Ocean State Stories asked a sampling of Rhode Islanders what freedom means to them today. Here’s what they said.
Friday is the 249th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Ocean State Stories asked a sampling...
Ocean State Stories named finalist in national contest
Honor comes in public service category NEWPORT – Ocean State Stories has been named a finalist in the 2025...
Q & A with Linford D. Fisher
Thanks, Lin, for bringing us inside an exciting and important initiative: Stolen Relations: Recovering Stories of Indigenous Enslavement in...
Pride Month, June, gets back to its roots
“It’s more important than ever that we recognize and support trans and queer people given the political climate today.”...
Q & A with Kerri Cassino
Thanks for doing this, Kerri. We go back a long way, to the many years I wrote about disabilities...
Q & A with Rose Island experts Sean O’Connor and Michael Simpson
Editor’s note: This interview was conducted by email. Thanks, Sean and Michael for joining us at Ocean State Stories....
Q & A with Marta V. Martinez
You have been a powerful presence in the Latino community for many years. More on that in a moment,...
Q & A with Carlene Fonseca of Central Falls
Carlene, thanks for joining us. A story earlier this year in The Valley Breeze caught our attention. Let’s start...
Tomaquag Museum’s Lorén Spears to Be Inducted into R.I. Heritage Hall of Fame
This story was originally published in EcoRI News, a publication partner of Ocean State Stories. EXETER — In 2019,...
Q & A with Kelly Clifton, Head of Library Community Engagement at Brown
Brown and the Library’s mission is to “serve the community, the nation and the world by discovering, communicating and...
ICE keeps New Bedford mayor, police in dark about violent arrest of Guatemalan immigrant
Mayor Jon Mitchell: “The problem we have is that we just don’t get good information out of ICE, information...
Q & A with Theresa Guzmán Stokes
“The history of the Americas — and even our own country — is not the story of a single...
Open for submissions
New poetry journal launches this summer Originally published in the Warwick Beacon, a publication partner of Ocean State Stories....