Mareva Lindo

audio producer | writer | old-time fiddler | daily editor @thepublicsradio

[Ian Donnis @IanDon]

Here’s the site for election results https://t.co/vr0qI7WFBO

[Nina Sparling @nina_spar]

NEW: Next week, Providence plans to clear two encampments where ~ 50 unhoused people are living, per records I obtained. “It’s like rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat,”said Durell Parker, who lives at one of them. “They never have anywhere for anybody to go.”

https://t.co/yErdOVn3hx

[WPRI 12 @wpri12]

#BREAKING: Students at Jenks Middle School in Pawtucket were evacuated to McCoy Stadium after the school received a concerning phone call around noon on Wednesday. https://t.co/1oeFGGms0M

[Natalie Y Moore @natalieymoore]

Chicagoans want the homeless to be helped first instead of migrants but defeated the Bring Chicago Home ballot measure to help fight homelessness.

[olivia ebertz @oliviaebertz]

The hunger strike at Brown University ended today. Here's everything you wanted to know about it and more: https://t.co/1t5iAlFrmR

[Ocean State Media @OSMediaRI]

Rhode Island’s Access to Public Records Act is the law that gives anyone the right to obtain public records. It hasn’t been updated in more than a decade, but some state lawmakers hope that’s about to change.

https://t.co/Or72V1TUAO

[Chip Mitchell @ChipMitchell1]

BREAKING: An #Illinois bill backed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker would require a lawyer for kids under 18 during a #police interrogation — after a @WBEZ lawsuit won release of a video showing a suburban detective extracting a teen’s false confession to a shooting. https://t.co/u2XSHJooxP

[Mareva Lindo @marevaraves]

A love letter to my favorite RI restaurant, now closed, and to the old-time jam they hosted there 💛 #HunkyDory #rhodeislandfood #oldtimemusic

[Ocean State Media @OSMediaRI]

New from Artscape: Less than three years after opening, Hunky Dory in Warren has closed. The restaurant was known for its unique approach to Southern-inspired food – but it was also home to a community of folk musicians.

https://t.co/63Sm2Pslfn

[Ocean State Media @OSMediaRI]

RI’s housing crisis is especially acute in rural communities. They’ve had decades to meet the state’s requirements for low and moderate income housing, but many are far from reaching those goals. One exception is Burrillville.

Alex Nunes reports. https://t.co/93IL98tGSE

[Ocean State Media @OSMediaRI]

RI is home to a lot of short-term rentals. Opponents say contribute to the housing shortage. We hear from the chair of a new State House commission that’s looking at the impact of these rentals on local communities.

This and more on The Weekly Catch!

https://t.co/jId2maHy7c

[Ocean State Media @OSMediaRI]

Announcing: The Public’s Radio book club! Starting off this month with “The Quickening” by local author Elizabeth Rush. We’d love for you to join us, and share your comments and questions here on X. Learn more at https://t.co/KrsCaMPEEv. #TPRBookClub

[Jeremy Bernfeld @JeremyBernfeld]

So glad to work at @ThePublicsRadio, a news organization that doesn't just drop a big investigation and *leave.* We're here, and we will be here.
I'm personally grateful to our members, whose support we need to keep this community focus at our heart. 7/7

[Jeremy Bernfeld @JeremyBernfeld]

So often immigration issues are presented in black and white. This story is very much not that.
Listen to the story of a young woman who arrived here as an unaccompanied minor who both wants to attend school and find work to help her family. 6/

https://t.co/G7UOZKKw5N

[Jeremy Bernfeld @JeremyBernfeld]

Many underage workers we've spoken to use fake IDs to get their jobs, so it remains to be seen how a new law outlawing them from working in seafood processing would change things on the ground. But it could clarify things for regulators and/or law enforcement. 5/

[Jeremy Bernfeld @JeremyBernfeld]

And there's news: A Mass state rep says he plans to introduce a bill that would outlaw 16- and 17-year-olds from working in seafood processing. (Federal child labor laws already prevent teens under 16 from working these jobs). 4/

[Jeremy Bernfeld @JeremyBernfeld]

Immigration advocates, and many Massachusetts politicians, are pushing for an easier path to temporary work permits. That could help young migrants like Alondra find a legal job. For now, she's stuck in a kind of limbo. 3/

[Jeremy Bernfeld @JeremyBernfeld]

We spoke to Alondra, a 16-year-old from Guatemala who quit her job to go to school after she was contacted by "someone from the government." Now she's not legally allowed to work, but the $5,000 debt she paid to travel here comes due in February. 2/

[Mareva Lindo @marevaraves]

Without a work permit, a young migrant in New Bedford worries about her debt: https://t.co/hpLE9ePEBZ

[Jeremy Bernfeld @JeremyBernfeld]

Remember our @ThePublicsRadio investigation that revealed underage migrant workers have worked in seafood processing factories in New Bedford?
Well, what happens when those workers lose their jobs? We went back to find out. 1/

https://t.co/G7UOZKKw5N

[Ben Berke @BenBerke6]

Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan told me his campaign’s vote tallies were slightly off. Here are the unofficial results from City Hall. Coogan finishes with 60% of the vote

[Leah Crowley @LeahBCrowley]

Gabriel Amo Sr. says he’s “overwhelmed with joy.” His son @gabeamo is now Rhode Island’s first Black congressmen-elect. Hear more of his story tonight on 12 News at 10 @wpri12