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Skateboarding
By Luke TaylorAs a kid, I was pretty unfamiliar with the lay of the land outside of my quiet suburban neighborhood in Warwick, but I was a skateboarder, which put me in the vicinity of skaters from...
View ArticleAlt-Health: Kids and E-Cigs
By Cathren HousleyThey look like USB drives, but they are a delivery system of a very different kind. “Pod Mods” are a new product class of e cigarettes that are quickly gaining ground in what doctors...
View ArticleAdvice from the Trenches: High School Fashion
By Cathren HousleyDear C and Dr. B It’s the first week of my daughters high school freshman year. She is a good kid and has always been a good student. She is well adjusted and has lots of friends. She...
View ArticleNow Hear This: Aural Sex brings queer-positive porn to the masses
By Fallon Masterson“Love can’t pay the rent, but lust…” / “Bo leans into Delilah, their nose touching her cheek as they lock lips. Long and tender.” / “Arriving at the house, he let himself in with his...
View ArticleEngaged Anthropology: Brown’s Haffenreffer Museum collection reflects social...
By Amadeus FinlayAs the sepia-tinged blanket of fall warms the landscape with hues of burnt orange, yellow and red, college campuses across New England are coming to life with all the bustle of a new...
View ArticleTrail of Broken Promises: Mashpee Wampanoag Land Trust revoked by Department...
By Amadeus FinlayWampanoag means “People of the First Light.” Having lived in Cape Cod for at least 10,000 years, they are one of the longest continuous cultures in the Americas. In 2015, the Obama...
View ArticleNo More Fake News: Teaching kids 21st century literacy
By Motif Contributor In our digital age and “post-truth” era, media literacy — the expansion of the definition and skills of literacy to include the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and...
View ArticleRI Writing Project: Providing a lifeline for teachers
By Emmanuel RamosIf you walk into any high school during the first few days of a school year, you’ll probably encounter some form of professional development. Often, it’s representative of the newest,...
View ArticleIf You See Something, Say Something: Our writer has something to get off his...
By Jonathan JacobsLast place aversion is the heuristic bias in which people support measures that ensure they don’t fall to last place, even if that means acting against the greater good and their own...
View ArticleImmigration Enforcement and Public Schools
By Ehlayna NapolitanoAs RI settles into another school year, the nation continues to deal with a summer marked by news stories of detention camps, family separations and protests in response to the...
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Brown Students Put a Satellite into Earth Orbit
By Michael BilowJacob Leiken and Mckenna Cisler (L-R), team project leaders for the Brown University EQUiSAT, show a true-scale mock-up model of the earth orbiting satellite, a 10cm cube.(Photo:...
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AltHealth: We Need Choices
By Cathren HousleyThere are two lessons that are burned into every American’s brain as we live and grow. Want a refresher course? All you have to do is watch one hour of television to hear them all...
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Mission Electric: A Bike with a Mission
By Luke Taylor The storefront on Ives St. is mostly a revolving showroom of many styles of e-bikes. The bikes on display are not for sale. Potential buyers are encouraged to come in for a test ride,...
View ArticleAdvice from the Trenches: Free the Nipple
By Cathren HousleyDear C and Dr. B; I read your post on “Free the Nipple,” the movement that says that for true gender equality, wherever its appropriate for a man to be topless, it should be for a...
View ArticleAn Interview with Trinity Rep’s Conversationalist-in-Residence, Christina...
By Alison O'Donnell I had the recent opportunity to speak with Trinity Rep’s conversationalist-in-residence, Christina Bevilacqua. Our conversation follows: Alison O’Donnell: What does a...
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Grave Concern: Historical cemeteries beckon volunteers to final resting places
By Editor2You see them all over Rhode Island: white rectangular placards on metal poles — like bus stop signs — beside a highway, near a school, tucked between houses or in unexpected corners of land....
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Is Motif Haunted? An expert sussed out the spirits in our office and spoiler...
By Shirley PriscoMotif headquarters sits on the Blackstone River in an old mill building that creaks and moans as if trying to settle its old bones. While no one in our office has seen a ghost, some...
View ArticleThey’re Everywhere: We interviewed prominent Rhode Islanders who now slumber...
By Amadeus FinlayAs the veil between the worlds thins this Halloween night, this time-travelling Irishman stepped into the land beyond the horizon to learn more about Rhode Island’s illustrious...
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Zombie Night 2018 Photo
By DesignTaken by Small Frye at the Dark Lady, right after the Boo-lesque show: party to un-die for With boo-lesque dancers front and center, some of the undead crowd live the nightlife at PVD’s Dark...
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An Interview with RJ Heim: More Constant Than the Weather
By Bill BartholomewRJ Heim is a familiar face and voice to most Rhode Islanders, as the weekend weatherman and a feature reporter for the longstanding, top-rated television station NBC 10 WJAR for the...
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