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By Bob Plain on September 13, 2018
While the trend nationally has been to oust the incumbents, and the local pundits and politicos seemed braced for an upset, Rhode Islanders stuck by the status quo in the 2018 primary election Wednesday. Democrats roundly rejected Matt Brown’s upstart challenge to Governor Gina Raimondo, the more moderate incumbent. And they narrowly stuck by Lt. Governor […]
Posted in Featured, Politics, State House | Tagged aaron regunberg, Allan Fung, Bridget Valverde, Dan McKee, David Cicilline, Gina Raimondo, Jeanine Calkin, Laufton Ascencao, Linna Casar, Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, Matt Brown, Moira Walsh, Rebecca Kislak, Sam Bell, Sheldon Whitehouse, Spencer Dickinson |
By Will Weatherly on August 12, 2018
He may not have the Democratic Party’s endorsement, but Laufton Ascencao, running for state representative in District 68 (Bristol, Warren), knows exactly how to win races despite tall odds. He told me one of his first political litmus tests was during his time in Pittsburgh in 2013. There, while doing college organizing for the Obama […]
Posted in Bristol, Elections, Featured, State House | Tagged Andrew Tyska, Bristol, Elections, Energize RI, Kenneth Marshall, Laufton Ascencao, Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, Maryellen Goodwin, Moira Jayne Walsh, warren, Working Families Party |
By Will Weatherly on July 23, 2018
The sound outside of Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence was deafening on Monday afternoon as hundreds of nurses and other members of Local 5098 of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP) began their three-day strike for a fairer contract. The union’s previous contract with the hospital ended on June 30. Both […]
Posted in Activism, Corporate Greed, Featured, Health Care, Labor, News, Providence | Tagged aaron regunberg, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, health care, Justice Gaines, Labor, Laufton Ascencao, Lifespan, rhode island hospital, UNAP, UNAP Local 5098 |
By Will Weatherly on June 27, 2018
As the deadline to run for elected office came and went Wednesday afternoon, there are more than a few political newcomers—many young, and many centered around social justice—that could constitute the makings of a progressive wave in Rhode Island. Governor Most notable might be the governor’s race, where Matt Brown promises to give incumbent Governor […]
Posted in Congress, Elections, Events, Featured, National News, News, Politics | Tagged Aaron Regunburg, Anthony Giarrusso, Anthony Kennedy, Bridget Valverde, Carlos Cedeno, Cassandra Michael, Chris Blazejewski, Dan McKee, Dana Gee, David Cicilline, Dawn Euer, Donna Nesselbush, edith ajello, Elections, Ewa Dzwierzynski, gayle goldin, Gina Raimondo, Harold Metts, Holly Taylor Coolman, James Langevin, Jason Knight, Jeanine Calkin, Jessica De la Cruz, John Carnevale, John Pacheco, Jonathan Hernandez, josh miller, Justice Ameer Gaines, Justine Caldwell, Kat Kerwin, Kenneth Marshall, Laufton Ascencao, Lauren Carson, lauren niedel, Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, Mark Gee, Mark McKenney, Matt Brown, Matthew Perry, Melanie DuPont, Michael Earnheart, Moira Jayne Walsh, Nellie Gorbea, Nick Autiello, Pat Cortellessa, Pat Fontes, Paul Fogarty, Paul Jabour, Paul Roselli, primaries, Ramon Perez, Rep. Mike Chippendale, Salvatore Caiozzo, Sam Bell, Scott Slater, seth magaziner, Shelby Maldonado, Sheldon Whitehouse, Stephen Archambault, Teresa Tanzi, William Hunt Jr. |
By Steve Ahlquist on February 26, 2017
To both celebrate a month of victories and to plan for the future, well over 800 people filled the cafeteria of Hope High School as Resist Hate RI convened their fourth meeting, and their first meeting since Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Climate, Elections, Environmental Racism, Featured, Gun Control, Health Care, Immigration, Inequality, Photos, Politics, Race & Racism, Reproductive Rights, Rhode Island, State House, Video, Women | Tagged aaron regunberg, conversion therapy, donald trump, free college, Georgia Hollister-Isman, Gina Raimondo, Hope High School, ice, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Indivisible Guide, Indivisible RI, Jane Tucker, Jennifer Boylan, john mcdaid, Jose Batista, Justin Boyan, Laufton Ascencao, Millennial Professional Group of Rhode Island, MPGRI, Resist Hate RI, RI Center for Justice, Sheldon Whitehouse, Travis Escobar, Working Families Party |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 30, 2017
Two thousand people arrived at the Rhode Island State House Saturday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting Muslims and refugees.
Posted in Activism, Featured, Immigration, International News, National News, Photos, Politics, Religion, State House | Tagged aaron regunberg, Abdelnasser Hussein, David Cicilline, Donald Anderson, Georgia Hollister-Isman, Gina Raimondo, Jeanine Calkin, jorge elorza, Laufton Ascencao, Michele Dardashti, Mufti Ikram ul Haq, Providence Youth Student Movement, PrYSM, Sarath Suong, seth magaziner, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sofia Wright, Sterk Zara, Vanessa Flores-Maldonado |
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