The Medill School of Journalism, the Journalism School for Northwestern University, has issued a report that paints a bleak picture for traditional local news outlets in the US. Some of the highlights of that report include: Those are American numbers,…
After record-breaking turnout in the Sept. 9 primaries, including a wave of early voting, just over 30,000 voters cast ballots at designated municipal polling places in the first eight days since early voting began Oct. 14. That's 40% fewer Rhode Islanders compared with two…
SOMERVILLE, MA — The city is making changes to residential streets aimed at slowing drivers, reducing cut-through traffic, and improving safety for pedestrians and cyclists. The work includes the recently completed reconstruction of Tufts Street in East Somerville and a new…
October 19, 2026 / 5:39 PM EDT / CBS Boston Somerville, Massachusetts is trying to discourage drivers who use GPS maps to cut through neighborhood side streets to get around Boston traffic. The city has installed so-called Neighborways to slow traffic, improve safety and reduce…
Dean Obeidallah and Joy Reid discuss independent media’s role in an increasingly undemocratic world. Laura Flanders: What’s on the top of your mind and your heart as we begin this conversation? LF: What do you perceive your role to be…
Having worked in public relations for over 20 years, there is something I deeply feel. It is that the number of 'media' that public relations professionals must face has increased significantly. In the past, when we said 'media' in the world…
A new Sentencing Project report puts Rhode Island among 32 jurisdictions that bar people with felony records from office beyond prison, parole and probation. Voting returns at release; office waits three more years. Rhode Islanders with felony convictions, no-contest pleas or…
When a recent poll asked Americans where they’d rank 13 terms regarding Donald Trump, the overwhelming winner was “corrupt.” Writer Peter Baker points out, “He’s dismantled much of the regular apparatus of accountability in government by firing inspectors general; gutting the…
The President of the New Media Association, Eugene Osafo Nkansah, has called on political leaders and lawmakers to stop treating new media practitioners as unprofessional individuals who have little to contribute to national development. Speaking during a Joy Prime dialogue…
Early voting begins for Rhode Island's general election today, Oct. 14, with polling locations across the state opening today until Election Day on Nov. 3. Registered voters across the state can find their polling locations and cast their ballots beginning today to…
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