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MATTHEW JERZYK

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Affordable housing effort targets $30-60k bracket

Shelter
The Armory Revival Company may not be the first developer that comes to mind when affordable housing is mentioned.
By MATTHEW JERZYK  |  December 12, 2007

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Activist Tales

Cleve Jones offers a model of labor-LGBT solidarity
Cleve Jones told a fascinating tale about how the assassination of Harvey Milk led him to become a prominent bridge-builder between the LGBT community and the labor movement.
By MATTHEW JERZYK  |  November 07, 2007

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Locals push, in various ways, to end the war

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Across Rhode Island, many people refuse to believe the hype that General David Petraeus’s September report to the nation actually means something.
By MATTHEW JERZYK  |  August 22, 2007

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Pushing to replace Bush

Rhode Islanders are getting busy while supporting their favorite democrats
On an overcast night in early June, nearly 100 of US Senator Barack Obama’s local supporters crowded into the Peerless Lofts in downtown Providence.
By MATTHEW JERZYK  |  July 11, 2007

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Community rallies against closing of Boys and Girls Club

Citywatch
In October 2004, 17-year-old William Lamont Thomas highlighted the launching of a GTECH-sponsored computer lab at the South Side Boys & Girls Club.
By MATTHEW JERZYK  |  February 21, 2007

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Does Biden have the right stuff for 2008?

Talking politics
While the 2006 mid-term elections are over, the war in Iraq still rages.
By MATTHEW JERZYK  |  December 06, 2006

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A progressive guide to ballot questions

Voters can back affordable housing and voting for Freed Felons
In December 2001, the Reverend Duane Clinker and three other ministers were arrested at the State House while protesting growing homelessness and cuts to funding for affordable housing.
By MATTHEW JERZYK  |  October 25, 2006

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Rebels in the general assembly

Can progressives change the debate on the issues that matter?
To the displeasure of progressives around Rhode Island, the Democrat-controlled General Assembly this year passed mammoth tax cuts for the wealthiest of Rhode Islanders — the same kind of tax cuts for which national Democrats have hammered President George W. Bush. 
By MATTHEW JERZYK  |  October 18, 2006

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Capital power

Providence remains the political base for RI’s Latinos
In 2002, it was no mere coincidence that David N. Cicilline’s Providence mayoral campaign placed its campaign headquarters on Elmwood Avenue, in the heart of the capital city’s Latino community.
By MATTHEW JERZYK  |  August 17, 2006

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The latinos take it to the next level

More candidates, more challenges, and the quest for clout
The latest US Census data — showing a growing number of immigrants living in the US, including many from Mexico — won’t come as a surprise to anyone familiar with Rhode Island politics.
By MATTHEW JERZYK  |  August 29, 2006
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