PROVIDENCE – Call it a perverse game of chicken. A shutdown of the federal government was averted at the very last moment on Saturday evening, Sept. 30, when Congress enacted a temporary spending … more

PROVIDENCE – Do you remember the 21st day of September? Warming rays from the late afternoon sun in a cornflower blue sky bathed the outdoor café in a painter’s light of positive vibrations. … more

WELLFLEET, Mass. – We are the home to the most northerly population of the Diamondback Terrapins. And it’s the only turtle in North America that makes its home where salt water from the ocean … more

Editor’s Note: Here is the keynote address given by David Cicilline, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, on Aug.20 at Touro Synagogue, honoring the exchange of letters between … more

PROVIDENCE – My mother was a shop steward of her union, representing social workers at a local community agency, Jewish Family Service, in Millburn, N.J. She led a successful strike against the … more

PROVIDENCE – The latest episode in the podcast series, “The Lost Women of Science,” featuring chemist Lilli Hornig, “The Story of the Real Lilli Hornig, the Only Female … more