Articles by Harry August
14 articles found.
Caught in Rhode Island
An investigation into how court fees and fines trap low-income Rhode Islanders in poverty
When Roberto Torres appeared in District Court on February 14, 2019, and plead no contest to a reckless driving charge, he …
"To Hell with the Stadium"
Can building trades and the left find common ground?
At a July 19 Providence City Council hearing, local progressive activists and local construction unions clashed. Chants and shouts from the …
Plugging the Drain
Getting Millennials to "#ChooseRI"
Rhode Island is worried about its size, and for good reason. Absent a mass migration to the Ocean State before the …
Best Rhode Island Tweets of 2018
An Indy Listicle
We never thought the day would come either. At the Indy, we pride ourselves on maintaining the kind of long-form, Leftist, …
Through the Wire
Competing visions for a carbon-free electricity grid
This article is the first installment of a month-long series,“Through the Muck,” tackling climate change in Rhode Island. Everyone in Rhode …
Through the Muck
Introducing an Indy series on climate change in RI
We have no idea how to think about climate. Over-dramatized headlines responding to last month’s United Nations IPCC report yell at …
Week In Running
Uptown Rats, Not So Whitebread World Billy Joel pointed out that the differences between the girls of the Upper East Side …
The House on Keene Steet
College Hill reads the zoning code
Along College Hill’s Keene Street, identical teal blue signs placed in nearly every yard point to a street united. Unlike other …
Week in Unwanted Commodities
Repent, Reuse, Recycle “For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” This is the Genesis verse heard around the …
Week in Bad Role Models
Don’t Drink & Drone The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had until September 30, 2015 to establish comprehensive rules for the use …
A Different Shade of Blue
Inside the ‘big tent’ of Rhode Island's Democratic Party
In Rhode Island, the label of “Democrat” doesn’t mean all that much. Despite its reputation for being as blue as the …
A Winding Path
Providence is a divided city. Physical barriers—both natural, such as the Providence River, and manmade, like the I-95 highway system—work to …
Week in Unresolved Cases
Iditaroids The walls of my boyhood room, once decorated with Sports Illustrated Kids centerfolds of Lance Armstrong, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, …
The Road to Resilience
Raimondo's new plan to protect Providence
Three days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Houston and two days before Hurricane Irma hit South Florida, Shell Oil Company …