Metro
Forced Into the Light
How doxxing and technological authoritarianism threaten transformative movements
It’s not uncommon to find commotion on the portion of I-95 that runs through Providence. On the night of October 12, …
PIENSA EN EL PUERTO
Una bahía Narragansett para todos
Originalmente publicado en inglés el 6 de noviembre del 2020 Traducción por Emma Madgic Dos veces al día, Monica Huertas, una …
¿QUÉ HAY EN UN NOMBRE?
El debate acerca del último voto para cambiar el nombre de Rhode Island
Originalmente publicado en inglés el 6 de noviembre de 2020 Traducción por Effi Holston advertencia de contenido: discusiones sobre la violencia …
CONTRA LA AUSTERIDAD
Un presupuesto de justicia para Rhode Island
Originalmente publicado en inglés el 9 de octubre de 2020 Traducción por Nell Salzman El 22 de septiembre, al pie del …
NO TRAICIONEN A LOS PASAJEROS DE BUS
El defectuoso plan de “Multi-hub” de RIDOT enfrenta oposición pública
Originalmente publicado en inglés el 16 de octubre del 2020 Traducción por Carlos Betancur En cualquier día, Kennedy Plaza está llena …
ACONSEJAR, NO PATRULLAR
La lucha de Providence por escuelas sin presencia policial
Originalmente publicado en inglés el 30 de octubre del 2020 Traducción por Lindsey Maher advertencia de contenido: brutalidad policial, tiroteo escolar …
The Power Move
The case for line-item veto in Rhode Island
Paying Little League umpires. Repairing leaky, all-male social club roofs. Buying shuffleboards and installing hair dryers. For decades, members of the …
This Is My Home
How COVID-19 shed light on the homelessness crisis in Rhode Island
Teisha Miller was without stable housing for nearly two years, but never saw the homeless crisis get as bad as it …
Out of Reach
An examination of injustice in our housing system through the lens of Source of Income discrimination
The booming voice of Malchus Mills crackles through the phone as he recounts his experience searching for housing in Providence. Mills, …
Roman Bronzes as Settler Colonialism
Archaeologists and classicists for monument removal
In late 2019, Brown’s Public Art Committee proposed to relocate the University’s Caesar Augustus monument to the Quiet Green and have …
What's in a Name?
The debate surrounding Rhode Island’s latest vote on a new title
content warning: discussions of anti-Black violence and mentions of racial slurs directed at Black, Latinx, and Asian communities In 2000, a …
Consider the Port
A Narragansett Bay for all
Twice a day, Monica Huertas, an environmental justice activist from South Providence, makes the long drive down Allens Avenue to pick …
The Lotus Pepper
The making of food truck home cooking
At six years old, Young Nguyen tucked herself into the underbellies of a shrine. A heavy, cement Buddha guarded her from …
Counselors Not Cops
The fight for police-free Providence schools
content warning: police brutality, school shootings, and suicide As early as the 6th grade, Jayson Rodriguez saw police officers arrest, tackle, …
Déjà Vu en el Distrito Escolar de Providence
Dos décadas, dos informes
Nos complace anunciar que, con el objetivo de hacer nuestro trabajo más accesible para las comunidades hispanohablantes de Rhode Island, estaremos …
The Crux of the Coop
Examining elements of Rhode Island’s progressive coalition
Over the summer, every Friday afternoon like clockwork, I received a text from a friend asking me to go canvassing with …
Don't Throw Riders Under the Bus
RIDOT’s flawed “multi-hub” plan faces public opposition
On any given day, Kennedy Plaza bustles with energy. Between the district court, Burnside Park, a skating rink, City Hall, the …
Budgets in Distress
Unpacking unexpected funding cuts to R.I.’s most at-risk communities
At the end of July, Rhode Island slashed funding for the Distressed Communities Relief Fund in half, reducing the ability of …
Against Austerity
A justice budget for Rhode Island
September 22, at the foot of the Rhode Island State House, mother-of-three Sucely Murillo recounted the abuse she had faced from …
Shaking Up the State House
An interview with State Senate Candidate Tiara Mack
On September 8, Tiara Mack won her Democratic primary race for Rhode Island State Senate, beating long-time incumbent Harold Metts with …
A Shut-and-Open Case
Rhode Island’s road back to trial by jury
Bail in Rhode Island for a misdemeanor starts at $100 in cash, and rises quickly from there. The lowest levels of …
The Crisis Within a Crisis
The Story of COVID-19 and Evictions in Providence
We’ve just crossed the seven-month marker of the pandemic’s presence in the United States, which means that seven months of rent …
Progressive Percolation
A selection of profiles on the state’s most forward-thinking politicians
On September 8, progressive candidates across Rhode Island swept the local Democratic primaries, upsetting incumbent Democrats in a way that made …
When a Dorm is Not a Home
The institutional harms caused by Brown’s Office of Residential Life
content warning: sexual assault Paint peeling down the walls, a broken heating system, and mice scampering under the bed. As many …
On Track?
Advanced academics and the pipeline to Classical
An increasingly broad body of social science research demonstrates that educational tracking—the separation of students by evaluated academic ability—disproportionately disadvantages low-income …
Consider the Lobster (Again)
Climate change puts RI lobsters in hot water
Peter Brodeur was only a few miles away from his home on the Narrow River in Narragansett, a seaside community in …
Lost in Translation
Providence public schools, multilingual pedagogy, and the coronavirus crisis
ENTERING: The language of achievement and deficit Two comprehensive reports researching the conditions in the Providence Public School District (PPSD) came …
A Socially-Distanced 2020 Census
How Rhode Island is attempting to count every single one of its residents
The United States Census Bureau has historically declared April 1 as a national "Census Day," a time to unite the nation …
Shelter from the Storm
Gov. Raimondo needs to open up hotels, dorms to people experiencing homelessness
The front-page headline of the Providence Journal on April 4 proclaimed, in bold type: Raimondo: Stay home, or ‘more people will …
Civic Duty Calls
Contested Civic Education in Providence
Standing in front of a poster board she had prepared for the Providence Community Day at Asa Messer Elementary, Chloe Feit, …
School District Déja Vu
Two Education Reports, Two Decades Apart
This is the first installment in the Chalked Up Metro series The year was 1993. The Providence River was still covered …
Chalked Up
Introducing an Indy series on public education in RI
In 1993, the Public Education Fund—a nonprofit organization composed of Providence business leaders, educators, and citizens concerned about local schools—sponsored a …
Healing Through Theater
How a Trinity Rep actor helped Sheila Bentley tell her version of PVD history
For Rebecca Gibel, the actor who played Sheila Bentley in Trinity Repertory's fall 2019 production of The Prince of Providence, the …
Muddy Matiello
A look at the RI Speaker of the House’s Abuses of Power
Speaker of the House Nicolas Mattiello, arguably one of the most powerful figures in Rhode Island politics, has been shrouded in …
Detention, Incarceration, Deportation
The Wyatt Detention Center and the national prison-industrial complex
PLACING THE WYATT IN CENTRAL FALLS The Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility is located across from a park. A wide expanse …
Sirens, Camera, Action
Policing entertainment in East Providence
The sun is officially down, but a morose blue still lingers in the sky behind Sergeant Michael Rapoza. He’s driving somewhere, …
Molehills Out of Mountains
A close look at Governor Raimondo's 2021 Budget Proposal
Reading budgets is like eating broccoli stems: miserable! Gina Governor Raimondo’s annual budget proposal, released this past January, is a multivolume …
Taking 287g Agreements to Court
An interview with activist Sherrie Andre
photograph by Steve Ahlquist content warning: police violence Late in the summer of 2018, activists from the FANG Collective, a nonviolent …
The Cold Shoulder
A flawed system is endangering RI’s homeless
When Harry lost his home in October, he went to one of Rhode Island’s largest emergency shelters: Crossroads Rhode Island. He …
Archiving Activism
Creating a collective memory of radicalism in Providence
On the afternoon of Saturday, October 26, a group of educators, students, activists, and community members gathered in a basement room …