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Citizens Bank Target of Boycott and Divestment Protest

Local Efforts Sought to Oppose Trump’s Cabinet Picks

Massachusetts Native Teaches, Farms for Racial Justice

Local Tribe Opposes Power Plant and LNG Projects

WARWICK, R.I. — Two recent votes by the Rhode Island utilities board didn't satisfy those wanting to help customers who can't afford to keep the power and heat on.

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Opponents Ask State to Halt Providence LNG Project

Rising Rhode Island Rents Drive Homelessness

Low Wages Minimize Rhode Island’s Economy

PROVIDENCE — Before leaving the Irish Famine Memorial to walk to Kennedy Plaza, Will Lawlor told the two Brown University students to use the code word “glasses” if they found themselves in a difficult situation. He said the group would walk away together.

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Activist vs. Lawmaker: Different Approaches to Climate

Revamped Downtown Isolated City’s West Side

PROVIDENCE — The activist group No LNG in PVD has issued a call for National Grid to suspend construction at a site next to the Providence River, concerned that digging the toxic soil will spread pollutants. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management recently approved a soil management permit for the site off Allens Avenue, but National Grid is being accused of not holding public meetings.

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Rhode Island Switches Tracks to Better Address Homelessness

South Side Says No to More LNG in Providence

Activism Leads to Meeting with Governor About Power Plant

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