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A foolish furor in North Prov; so over Grover; we need more women

Do the right thing
Phillipe and Jorge are outraged that a North Providence police officer forced a carload of 'utes to do push-ups by the side if the road as penance for vandalizing a mailbox. What kind of sick, vigilante justice is this?

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | November 28, 2012

The foulest of the fowl: the Phoenix presents its fourth annual dishonor roll

Turkey time
Ah, Thanksgiving. Mashed potatoes, football, that asshole uncle of yours.

By: PHOENIX STAFF | November 21, 2012

The urban chicken roost movement hits Rhode Island

Good Eggs
Ernest and Linda Lambert, retirees living in a shaded suburban cul-de-sac just off Woonsocket's Mendon Road, have an unusual backyard project.

By: JOHN LARRABEE | November 21, 2012

In East Providence, raffling meat and lobster

It is Saturday night at the Lincoln Bar & Grille in East Providence and Big Bill is in firm command of the room. He's the kind of guy known in these parts as "funny as a bastard." Flirts with the women. Zings the men.

By: VICTOR PAUL ALVAREZ | November 21, 2012

Chilling in the Sunshine State; general mayhem; some music notes

Come on down!
Phillipe headed to Florida last week to meet with Jill Kelley, the Tampa socialite involved in the Petraeus-Broadwell scandal.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | November 21, 2012

Sketching anarchy

Graphic Design
"THEY SURVEIL. WE HACK." "THEY BOMB. WE FEED." "THEY EVICT. WE SHELTER." "THEY FUCK SHIT UP. WE FIX SHIT UP."

By: PHILIP EIL | November 14, 2012

After the election, whither the Tea Party?

Action Speaks
Action Speaks, the panel discussion series at AS220, concludes its fall season November 21 with a look at movement conservatism.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | November 14, 2012

Providence tackles a 32-million-word problem

IT Dept.
We all know, on some level, that impoverished kids face long odds. But quantification has a way of casting a problem like this in stark relief.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | November 14, 2012

War stories; UPS gets proactive; in the toilet

Veterans Day, on the left
On Monday, your superior correspondents observed Veterans Day and, as is Jorge's habit, he turned on talk radio to listen for a few minutes.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | November 14, 2012

The first Obama administration was a disappointment for progressives. What makes us think the second will be any different?

The fire this time
On LGBT rights, civil liberties, economic inequity, immigration, criminal justice, labor organizing, money in politics, and voting rights, the Obama administration let progressives down time and time again. And who's to say Obama's second term won't be the same as the first?

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 16, 2012

Should the government guarantee economic security?

Action Speaks
Action Speaks, the always entertaining panel discussion series at AS220, continues its fall season November 14 with a look at topic of great interest in Rhode Island: economic security.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | November 08, 2012

How Cicilline won

A Congressman's comeback
It was Tuesday morning and Eric Hyers, Congressman David Cicilline's lanky, sharp-tongued campaign manager, was sitting in a Starbucks on the bottom floor of the Biltmore Hotel gripping a wiffle ball and furiously sending text messages.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | November 07, 2012

Musings on the campaign results; farewell, Tommy

Boogie night
Phillipe and Jorge cranked up the sound system to 11 in the Boom Boom Room as the polls closed Tuesday night, playing Gil Scott-Heron's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and pinning on our "Clean for Gene" buttons. Just a pair of cock-eyed optimists, we suppose.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | November 07, 2012

Geek heaven at the Comic Con

Fanatics
The latest sign that the geeks shall inherit the Earth is the arrival of the first Rhode Island Comic Con November 3-4 at the Rhode Island Convention Center.

By: VICTOR ALVAREZ | October 31, 2012

Abel Collins occupies Rhode Island politics

Political Science
Occupy Providence isn't dead. But it's been pretty quiet since it decamped from Burnside Park in January.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | October 31, 2012

Does the photograph endure?

Action Speaks
Action Speaks, the panel discussion series at Providence art space AS220, continues November 7 with a look at the power of the image.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | October 31, 2012

Election 2012: the big finish

Cicilline and Doherty go to the wire — and what it all means
If you live in Rhode Island, own a television, and have a pulse, you know there is a quite nasty Congressional race underway, pitting Representative David Cicilline against Republican challenger Brendan Doherty.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | October 31, 2012

Interview: Nate Silver explains

The perils of prognostication
Nate Silver's New York Times blog, fivethirtyeight.com, is an island of rigorous thinking in an ocean of political spin.

By: PETER KADZIS | November 05, 2012

David Cicilline for Congress

Plus, progressive voices on Smith Hill, and 'yes' to casinos
Even admirers of Congressman David Cicilline can find him maddening.

By: PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | October 31, 2012

Blowhards blown away; our humble endorsements; do your part!

Saved by the storm
Cock-eyed optimists that Phillipe and Jorge are, we always look for the silver lining in hurricane-driven clouds.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | October 31, 2012

The Obama imperative

Vote to avoid economic and social catastrophe
Two things stand between almost certain economic and social catastrophe: the prospect of the Democrats maintaining — or expanding — their majority in the Senate, and the reelection of President Barack Obama.

By: PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | October 31, 2012