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By Bob Plain on May 15, 2018
Nearly 10,000 homes went into foreclosure during the mortgage crisis in Rhode Island. Then, in 2013, the General Assembly passed the Foreclosure Reduction Act, which mandated banks to work with homeowners before repossessing property. Since then, the law helped some 600 Rhode Islanders avoid losing their homes. But the Foreclosure Reduction Act is set to […]
Posted in Featured, Housing, State House | Tagged citizens bank, Foreclosure Reduction Act, Messier, metts, mortgage, RI Housing, Wells Fargo |
By Brown University Community on May 8, 2017
In November 2017, you affirmed that the Brown community will continue to uphold “the treatment of all people with dignity.” Let’s act on these words.
Posted in Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Texas | Tagged #ShameOnCitizens, Bayou Bridge, Brown University, citizens bank, Dakota Access, donald trump, Enbridge, Energy Transfer Partners, Great Sioux Nation, Lakota, Marathon, Mariner East, Missouri River, National Guard, NoDAPL, Phillips 66, President Christina Paxson, Standing Rock Sioux, Sunoco Logistics Partners, Trans-Pecos |
By Steve Ahlquist on April 29, 2017
“Donald Trump is a threat to the future of our planet, the safety of our communities, and the health of our families.”
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Class Warfare, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Environmental Racism, Featured, Indigenous Americans, Inequality, Infrastructure, LGBTQ, Massachusetts, National News, Newport, News, Photos, Providence, Race & Racism, Religion, Rhode Island, State House, Video, Washington DC, Water | Tagged aaron regunberg, Adnan Adrian Wood-Smith, Brown University, citizens bank, Dakota Access Pipeline, DAPL, donald trump, Elizabeth Hoover, General Assembly, islam, Kaylynn Polley, Lincoln School, Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, Michael Araujo, Mother Earth, People's Climate March, People’s Power and Light, Phoebe Roberts, Priscilla De La Cruz, Rhode Island State House, Rhode Island Student Climate Coalition, RI Jobs with Justice, Timmons Roberts, university of rhode island |
By Steve Ahlquist on April 27, 2017
Some Citizens Bank shareholders attending Thursday’s annual meeting at Citizens Bank headquarters in Providence may have been surprised to be greeted by protesters holding “Shame On Citizens” signs and objecting to the bank’s holdings in oil pipeline companies such as Embridge and Energy Transfer Partners.
Posted in Activism, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Environmental Racism, Featured, Indigenous Americans, Infrastructure, International News, National News, Photos, Providence | Tagged Bayou Bridge, citizens bank, Dakota Access, Embridge, Energy Transfer Partners, FANG Collective, Mariner East, Nick Katkevich, Peter Lucht, Providence Police Department, Sunoco Logistics, Trans-Pecos |
By Steve Ahlquist on March 29, 2017
“What could be in the cross-hairs next?” asked Laurie White, president of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, “Doing business with companies that sell soda, or garden hoses, or a polka dot ties, or provide paper towels, you get the point.
Posted in Activism, Burrillville, Business, Civil Rights, Climate, Corporate Greed, Environmental Racism, Featured, Infrastructure, Johnston, Labor, Louisiana, National News, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Photos, Providence, Rhode Island, Texas, Water, Westerly | Tagged Bayou Bridge Pipeline, Building and Construction Trades Council, citizens bank, Community Safety Act, CWA, Dakota Access Pipeline, DAPL, Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, John Igliozzi, jorge elorza, Justice Gaines, Kate Shapiro, Laurie White, Luis Aponte, Mariner East Pipeline, Michael Sabatoni, narragansett indian Tribe, Providence City Council, Providence City Council Ordinance Committee, Providence Water, Randy Noka, RI Bankers Association, RI Jobs with Justice, Sabina Matos, Scott Duhamel, SEIU National, Selene Means, seth yurdin, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Terrence Hassett, Trans-Pecos Pipeline, William Farrell |
By Selene Means on March 21, 2017
Selene Means brought his amazing eye to yesterday’s “Shame on Citizens” protest.
Posted in Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Environmental Racism, Featured, Infrastructure, Photos | Tagged Bayou Bridge Pipeline, citizens bank, Dakota Access Pipeline, Energy Transfer Partners, FANG Collective, Mariner East Pipeline, Shame on Citizens, Sunoco Logistics, Trans-Pecos Pipeline |
By Steve Ahlquist on March 20, 2017
Citizens Bank targeted by protesters for its support of the Mariner East Pipline, the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Trans-Pecos Pipeline in Texas and the Bayou Bridge Pipeline proposed for Louisiana.
Posted in Activism, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Environmental Racism, Featured, Immigration, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Providence, Texas | Tagged Bayou Bridge Pipeline, citizens bank, Dakota Access Pipeline, Energy Transfer Partners, FANG Collective, Mariner East Pipeline, Shame on Citizens, Sunoco Logistics, Trans-Pecos Pipeline |
By Steve Ahlquist on March 13, 2017
“But I was…” said Molly Henry.
“No. You cannot speak,” insisted Providence City Councilor Terrence Hassett, “It’s the rule of the chamber.”
Posted in Activism, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Environmental Racism, Featured, Infrastructure, National News, Photos, Providence, Video | Tagged Bakken Oil Field, bank of america, Barrack Obama, Brown University, Bryan Principe, Carmen Castillo, citizens bank, Dakota Access Pipeline, DAPL, donald trump, Elizabeth Hoover, Food and Water Watch, Jo-Ann Ryan, JP Morgan Chase, Kshama Sawant, Mary Kay Harris, Molly Henry, No DAPL RI, Providence City Council, Providence City Council Ordinance Committee, Randy Noka, seth yurdin, Sunoco Logistics Partners, Terrence Hassett, WBNA, West Broadway Neighborhood Association |
By Steve Ahlquist on March 7, 2017
“No no no no…” said the man from Citizens, “If I were kicking you out I would have come in with the officers. I’m not doing that.
“I’m asking you to kindly wait in the lobby.”
Posted in Business, Class Warfare, Climate, Corporate Greed, Criminal Justice, Energy, Environmental Racism, Featured, Infrastructure, National News, Photos, Rhode Island, Video | Tagged citizens bank, DAPL, NoDAPL, One Citizens Plaza |
By Steve Ahlquist on March 2, 2017
Three people representing the FANG Collective locked themselves to the parking lot side of the Citizens Bank building at One Citizens Plaza this morning in Providence. All three were arrested by the Providence Police. In all the action lasted about 35 minutes.
Posted in Activism, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Environmental Racism, Featured, Infrastructure, Photos, Providence, Rhode Island, Video | Tagged #ShameOnCitizens, Bayou Bridge Pipeline, citizens bank, DAPL, Eleanor Meshnick, FANG Collective, Mariner East Pipeline, Mayo Saji, NoDAPL, One Citizens Plaza, Trans-Pecos Pipeline |
By Steve Ahlquist on February 9, 2017
The FANG Collective held a #NoDAPL demonstration outside One Citizens Plaza to protest Citizens Bank’s opening of a line of credit with companies building the pipeline.
Posted in Activism, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Environmental Racism, Featured, Health Care, Infrastructure, National News, Photos, Video, Water | Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, Bayou Bridge Pipeline, citizens bank, Dakota Access Pipeline, DAPL, donald trump, Energy Transfer Partners, FANG Collective, Julie Richards, Mama Jules, Missouri River, Mothers Against Meth Alliance, Nick Katkevich, NoDPAL, Oglala Lakota Nation, One Citizens Plaza, Providence Police Department, Sacred Stone Camp, Standing Rock, Sunoco Logistics |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 27, 2017
Rhode Island residents who make $54,000 a year or less may be entitled to an earned income tax credit as well as free tax preparation.
Posted in Economics, Featured, Poverty, Rhode Island, State House, Taxes, Video | Tagged Barbara Cottam, Ben Lessing, citizens bank, Community Care Alliance, Comprehensive Community Action, David Cicilline, earned income tax credit, Economic Progress Institute, EITC, Federal Hill House, gayle goldin, Gina Raimondo, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, James Langevin, Joanne McGunagle, jorge elorza, Providence VITA Coalition, Rachel Flum, Rhode Island Community Action Association, Rhode Island State House, RICAA, Sara Morales, Scotte Slater, seth magaziner, Sheldon Whitehouse, Tony Maione, United Way of Rhode Island, VITA, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance |
By Bob Plain on September 6, 2016
Last week the big shots celebrated the groundbreaking for the new Citizens Bank headquarters on green space just west of I-295 in Johnston. Not me. I think the state is a triple loser, losing open space, tax revenue, and spending tax money. The 3,200 jobs that are supposed to be established there are not new but […]
Posted in Economics, Featured, Transportation | Tagged citizens bank, Johnston, land use planning |
By Barry Schiller on September 6, 2016
Last week the big shots celebrated the groundbreaking for the new Citizens Bank headquarters on green space just west of I-295 in Johnston. Not me. I think the state is a triple loser, losing open space, tax revenue, and spending tax money. The 3,200 jobs that are supposed to be established there are not new but […]
Posted in Economics, Featured, Transportation | Tagged citizens bank, Johnston, land use planning |
By Bob Plain on February 7, 2013
If the Royal Bank of Scotland sells Citizens Bank, which was reported again today in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, it could be another economic catastrophe for Rhode Island. As many as 3,000 jobs could be terminated here. But a sale doesn’t have to be a bad thing; it could be a boon. Here are two very […]
Posted in Economics, Featured, Opinion | Tagged citizens bank, rbs |
By Bob Plain on February 6, 2013
Citizens Bank parent company RBS Scotland agreed to a “$612 million settlement with American and British authorities over accusations that it manipulated interest rates,” reports the New York Times this morning. Meanwhile, across the pond, the political magazine NewStatesman is calling on the British government to force RBS to sell off its asset in the […]
Posted in Business, Economics, Featured | Tagged citizens bank, rbs |
By Bob Plain on August 7, 2012
Marketplace, the public radio program that makes economics fun and easy to follow, reached out to RI Future yesterday. They are doing a piece – for tonight’s show, I believe – on layoffs at local unemployment offices and wanted to talk with our contributor, Jonathan Jacobs, who has been filing stories for us on losing […]
Posted in Featured | Tagged citizens bank, climate change, dlt, olympics, Unemployment, WPA |
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