Articles by: Pat Ford

Hope and Change for Haiti-HnC Celebrates Fifth Annual International Women’s Day

Together We Can Break The Bias Hope and Change for Haiti, along with its partners, Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island, Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, Dialogue on Diversity, and Inclusion of Rhode Island College invite you to its Fifth Annual International Women’s Day celebration on Friday, March 4th, 2022, at[Read More…]

by March 3, 2022

RI Supreme Court Strikes Down Archaic Law Which Declared Inmates Serving Life Sentences “Civilly Dead”

  From Our Interview With Atty DeVoe When The Case Was Originally Filed From The ACLU of Rhode Island: In an important victory for the principle that the courts should be open to all for redress, the Rhode Island Supreme Court today declared unconstitutional an archaic state law enacted over a century-and-a-half[Read More…]

by March 2, 2022

BARRINGTON PARENTS UNITED (BPU) Notifies School Committee Of Potential Mask Triggered Impending Litigation – Spearheads Independent, Town-Wide Effort To Replace School Committee & Other Official Seats

  From The Barrington Parents United: PARENTS PUT SCHOOL COMMITTEE ON NOTICE in anticipation of mask mandate policy update before the state-wide restriction lifts on March 4. A group of Barrington parents are prepared for litigation if the Barrington School Committee votes in favor of continued mask mandates past the[Read More…]

by March 1, 2022

RI Transit Riders Issue Statement On Dorrance Street Transit Center

From: RI Transit Riders RI Transit Riders is not yet able to endorse the Dorrance Street Transit Center plan presented at the public meeting last night (February 24) while it remains so uncertain, and we are not yet willing to take Kennedy Plaza off the table. Although bus riders, on[Read More…]

by February 28, 2022

Human Rights Watch: Russia On War Footing Crushing Independent Media

Authorities Threaten Independent Media Over War Reporting From Human Rights Watch: Russian authorities have threatened to fine or block 10 Russian independent media outlets if they do not delete publications about the war in Ukraine, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities have interfered with access to Facebook and Twitter and[Read More…]

by February 28, 2022

CDC Audio Update: COVID-19 Levels & Tool To Help Communities Decide What Prevention Steps To Take

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention provided an update to media on new COVID-19 Community Levels, a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. A power point, loaded to the Coalition Radio Network, includes: What People Can Do to Protect[Read More…]

by February 25, 2022

Calenda Statement On Mootness – Southwell et. al vs. Daniel J. McKee

  Once again, in pure political fashion, the Attorney General has attempted to prevent Rhode Island courts from definitively deciding the issue of COVID-19 mandates via executive order by asking the Superior Court to dismiss the challenge to school mask mandates on the grounds that the challenge is now moot[Read More…]

by February 25, 2022

State Motions To Render Landmark Mask Mandate Case Southwell V. McKee Moot: Plaintiffs Say No Way!

    Never Mind. That’s what the State of Rhode Island would like you to believe, regarding the landmark case Southwell v. McKee. Having worked overtime to prevent a precedent setting decision … multiple delays of “Discovery” being the most egregious example … The State would have you believe that[Read More…]

by February 25, 2022

Citizen Activist Files Criminal Complaint In “Gender Queer” Child Pornography Controversy

Westerly Parents Rights/Education Activist Robert Chiaradio has taken the controversy surrounding allegations of child pornography at Westerly Schools to a new level, filing a criminal complaint with the Westerly, Rhode Island Police Department. The complaint is aimed squarely at School Committee Members, the Superintendent of Schools, and Library Staff. Per[Read More…]

by February 22, 2022

Magaziner Congressional Campaign, Citing Reported Russian Ties Of Convicted Fraudster Taub, Demands Return Of Taub Campaign Contributions To Prior Fung/Lancia Efforts

    The Magaziner Campaign has launched a salvo against the competing Congressional Campaigns of Robert Lancia & Alan Fung … reaching back to campaign contributions from convicted Fraudster/Rhody District 1 Congressional Candidate H. Russel Taub. From The Seth Magaziner Campaign: Congressional candidate Seth Magaziner today issued a statement calling[Read More…]

by February 21, 2022