“Now is the time to step up, speak out, and lead with conviction. Be the change. Be the voice. Be the difference.” The call is timeless; the voice behind it belongs to 17-year-old Rhode Islander, Adequoyah Kamali Josephine Mathews. As our conversation unfolded it became clear to me that she doesn’t look at life through […]
Columns
A look at What’sUpNewp’s latest columns.
Posted inColumns
The wit and wisdom of Rhode Island women, and how they plan to navigate a new year
It is a universal fact that the new year is a time of reflection on past events, present obligations, and future hopes and plans. Setting resolutions for the new year is an age-old tradition dating back to the ancient Babylonians from over 4,000 years ago, who made promises to their gods that were focused on […]
Posted inColumns
A 2026 Market Prediction from the President of the Newport County Board of Realtors
As we head into 2026, there is no shortage of opinions about where the housing market is going. What I want to offer here is not a national headline or a one-size-fits-all forecast, but a grounded, local perspective rooted in experience. I have a front-row seat to how buyers, sellers, and renters are actually behaving […]
Posted inColumns
Dr. Michael Fine: What’s crazy about the work we ask healthcare workers to do
I spent the last few weeks studying and taking tests so I can continue my Board Certification (in Family Medicine). Physicians and other health care workers are licensed by the State of Rhode Island and must pay a hefty fee for that privilege, as well as show evidence that we have studied the new developments […]
Posted inColumns
Gerry Goldstein: A dose of good medicine, free
An ancient Jewish proverb asserts, “As soap is to the body, so laughter is to the soul.” As we anticipate the start of a new year after an old one fraught with dysfunction, this provides us grist for a crucial resolution: to make time for laughter. The soap analogy is particularly fitting for our time, […]
Posted inColumns
Michele Gallagher: Quiet lessons on resilience from Rhode Island women business leaders
Over the course of the last ten months, we’ve been introduced to some inspiring women in this “Voices of Rhode Island Women” series. With every interview, I have been impressed about how intrepid, passionate and resilient these women leaders are. They don’t just show up for work every day, they show up and stand up, […]
Posted inOpinion
Just My Opinion: In New Orleans, undocumented immigrants live in fear
On the streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans – Bourbon and Royal, St. Peter’s and St. Ann’s — in the hotel rooms and in cabs and Ubers and Lyfts, you can feel the tension. A city, a region, infested by ICE and Border Patrol, and an area dependent on an immigrant population to […]
Posted inColumns
Dr. Michael Fine: What’s crazy about the Hepatitis B Vaccine and SNAP
This has been two weeks of particular craziness in health care, in which everyone, on all sides, did their level best at missing the boat. First, our friends at CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices went ahead and changed the recommendation for Hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, a crazy change if ever there was one. […]
Posted inColumns
Gerry Goldstein: Facing some unvarnished truths
During the 2016 election campaign, Donald Trump infamously asserted, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, okay?” That he could murder without consequence was hypothetical at the time, but now it’s all too real as he orders boats suspected of carrying fentanyl blown up […]
Posted inColumns
The Doctor’s In Your House: How at-home urgent care is changing the visit
Getting urgent or emergency care when you need can be a stressful ordeal. When someone is sick or injured, it could mean reshaping daily life to get care, and for some, that simply isn’t doable. At best, the disruption is temporary. But for older adults, busy families, people with mobility limitations, or those who are […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Fueling a Female Movement: This dynamic nonprofit advocates for women, girls, and families
The Women’s Fund of Rhode Island was founded 25 years ago by the late Simone P. Joyaux, a globally respected fundraising mentor and social justice advocate. In 2000, the Rhode Island Foundation partnered with Joyaux to launch the organization with a clear mission: close the opportunity and equity gaps facing women and girls. Today, WFRI […]
Posted inColumns
Dr. Michael Fine: What’s crazy about vaccines and RFK Jr., redux
First, now is the time to get a flu shot if you haven’t gotten one already. Flu is spreading in some southern and western states. Holiday travel will bring it here. Don’t delay. That said, I got the bill for the COVID-19 shot I had last month. Or rather, I got a record of the […]
Posted inColumns
Gerry Goldstein: A dissent from the ‘Silent Generation’
I don’t know about you, but I keep getting my generations mixed up. That’s easy to do these days, what with pop culture references constantly bombarding us with the opinions and preferences of people belonging to Gen X, Gen Y, and Gen Z. Throw in Millennials, Gen Alpha and Gen Beta and I’m lost in […]
Posted inColumns
At Thanksgiving – what are we thankful for?
(Part 2 of 3) Here’s the second part of what now turns out to be a three-part answer to my question, what are we thankful for? Each year, over the last few years, I’ve asked people over Facebook and through email what it is that they are thankful for this year – as we approach […]
Posted inColumns
The Importance of It All: Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island
There is a refreshing vibe of positivity and connection when you visit Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island headquarters in Providence. All around you is a spirit of pride and purpose for what is both a logistically complex and emotionally demanding mission. I was taken aback, not because it seemed unbelievable, but because the energy […]
Posted inColumns
Dr. Michael Fine: What’s crazy about healthcare in the developing world
I am writing from the Island of Brava, in Cape Verde, where I worked for a week with a great little organization called Project Health CV, which brings American volunteers to Cape Verde a few times a year to augment the health care that people in Cape Verde get from the government and the tiny […]
Posted inColumns
Gerry Goldstein: Parallels too frightening to ignore
In a democracy, citizens are guaranteed certain rights, and we can read them just as they appear in the Constitution: – Political power emanates from the people. – All…are equal before the law. – Officials are servants of the whole community and not of a party. But wait: Those guarantees are taken not from our own […]
Posted inColumns
Helen Hames: A movie night with Angela Lima
On October 24, 1975, an entire country experienced an abrupt wake-up call that would change the course of gender equality for women around the world and eventually help pave the way for progress here in Rhode Island. The awakening happened in Iceland when women, many in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, decided to take a […]