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

PROVIDENCE – Moving is one of those traumatic events in everyone’s lives that involve confronting the future and letting go of the past. For a published journalist of more than 50 years … more

PART One Editor’s Note: When the history of the environmental movement in America is written, there will be no doubt all kinds of scholarly efforts to try to connect what happened on Earth Day, … more

PROVIDENCE – The nature of politics has always been transactional – the study of who gets what, when, and for how much. These days, the growing political tensions in health care and in … more