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On the Rhode Island ballot: a revolutionary, conservatives — and Ralph Nader, of course
A revolutionary, Ralph Nader, a Baptist minister, and two former congressmen from Georgia are all running for president in Rhode Island.

By STEVEN STYCOS | October 29, 2008

Obama for president

Plus, Reed for Senate, Kennedy and Langevin for US House, and choices for State Senate, House, and more
The Phoenix endorses Barack Obama for President and Joe Biden for Vice President.

By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX EDITORIAL STAFF | October 29, 2008

RI ’08: Prelude to 2010

In a national year of change, stasis is likely to prevail at the General Assembly
During a national election season in which “change” remains the dominant motif, Rhode Island politics is locked in a holding pattern marked by a Democratic stranglehold on state and federal offices.

By IAN DONNIS | October 31, 2008

Does not compute

Will our next president be a geek hero or a guy who doesn’t e-mail?
Though he’s infamous for his aversion to computers, McCain is actually no Luddite.

By MIKE MILIARD | October 30, 2008

We want a fresh start — and an untroubled election

Election Day 2008
Tuesday, November 4, Election Day, may be the most important day of our lives — and even more so for the children and grandchildren we will eventually leave behind.

By MARY ANN SORRENTINO | October 29, 2008

Providence Phoenix celebrates 30th anniversary

We collected anecdotes, ruminations, and true confessions by former and current scribes.
Thirty? Another five years have flown by!

By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | October 27, 2008

30 on 30

30 local luminaries look back on 30 years of the New Paper and the Providence Phoenix
The Providence Phoenix celebrates 30 years with 30 interviews

By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | October 24, 2008

30 lists

Looking forward and looking back, list-style
30 things mentioned in the first issue of the Newpaper, 30 things that we miss, 30 things that weren't around 30 years ago, and more.

By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | October 23, 2008

Fung and Fogarty vie to succeed Napolitano in Cranston

Outside Providence
Without Laffey, it’s just not as fun.

By MARION DAVIS | October 22, 2008

Bioneers to push quest for green jobs

Environment
Taking up a new way of doing things isn’t easy in the best of times, so it’s no surprise that the ongoing fiscal crisis complicates efforts to promote the so-called green economy.

By IAN DONNIS | October 22, 2008

The Doyle-Grebien mayoral fight energizes Pawtucket politics

Outside Providence: Two democrats square off in the Pawtucket mayoral election.
The race between incumbent Pawtucket Mayor James Doyle and Councilman Donald Grebien has largely turned into a clash over style rather than substance.

By MATT JERZYK | October 22, 2008

Back to the barricades

Can reenacting Vietnam-era protests help us rethink Iraq?
In the fall of 2005, when the artist and curator Mark Tribe began teaching at Brown University, he was struck by how little protest there was on campus at a time of war.

By GREG COOK | October 22, 2008

The road not yet traveled

A layman's guide to the science of time travel
In 1916, Albert Einstein published his general theory of relativity.

By MIKE MILIARD | October 21, 2008

Welcome to the PalinDome

One-stop shopping for humor mavericks
One-stop shopping for humor mavericks

By PHOENIX STAFF | October 14, 2008

Why Rhode Island is hurting

Bad days are here, and there is little in the past to make the future seem hopeful
If the nation’s fiscal crisis confirms that Rhode Island isn’t alone in facing serious economic woes, the state doesn’t suffer from a lack of other challenges.

By IAN DONNIS | October 02, 2008

Photos: Bulls on parade

"Security" at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN, September 3, 2008.
"Security" at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN, September 3, 2008.

By KATHY CHAPMAN | October 02, 2008

Among the Republican thugs

Fear and pepper spray in St. Paul
Minnesota is known innocently enough as the Gopher State, but for one terrifying, riot-gear-and-grenade-filled week this past summer, it was a police state.

By ANNE ELIZABETH MOORE | October 27, 2008

Man and machine

John Maeda talks about technology — and his quest to understand RISD
Leave it to John Maeda, the Rhode Island School of Design’s new president, to invoke the long-term value of art at a time when global financial markets are gripped by uncertainty.

By IAN DONNIS | September 24, 2008

RISD redefined

With the dramatic new Chace Center, the art school reaches outward
Rhode Island School of Design’s new Chace Center is the physical embodiment of the 131-year-old institution’s effort to rebrand itself as a more open place.

By GREG COOK | September 25, 2008

McCain’s crooked talk on torture

Critics, including a local former army interrogator, say he’s trying to play both sides of the issue
It might surprise some that McCain’s record in opposing torture and the Bush administration’s terror-war approach is more complicated than his comments suggest.

By IAN DONNIS | September 18, 2008