PROVIDENCE – The innovation process takes time; it is both long term and iterative. Perhaps that is one of the key takeaways that could be drawn from the announcement made by Gov. Gina Raimondo … more

PROVIDENCE – Recently, two unassuming, somewhat mild mannered producers of independent digital news platforms in Rhode Island walked into a coffee shop to have a conversation. What happened … more

PROVIDENCE – No one, really, should have been surprised or shocked by the two separate snapshots of U.S. Census data provided about concentrated poverty for families and children living in … more

PROVIDENCE – As ConvergenceRI enters its seventh year of publication, there is much to celebrate in the growth of its digital news platform in the Rhode Island marketplace, covering the … more

PROVIDENCE – A few years ago, walking down Dorrance Street in Providence, I saw former Mayor Joe Paolino get into the passenger seat of a car outside of his building on the corner of Weybosset … more

SOMEWHERE IN WESTERN RHODE ISLAND – It was a luminous fall day in early September as I slowly drove up my winding driveway in rural Rhode Island. Suddenly I stopped the car. What was … more