Q & A with Jessica David, co-founder and board member of Local Return
“Our strategy also rests on changing the narrative, which I think of as the ‘hearts and minds’ strategy. The truth...
Summer Ends
“Rather than ending abruptly, summer in Rhode Island is gently packed away for the colder months. In its place...
Q & A with URI Associate Professor of Sociology Julie Keller
Thanks, Julie, for agreeing to do this. We want to bring to our audience results of the fourth annual...
Shipbuilding school steers toward massive wave of expansion
By GRETA SHUSTER Beacon Media Staff Writer This story was originally published in the Warwick Beacon, a publication partner of Ocean...
AccessPoint RI empowers people while changing lives
“It’s so important that we bring awareness to the fact that folks in our programs need the same things...
Brown’s Pandemic Center tracks infectious disease outbreaks in U.S. and abroad, offers guidance in preventing, preparing, and mitigating
Center’s Tracking Report brings vital information to readers everywhere PROVIDENCE — “Public distrust of public health guidance from the...
Q & A with children’s author Andrew Hacket
“In This Classroom is my teacher heart in a book.” Thanks for joining us, Andrew. We learned about your...
Dancing since ‘Time Immemorial’
By MIMI REITZ Beacon Media Contributing Writer This story was originally published in the Warwick Beacon, a publication partner of Ocean...
Pollution solution takes root in a park lake
By MIMI REITZ, Beacon Media Contributing Writer Jul 22, 2026 This story was originally published in the Warwick Beacon, a publication...
It Takes a Village: How Rhode Island Schools Are Reversing the Learning Recession
The state’s chronic absenteeism numbers are improving, screens are getting a second look, and summer is no longer lost...
Q & A with poet, author and Providence College emeritus professor Peter Johnson
Peter, thanks for joining the Ocean State Stories crew! You have another critically acclaimed new book out, I’m Old,...
Today is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Ocean State Stories asked a sampling of Rhode Islanders what freedom means to them today. Here’s what they said....
Q & A with Tim Gray, founder and president, World War II Foundation
Tim, we read Jack Perry’s recent story in The Providence Journal about Residue of Evil: Legacies of Nazism, now in production,...