• Picture of an epidemic: Three years of fatal overdoses in Providence

    In spite of a crackdown on prescription opioids that began during the Obama administration and ramped up during the Trump administration, the U.S. saw a record number of opioid-related fatalities during the pandemic. Providence was not immune.

    October 21, 2021

  • How a 2014 overdose led to Kristen's Law, and what it means for RI drug prosecutions

    Will stiffer sentences for drug dealers save lives, as the law intends, or open a "Pandora's box" of unintended consequences?

    October 17, 2021

  • An Inside Look at 30 Years of Narcotics Prosecutions in Rhode Island

    Spring 2021

  • Policing Drug Crimes in Providence

    How the Providence Police is addressing the dual crisis in public safety and public health introduced by the opioid epidemic.

    Spring 2021

  • Chile's Constitutional Renewal:

    A Lesson to be Learned?

    Fall 2020

  • A Broken System Set Ablaze

    Seeking safe shelter on the island of Lesvos

    October 30, 2020

  • Civic Duty Calls

    Contested Civic Education in Providence

    March 27, 2020