Metro
Hundreds rally for graduate unionization, immigrant protections
By Michelle Bi | May 6The “May Day” rally was part of a nationwide movement.
Michelle Bi
Metro Editor Michelle Bi is a metro editor covering City Hall & Crime and State Politics & Justice. She is a sophomore from Oak Park, CA and studies English and IAPA. In her free time, you can find her playing guitar, the LA Times crossword or one of her 115 Spotify playlists.
Post- Magazine
halfway notes [feature]
By Michelle Bi | April 22Lately I’ve been in Steinert, trying to figure things out. My fingertips hover over the piano like anxious crows waiting to land. I drop them, slide my hands up and down the keys, trace a path from black to white to black again. Still the notes don’t sound right. Still, I am hunting for the rhythm. ...
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R.I. federal court order allows out-of-state attorneys to represent in-state detainees
By Michelle Bi | April 22The order, which will last for a year, comes amid a spike in habeas corpus petitions filed across the state.
Metro
Smiley proposes $2.04 million in housing supports, no tax increases in fiscal year 2027 budget plan
By Michelle Bi | April 16The proposed $636 million budget marks the lowest year-over-year increase in at least five years.
Metro
R.I. Senate passes bill to make disarming peace officers a felony
By Michelle Bi | April 15Peace officers include Brown and RISD police.
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ACLU, University spar in court over public access to DPS arrest records
By Michelle Bi | April 9The lawsuit was filed by the ACLU of R.I. on behalf of two separate journalists.
Metro
State Senate introduces legislation aiming to increase primary care providers, support mental health hotlines
By Maxwell Silver and Michelle Bi | April 1Several of the 17 proposed bills would help establish a medical school at URI.
University News
DPS apprehends three masked individuals in Keeney Quadrangle
By Michelle Bi | March 19The individuals allegedly matched the description of those involved in a breaking and entering incident on March 13.
Post- Magazine
dialects & drifts [feature]
By Michelle Bi | March 18My memories of the years my family spent in the Midwest are blurry. What I do remember is a sense of sameness: the childish assurance that the wet, slippery snow that fell in December to block our front door in dense heaps was the same snow everyone else on Earth was wading through. That the tongue ...
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Roughly 100 Providence community members protest U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in Iran
By Michelle Bi | March 3The protest was organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation Rhode Island after a similar demonstration was held on Saturday.
