain skills to obtain licenses as CNA, food service workers or drivers. They can attend classes either in person or online, and often work more than one job while doing so. [...]

18
Oct
Monarchs and Milkweed: A Providence Tale
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A few years ago, some Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca L.) sprouted in my front yard. It can be an aggressive plant (hence the weed moniker), but nonetheless, I let it take over my front yard because it is the exclusive host plant for Monarchs. The [...]

11
Oct
Meeting to consider neighborhood needs and expenditures Courtesy of participatorybudgeting.org
Power to the People: New Process Gives Providence Residents A Real Voice
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It’s probably not a stretch to assume that most people have little idea how their elected officials make decisions about where public funds should go. The process is complex, rife with politics and power dynamics, and usually takes place behind closed doors. What’s wrong with [...]

11
Oct
Illustration by Habesha Petros
Our Schools Are Political Footballs
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The RI Dept. of Education (RIDE) took control of Providence Schools on Oct. 19, 2019. Since then, the city’s appointed School Board and political leadership have had no formal power or influence over decisions about school staffing, curriculum or overall school strategy and policy. That [...]

04
Oct
Illustration by Habesha Petros
Why I Take the Bus
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Only six percent of all Rhode Islanders regularly take the bus, and I am one of them. While many people have no other choice since they can’t afford a car, I take the bus because I want to. I take the bus because it is [...]

04
Oct
Columbus Goes to Johnston
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The Italian American community has lusted after the statue of Christopher Columbus in Elmwood for decades.  And now it has it, to be put into a park in Johnston, thanks to the former Mayor Joseph Paolino’s money. The statue was removed from Elmwood in 2020 [...]

27
Sep
Fighting Food Insecurity In PVD
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Is it hard to eat healthy on a budget? A common misconception is that fresh produce is out of reach for shoppers on a tight budget. Yet there is help for those experiencing food insecurity. Farm Fresh Rhode Island, a Providence-based local food hub, works [...]

27
Sep