Local Insider Opinion

By Herb Weiss Note: This column first appeared in RI News Today. With the arrival of spring and college graduation season, I am returning to a personal tradition. Once again, it is time for me to pen my annual commencement-style…

By Awilda Reinoso Lopez, M.A and Morgan Leonard, MPA A young mother walked into Clínica Esperanza’s walk-in clinic in Providence with a minor kitchen injury. She almost did not come at all. Like thousands of uninsured patients in Rhode Island,…