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Beatrice Pulliam, deputy director at the Providence Public Library, pulls a book off the shelf.

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Education

Gov. McKee Signs Freedom to Read Act Into Law

July 7, 2025

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Janine L. Weisman

For a 2023 series, The Public’s Radio interviewed more than two dozen teenagers who worked illegally in New Bedford’s seafood processing factories. Some complained of pain and injuries to their hands from using knives and operating heavy machinery.

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Immigration

Can a Bill Protect New Bedford’s Migrant Teens from Dangerous Jobs?

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering new legislation filed in response to an investigative series by The Public’s Radio that chronicled the lives of child laborers in New Bedford, the nation’s highest-grossing fishing port

July 7, 2025

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Ben Berke

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Community

‘We Are Focused on Freedom’: Local Cape Verdeans Celebrate 50 Years of Independence

On July 5, thousands of Cape Verdeans in Massachusetts and Rhode Island will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the West African country’s independence. Morning host Luis Hernandez spoke with two people from the region who will be honored at a national celebration in Washington, D.C.

July 7, 2025

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Luis Hernandez

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Education

2025 Barrington High School Graduate Receives Ocean State Media Foundation Scholarship

This is the eighth year Ocean State Media has awarded a college scholarship worth up to $60,000 over four years

July 3, 2025

Historian Jennifer Cromack holds a recently found, 178-year-old anti-slavery scroll at Grotonwood, the home mission of The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Groton, Mass.

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History

Lost No More: Rare 1847 Anti-Slavery Scroll Signed by 116 Ministers Unearthed in Massachusetts

Once thought lost to history, the powerful handwritten declaration by New England Baptist clergy resurfaces—shedding new light on religious resistance to slavery and a pivotal moment in the church’s past

July 3, 2025

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Michael Casey

Director Armando Rivera and Alexander Crespo-Rosario II (as Fausto) in rehearsal.

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Arts & Entertainment

Teatro en El Verano Explores the Ultimate Bargain in ‘¡Que Diablos! Fausto,’ a Bilingual ‘Doctor Faustus’

Imagine if you could be the greatest in the world at anything, but you’d have to sell your soul to do it. That’s the story of the show “¡Que Diablos! Fausto,” a bilingual production at Teatro en El Verano

July 3, 2025

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Luis Hernandez

A crane ship in Narragansett Bay, supporting construction of offshore wind turbines, is part of what had been a growing sector of Rhode Island’s economy now under threat.

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Climate & Environment

‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Leave New England Clean Energy Projects Blowing in the Wind

Rhode Island had been poised to become a hub for offshore wind, but the new domestic policy bill debated overnight in the U.S. House could put that work in jeopardy

July 3, 2025

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David Wright