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John Lithgow delights in James Patterson's "The Guilty," and Brent Spiner's 'Fan Fiction" reunites the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." → Read More
“Travels With George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy," by Brown University grad Nathaniel Philbrick, leads the slate of October audiobooks. → Read More
This month: A new release from the late, great Robert Heinlein; “The Time Traveller’s Guide to Not Dying”; and a young-adult novel about a trans teen. → Read More
"Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small Hours," "In the Heights: Finding Home," and "The Stand-In" are this month's audiobook selections. → Read More
Fine performances by John Lithgow, Seth Rogen, RI's Don Mays and other actors, both famous and unknown, bring this month’s audiobooks to life. → Read More
We can experience change as loss, or we can choose to take a lesson from the world of comedy improv. → Read More
Sea conditions played a large role in the overturning of a kayak in Narragansett, at the mouth of the Narrow River. → Read More
For The Journal's executive editor, it comes down to people. → Read More
In everything we do at The Providence Journal and providencejournal.com, we are thinking about you -- our readers. → Read More
Last week, I talked about some changes I’ve made since the coronavirus pandemic began, including no longer going into our office to do my work. And I asked you about changes you’d made.I got several interesting responses, and today I’d like to share three of them, edited for length and clarity — a kind of portrait of Rhode Islanders in transition.TO OUR READERS: This content is being provided… → Read More
Since the middle of March, I’ve quit coffee, though I used to bring a big insulated container of it to work with me every day. I decided I don’t need the caffeine, and water suits me fine if there’s ice in it — my fridge is just downstairs from my new home office.I’ve stopped wearing a watch, and when the battery died at some point, I didn’t bother getting it replaced. When you spend all day… → Read More
You might think that protesters marching in public places would expect — even welcome — coverage of their protests, and that people using → Read More
It’s always a pleasure when a familiar byline returns to our pages. And it’s a special pleasure to have John Kostrzewa back on our front page today.Readers who care about business news will remember John, who distinguished himself as our banking writer during the RISDIC crisis of the early 1990s — he had covered a similar mess in Ohio for the Akron Beacon Journal before joining us in 1988 — and… → Read More
My wife and I have never been hikers. But during the pandemic, a lot of our usual weekend pursuits have been off-limits. So recently, we started doing → Read More
Those who grew up in the 1970s remember the POW/MIA bracelets that Voices in Vital America created and distributed during the Vietnam War.The simple nickel-plated bands cost $2.50 each (or $3 for a copper version) and held the name, rank and date of loss of prisoners of war and those missing in action. The metal cuff was intended to be worn until the person named on it was accounted for,… → Read More
Such was the case with a cartoon in Wednesday’s Journal by Clay Bennett that showed President Donald Trump putting a medal around a soldier’s → Read More
I had doubted I would go to the polls to vote in Tuesday’s Rhode Island primary.Voting by mail had seemed the safer choice, especially when the state’s coronavirus cases were heading up.TO OUR READERS: This content is being provided for free as a public service during the coronavirus outbreak. Sign up for our daily or breaking newsletters to stay informed. Please support local journalism by… → Read More
Tuesday is Election Day for the Rhode Island primary — the most unusual one in recent memory. Here’s how you can keep track of the results in → Read More
Plus, Bill Belichick on why he released Mohamed Sanu → Read More
In this summer where racial injustice is at the forefront of our nation’s concerns, several readers suggested to me that we republish Paul → Read More