Sex Work Policy: Participatory Action Research By and For Sex Workers and Sex Trafficking Survivors.
Decriminalize Prostitution? Local Sex Workers Argue “Yes” with Their Own Newly Published Research
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The night after Valentine’s Day, 2024, sex worker Bella Robinson sat in the back of the Rhode Island State House Lounge, waiting to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. Her red reading glasses matched the T-shirt she always wore to legislative hearings: “Rights, Not Rescue” [...]

26
Feb
Shelley Peterson: Ward 14 Providence City Councilwoman
Shelley Peterson: Ward 14 Providence City Councilwoman
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Editor’s Note: This is the 3rd in our series profiling the 6 Latino Providence City Councilors.  Take a look at Michelle’s previous interviews with Miguel Sanchez and Ana Vargas. Shelley Peterson does not consider herself a politician, yet; she sees herself an elected official—and emphasizes [...]

13
Nov
Issues on the Ballot
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On Tuesday, November 5th, Providence residents will be voting on 6 issues, in addition to candidates for the Providence School Board (see 10/23/2024 PVD Eye for candidate statements) and other elections.  This is a Sample Providence Ballot and the following is a guide to the [...]

30
Oct
Providence 2024 School Board Elections
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Since the 1960s, the Providence School Board had nine members, all appointed by the Mayor.  This year, however, on November fifth, for the first time, voters will line up at the polls to elect 5 members and the other 5 will be appointed by the [...]

23
Oct
Providence as seen from the port            photo courtesy of Save the Bay
The Comp Plan and Future Building
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Providence is speeding towards approving a Comprehensive Plan that envisions the city’s coming decade.  Just reading the Department of Planning’s current draft is daunting. Nine key areas, over 173 pages, delineate aspirations and encouragements, covering issues of sustainability, the economy, the built environment, housing, transportation, [...]

16
Oct
Rhode Island Statehouse
Primary Candidates Speak
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Next Tuesday, September 10th, there will be three contested elections on Providence voters’ ballots: US Senate, State Representative District 12, and State Representative District 9. We asked all the Democratic candidates to answer the following question: What is your most important legislative goal and how [...]

04
Sep
Ana Vargas, Ward 7 Councilwoman
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6 out of 15 City Councilors in Providence are Latino, and The Providence Eye is interviewing them to get to know each one better, as well as better understanding their views on the intersection between identity and governance. “Yo voto por Ana, y tú!” This [...]

28
Aug
US Election Assistance, Pollworker Resource Commission
Please Vote, and If You Vote in Person, Please Say Thanks To Your Poll Workers      
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Rhode Island has two elections coming up, a Primary (September 10) and the General Election (November 5), and voting in them is the basic right and responsibility of all Rhode Island citizens.  African Americans alive today, however, can remember places in America where guessing correctly [...]

07
Aug
A Conversation with Councilmember Sanchez 
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6 out of 15 City Councilors in Providence are Latino, and The Providence Eye is interviewing them to get to know each one better, including understanding their views on the intersection of identity and governance. Providence City Councilmember Miguel Sanchez represents Ward 6, which includes [...]

17
Jul
British suffragette chained to avoid arrest.
Civics Education is the Lifeblood of Democracy
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Do we believe our votes make any difference? Are those who fought to extend the franchise to the landless, the formerly enslaved, to women, to Native Americans and others, forgotten? My great great Aunt Harriet, in her mid-forties, chained herself to the railings outside the [...]

19
Jun