Global Report Tracks New Use, Production of Widely Rejected Weapon Ukraine is the only country in the world where cluster munitions are being used today, Human Rights Watch said. Hundreds of Russian cluster munition attacks have been documented, reported, or alleged in at least 10 of Ukraine’s 24 regions, or[Read More…]
Auchincloss leading a combined special operations mission in Panama (2014) America can use mining partnership in Afghanistan to force human rights improvements One year after ending the failed war in Afghanistan, the United States is in a stronger position. Without boots on the ground, we have more resources to[Read More…]
How can you say no to free, right? And if anyone has recently done any landscape architecture to their home, they know exactly how expensive trees, shrubs & plants can be. For a limited time, The Rhode Island State Department of Environmental Management, & the Arbor Day Foundation, in[Read More…]
Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, Commissioner of Public Safety Steven M. Paré, and Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr. announced today that the Statewide Grand Jury has returned an indictment charging two Providence men with murder in the shooting death of 24-year-old Miya Brophy-Baermann in Providence in 2021. On[Read More…]
From The David Segal For Congress Campaign: Prominent Veterans Group Gets Behind The Progressive CD-2 Candidate David Segal’s campaign for Congress has been endorsed by the veteran’s group Common Defense. “The veterans of Common Defense are proud to endorse David Segal,” Common Defense said. “David is the only candidate for[Read More…]
The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act would allow news organizations to jointly negotiate fair terms for access to their content by Google, Facebook, and other dominant platforms. Representative David Cicilline (D-RI); Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Senator John Kennedy (R-LA); Representative Ken Buck (R-CO); and Senate and House Judiciary[Read More…]
Report follows four months of public meetings and community town halls to engage Providence residents in recommendations to advance reparations From The Office Of Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza: Mayor Jorge Elorza and the Providence City Council today received a detailed report from the Providence Municipal Reparations Commission outlining the Commission’s[Read More…]
Endorsement Brings Added Emphasis To Candidate Morgenthau’s Security & Defense “Cred” – Not So Subtly Shifting Focus Away From Domestic Social Issues In a move that highlights a tightening race for the Democratic nomination for an open 2nd District Rhode Island Congressional Seat, the Sarah Morgenthau Campaign announced the endorsement[Read More…]
The Coalition’s Pat Ford met up with Dr. Luis Daniel Munoz, at Pawtucket’s newest political hotspot, Notes Coffee, on Armistice Boulevard. The discussion centered around a subject, near & dear to The Coalition … Debate exclusion. Despite being included in, and some would argue, nearly dominating every forum, Candidate Munoz[Read More…]
From The Office of Nirva LaFortune: “Today, at a special meeting of the City Council, I voted to sustain the Mayor’s veto of the proposed charter amendments, one of which was a proposal to put the question of a hybrid-model school board to the voters in November. I am[Read More…]
FLASH! Providence Mayor Smiley Announces Tax Amnesty Program for Motor Vehicles & Tangible Taxes 
Boardroom Videos & Termination Letter: The Sad Final Day of RIPTA CEO Scott Avedisian’s Tenure 
Human Rights Watch & The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Sudan-One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach (Video-UNHCR: 1 Year Since War Has Broken Out) 
Rhode Island Democratic Socialists Celebrate Formal Designation of Rhody Democratic Convention Delegate As “Uncommitted” 
Breaking! Smiley Administration: City of Providence, Providence Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3 Reach Tentative Five-Year Agreement 
Sixty-Day Amnesty Program Waives Interest for Eligible Taxpayers Residents of La Prov! An opportunity to “get right” with those fine folks at Providence City Hall. And yes, we’ve got questions. We’ll be reaching out to Mayor Smiley’s Office to get additional details …. From The Office of[Read More…]
On March 26, members of RIBLIA: The Rhode Island Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian-American and Pacific Islander Caucus met in the Rhode Island Senate “Lounge”, to announce priorities surrounding the “reformation” of the Law Enforcements Officers’ Bill of Rights (LEOBOR) and set forth an Agenda for the[Read More…]
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should[Read More…]
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