From the Newsroom: The Providence Journal

Children and adolescents living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, are among the people whose daily lives have become especially challenging during the coronavirus pandemic, with its shattering of normal routines -- and, for some, days at a stretch without leaving the home. Challenging, too, for the parents and guardians entrusted with their care. The Journal asked pediatric n...

Mayor Charles A. Lombardi has waged a public – and at times personal – campaign this fall criticizing the employment contract for the town’s school superintendent.

With the Columbus Day weekend prompting reflection on the origins of our country, #NativeAmerican educator, historian and Tomaquag Museum director Lorén M. Spears urges individuals to learn the complete story of this place we call home. It is, she asserts, a story that includes truths untold, truths distorted, and the marginalization and oppression of many people, including her own, that da...

On a visit to Kingston, Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, on Thursday gave the state of Rhode Island and the University of Rhode Island high marks for their handling of the coronavirus pandemic. @gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo - story at providencejournal.com

Dr. Theresa Graves, director of the Breast Cancer Center of the Lifespan Cancer Institute in Rhode Island, discusses breast-cancer awareness and monitoring, care and treatment, and the advances research has brought as national Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins. She also talks about two of her patients, one from 20 years ago and another more recently: Lucia and Jennifer Cornwell, mother and daug...

Dr. Ashish Jha, the new dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, arrived this month from Harvard with an international reputation – and plans already to help move Brown and the state of Rhode Island into the forefront of domestic and global efforts to improve the health of all people. In this interview with The Journal, Jha said he also hopes he and Brown can contribute to m...

Candace Fleming, Chicago-based author of children's and young adult books, discusses heroes and the historical truths many may not know about Benjamin Franklin, Charles Lindbergh, Eleanor Roosevelt and other prominent Americans, this week on Story in the Public Square. 

Brown University sociologist Hilary Levey Friedman, daughter of a Miss America, discusses beauty pageants, feminism and her new book, “Here She Is,” this week on Story in the Public Square.

Providence police release the 911 call received July 22 from a downtown resident complaining about loud music being played at the wine bar Fortnight.

Michael J. Marcello, a former councilman and state representative, who filed the Ethics Commission complaint against Brady on behalf of the Scituate Democratic Town Committee said, “The new Republican council that replaced The Independent Men seemed to be hellbent on erasing any vestiges of any of their appointees and obviously the police chief is one of the top on their list,” Marcell...

Joselin Tavarez, who receives mental-health services by teletherapy from behavioral-health organization CODAC, discusses how important they have been for living with her anxiety and depression in the coronavirus pandemic. Linda Hurley, president and CEO of CODAC, which serves some 5,000 Rhode Islanders, gives the big-picture view. @gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo – story and video at provid...

Humorist, journalist, actor and best-selling author Mo Rocca is best known for his off-beat news reports and satirical commentary. He is a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and the host of CBS’s series The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation. Rocca created and hosted the Cooking Channel’s show, My Grandmother’s Ravioli, in which he learned to cook from grandparents across Ame...

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American Indian (Oglala Lakota) Dr. Donald Warne, Director of the Indians Into Medicine and Master of Public Health Program at the University of North Dakota, discusses generations of health disparities, genocide, the failure of the U.S. government to live up to treaties, the impact of COVID-19 on Native communities and more this week on Story in the Public Square.

Frederic Reamer, Rhode Island College professor and internationally renowned mental-health expert, discusses training of therapists and other professionals in the U.S. and abroad in telemedicine -- and the new challenges they and their clients face during the coronavirus pandemic. Among the many beneficiaries are therapists and service members on U.S. military on bases around the world -- and on a...

Mark Lurie, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University School of Public Health, discusses the prospects for a coronavirus vaccine, where Rhode Island and the nation stand in mid-July in the pandemic, and what may lie ahead as the summer progresses and fall arrives. Also in this @gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo, Lurie offers guidance on staying safe. Story and #video at providencejour...

Dr. Leonard Mermel, Medical Director, Epidemiology & Infection Control, Rhode Island Hospital, and a professor at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, discusses coronavirus transmission, risk, the possibility of a second surge this autumn and more in this @gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo. Story and video at providencejournal.com

Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency physician at Lifespan’s Rhode Island and Miriam Hospitals, has been on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic since the start. Ranney is also a professor at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and director of the Center for Digital Health. In this @gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo, she discuss COVID-19 risks and future projections – and she...

Award-winning photojournalist Maddie McGarvey @maddiemcgarvey returns to Story in the Public Square and SiriusXMRadio this week to discuss her work on #BlackLivesMatter, the #coronavirus #pandemic, the #PresidentialElection, her amazing Western road trips & more.

This week on Story in the Public Square: The esteemed New York Times sports reporter Ken Belson talks race, Black Lives Matter, player injury, CTE, whether there will be a season and more in the NFL today.

During the depths of his mental-health struggles, in 2015, Mark Gonsalves sought to end his life by jumping off the Newport Bridge. He survived to restore his health -- and today is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist at Fellowship Health Resources, which operates community mental-health programs in Rhode Island and six other states. He discusses suicide prevention during the #coronavirus pandemi...

“Our country has lots of good points today after 400 years, but it was founded on oppression and when something is founded on conquest and oppression, it creates a hierarchy of domination that continues systems of oppression… The system is broken.” - Native American (Narragansett/Niantic) Lorén M. Spears, executive director of the Tomaquag Museum, Rhode Island’s Rho...

With newfound cooperation born out of a pandemic and a history of failed attempts behind them, the leaders of Lifespan and Care New England on Tuesday announced a new effort that could lead to a new healthcare system that includes the two entities and Brown University. Listen to Lifespan president and CEO Dr. Timothy J. Babineau and Care New England president and CEO Dr. James Fanale discuss the n...

 As houses of worship began to reopen around Rhode Island this weekend after weeks of #coronavirus closure, the Rev. Marcel Taillon, pastor of Saint Thomas More Parish in Narraganset, welcomed several dozen Catholics to the 9 a.m. Mass Sunday with a smile and seven words: "Really nice to see you this morning!” Listen to his homily on this Pentecost 2020 and some beautiful spiritual musi...

Maria Carrillio, chief science officer for the Chicago-based Alzheimer’s Association, world’s largest such group, and Dr. Stephen Salloway of Brown University and Butler Hospital's Memory and Aging Program, discuss #Alzheimer's disease and dementia research, treatment and care during the #coronavirus pandemic. @gwaynemiller #podcast exclusively for @projo. Story and video at providence...