Since the organization's founding in 2009, over 3,300 youth have participated in the free afterschool and summer programs.
The 17 people arrested ranged in age from 18 to 52 and were from Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
The 2024 Global RIghts Project (GRIP) report, produced by a team of researchers based at the University of Rhode Island’s Center for Nonviolence ... “Political imprisonment of non-violent protesters ...
“RISD was the first real protest in the fossil fuel divestment movement,” said Anne Tate, an architecture professor at RISD.
More than 75 people came out to a rally on Sunday outside Pawtucket City Hall to protest a plan to convert most of Morley ...
In the last quarter century, most countries around the world have failed to adequately protect the human rights of their ...
Anti-smoking advocates protested outside the League of Municipalities conference in Atlantic City on Thursday.
The Cranston City Council is mulling an ordinance put forth by Mayor Ken Hopkins that would make an executive order giving ...
In the last quarter century, most countries around the world have failed to adequately protect the human rights of ...
On Wednesday, Rhode Islanders experiencing homelessness and advocates voiced frustration over the state’s response to the ...
Protesters chanted ... “No one in the state of Rhode Island should not have a place to rest their heads at night. The weather is turning. It was below freezing last night,” Simon said.
In the shadow of the Rhode Island State House Wednesday, protesters begged the governor to declare a state of emergency to help fix the homelessness crisis. "This is a failure of leadership from ...