By the end of this week, barring some unforeseen surprise (and we can't rule anything out these days), Rhode Island will have a new governor for the first time in over six years. Much print will be dedicated in the coming weeks to try and calculate more

By KATHRYN POWER We are coming up on one year since the first shutdowns and quarantines changed the way we work and learn and connect with family and friends. COVID has made many things harder, and this is especially true for individuals with more

Throughout the past year, there have been very few reasons to be optimistic regarding the state of affairs - whether locally or nationally or from a worldwide lens. 2020 was, after all, a year of prolonged suffering for millions of people, and the hope more

Rhode Islanders may still be mentally fatigued from the recent presidential election - which went about as tumultuously as could possibly be expected - however there is another election of crucial importance coming up in a couple of weeks on Tuesday, more

The past year has taught us all a thing or two about resiliency. For some of us, that has meant fighting through losing your job or shuttering a business. For others, this has meant grieving through the sudden loss of a loved one to a cause most unfair more

By GREGG AMORE and BRIAN C. NEWBERRY Like most Americans we were shocked by the events of Jan. 6, highlighting the delicate balance "keeping" our republic, as Benjamin Franklin forewarned. Yet as a history teacher and an officer of the court, having a more

If you thought waiting in a long line to renew our license at the DMV makes us impatient and irritable, we shudder to imagine how angry and tense the next few months may become as vulnerable populations - and those just hoping to reclaim some normalcy in more