Some exhibits and events are already underway in Providence and Newport to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of ...

See live updates of Rhode Island election results from the 2024 election, including Senate and House races, state elections and ballot initiatives ...

Rhode Island passed what is considered the first slavery ban in the U.S. colonies. But there is no evidence that it was ever enforced.

Take a self-guided tour that explores Providence’s Black history from the early days of the Rhode Island colony to today. The city’s Early Black History Walking Tour provides insight into the ...

Rhode Island formed a closer analogy to the federal-state system established by the Constitution in 1787 than did any other state. In the decade before the outbreak of our War for Independence ...

PODCAST Bonus podcast: Rhode Map Live event with the Rhode Island Foundation Panelists included CEO David Cicilline and board chair Ann-Marie Harrington, and nonprofit leaders Lamont Gordon of ...

WARWICK, R.I. — A handful of coins unearthed from a pick-your-own-fruit orchard in rural Rhode Island and other random corners of New England may help solve one of the planet’s oldest cold ...

Rhode Island has developed a blueprint to ensure that students learn a foreign language.