NEWPORT – “Music will be back in Newport this summer,” proclaimed Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee, soon after he assumed office last winter, and McKee delivered on that promise, leading … more

PROVIDENCE – As someone who has become increasingly disabled, struggling to walk, dependent on the use of trekking poles to get around, I have begun to perceive that I am becoming invisible, in … more

PART TwoPROVIDENCE – The alarm bells keep sounding when it comes to the threats from climate change. As Washington Post reporters Sarah Kaplan and Brady Dennis detailed in their story, … more

PART OnePROVIDENCE – This summer, the ominous signs of climate change threats have become harder to ignore or deny. Every day, it seems, brings a new level of urgency: everywhere across the … more

PROVIDENCE – If Providence had its own home-grown breakfast cereal to celebrate its champions of place-based development, one of the faces on the inaugural cereal boxes would no doubt be … more