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Ariel returns to the pages of the Phoenix with a look at Stronger than Their Walls , the Family Life Center's new documentary about the need for probation reform and the word on some upcoming screenings. A precondition for state inmates' release...
Marriage Equality RI has a benefit tonight . . . Cranston - Although the Ocean State is now officially the "Island of Inequality" when it comes to equal marriage rights for its gay and lesbian citizens, hope abounds. On Friday November 14 at...
Last week, as many Americans were celebrating the victory of Barack Obama, Heather Klink and a group of her classmates at Roger Williams University staged a vigil to protest the continued imprisonment of the Egyptian blogger known as Kareem Amer . Klink...
There will be a debate watch tonight at Obama's RI HQ . I came up empty while looking for details of a counterpart event on the RI Republican Party and the Ocean State Republican sites. Anyway, in case you missed it, Rick Massimo had a piece Saturday...
Politics ain't bean bag, as we know, and there's plenty of muck on both sides of our election process. Yet some longtime admirers of John McCain, like Washington Post op-ed columnist Richard Cohen , have offered withering indictments of how the...
Three days after N4N broke the news that Miriam Inocencio, the CEO of Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island , had resigned, PPRI has released an official statement. The move comes after the organization's Connecticut chapter gave an oblique description...
The Phoenix this week devotes a special issue to the Beijing games. Here are some of the highlights: Peter Kadzis talks with Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman . Not everyone who is critical of China is an unqualified supporter of the Dalai Lama. Some say...
Rod Driver might have some appreciation for how Ice-T used to say, "Freedom of speech -- just watch what you say." From the ACLU : Ruling in an ACLU case, a federal judge has struck down a state law that was used by the Town of Richmond to repeatedly...
Best wishes to Jenn -- a forceful advocate -- with her departure from MERI : Executive Director Jenn Steinfeld will be leaving the organization on August 1, 2008. Steinfeld has been involved with MERI since its inception as the Campaign for Marriage Equality...
Pretty funny, and a bit sad, via Belo's Sports Blog : Christian Web site changes Tyson Gay's name to Tyson Homosexual Michael David Smith of FanHouse reports: The Web site One News Now , which describes itself as providing "your latest news...
In time for the Fourth of July, the Phoenix this week offers the 11th annual Muzzle Awards , which recognize efforts to squelch free speech and step on the first Amendment. The excellent Dan Kennedy , as usual, helms Muzzle Central, and he has two winners...
As Rhode Island continues to wrestle around the margins of the legality of granting a divorce to two women , let alone the thought of sanctioning gay marriage, Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders is taking a look back at GLAD's...
The clever Mr. Comtois has a sharp bit of satire over at Anchor. Personally, I think the gist of this argument is a non-starter, as with those who make similarly outsized rhetorical leaps (i.e., people love their pets, so why can't they marry them...
Marriage Equality Rhode Island , which is looking for new board members, has this event tonight: Where? Wild Colonial Tavern - 250 South Water Street - Providence - 401. 621.5644 When? Monday, June 9 - 5:00 to 7:00 PM Why? Come and support MERI and indulge...
Coming your way, at the State House: From MERI : On Wednesday, May 7, the Rhode Island Assembly's House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony on several bills addressing marriage equality rights for all Rhode Island couples, regardless of gender or...
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