Union Swag

What’s happening in Westerly is an utter disgrace and I actually can’t wait to watch the school committee fail at writing its own policy.
I think I’ll stay in South County and Newport for my summer fun this year.

How is this allowed? First Paolino claims half the sidewalk on Westminster for his fancy friends to park their fancy cars, now a transformer permanently blocks 8’ of an 11’ sidewalk. I don’t like it. Providence 311 Providence Streets Coalition 👟🚲🚌🛴♿🚗🌲

Westerly plan to rewrite Transgender, Gender Diverse, and Transitioning Student Policy crashing into reality

The reality is that 'a policy that forcibly outs children without their consent creates an unsafe school for those students.'

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Providence Hotel Workers hold May Day rally for fair contracts

Hotel workers in Providence are calling for the hotel industry to “Respect Our Work” and “Respect Our Guests” by raising wages and reversing staffing cuts...

UNITE HERE Local 26 PVD City Council

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.RIAudubon corrects the record on Mayor Don Grebien's environmental impact review of Morley Field

'The data source for this conclusion is listed as 'Audubon Society of Rhode Island, 2023.' We did not provide these data or support such findings.'

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RISD Students for Justice in Palestine layout their demands

'Our curriculum focuses on decolonizing the art canon,' said an organizer, 'yet we cannot say anything about the genocide?'

RISD Students for Justice in Palestine @risd

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Secretary of State Gregg Amore speaks at Rhode Island Atheists' Day of Reason event

'The ideas around what a republic was, what a democracy was, what critical thinking was, what reason was, and how to act on policy through reason used to be celebrated.'

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When there's a discussion of environmental initiatives, SteveAhlquist.Substack.com is almost always there. Last week when I spoke at @FountainHeadRI's Climate Stocktake event, Steve was there to cover it. His coverage is online: steveahlquist.substack.com/p/speaker-shek…

.Rhode Island AFL-CIO's Patrick Crowley speaks on the future of climate and labor in Rhode Island

'Rhode Island is that single courageous state in a lot of ways, and Act on Climate is an incredibly important piece of legislation,' said Patrick Crowley.

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Apparently, Governor Dan McKee thinks Disgraced Former @MayorLBH is just swell.
The Issue: Gov McKee's Dive Into Woonsocket Politics Post Disgraced Former #Woonsocket Mayor Baldelli-Hunt
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.K. Joseph Shekarchi Shekarchi speaks on environmental legislation wins and priorities

'In my hometown of Warwick, we have 39 miles of coastline and I see and feel beach erosion, climate change, and sea level rise,' said the Speaker.

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Some tenured faculty members at Brown University are being threatened with vague disciplinary action after having visited the encampments. They received this email from the Dean of Faculty. I’ve confirmed at least 2, but there are at least 2 more I am hearing about beyond that.

The people of Cranston have spoken - Return Budlong Pool to its former glory

Will the Administration of Mayor Ken Hopkins listen?

Cranston Forward

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80+ students set up a Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Brown University

'The risk that we're putting ourselves in is nothing compared to the risk that the people of Gaza go through simply to live.'

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