Publication
Dec 31, 2013
Case Docket

CASE DOCKET: 2013

Publication
Nov 4, 2013
Letters & Testimony
  • Privacy|
  • +2 Issues

TESTIMONY: Mitigating the Harm of the NICS Database

Rhode Island’s Behavioral Health and Firearms Safety Task Force was tasked with proposing “legislation and recommendations to support the state’s full participation in the NICS [National Instant Criminal Background Check System] Index.”
Publication
Jun 5, 2013
REPORT: Blacklisted (June 2013)
  • Students’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

REPORT: Blacklisted (June 2013)

This report shows that in ALL school districts in RI, black and Hispanic students are suspended at substantially higher rates than their representation in the student population, while white students are suspended less often than their representation predicts.
Publication
Mar 11, 2013
Digital Privacy
  • Students’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

REPORT: Access Denied: How Internet Filtering Harms Public Education (Mar 2013)

The websites of PBS Kids and National Stop Bullying Day, and a popular book recommendation site are among the sites that students have been unable to access at public schools in RI due to the use of so-called Internet filtering software.
Publication
Dec 31, 2012
Case Docket

CASE DOCKET: 2012

Publication
Dec 31, 2011
Case Docket

CASE DOCKET: 2011

Publication
Sep 26, 2011
Report
  • LGBTQ+ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

REPORT: Two Months of Civil Unions: Already Time for a Divorce? (Sept 2011)

Publication
Sep 8, 2011
Report
  • Government Transparency|
  • +3 Issues

REPORT: The Legacy of the Indefinite “War on Terror” in RI (Sept 2011)

Publication
Dec 31, 2010
Case Docket

CASE DOCKET: 2010