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Trump’s moves against reproductive rights renew calls for state level action
Rachel Jarosz “I don’t care what my employer believes,” wrote Mel DuPont, from the Committee to Pass RHCA in RI. “I need the insurance I work for to cover my needs. Not theirs.” DuPont was reacting to...
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Whitehouse talks war, Trump’s competency, and the state of national politics
Sheldon Whitehouse Senator Sheldon Whitehouse sat down with reporters Tuesday morning to discuss some big issues, such as the competency of President Donald Trump, the potential for a disastrous war...
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Trump’s tax plan to benefit wealthiest Rhode Islanders, many face tax increase
The wealthiest Rhode Islanders would receive the greatest benefit from the GOP and President Donald Trump‘s proposed tax cut plan, while nearly 1 in 5 Rhode Islanders would see their taxes increase by...
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Burrillville shines at EFSB’s last public comment hearing
Two years of public hearings and thousands of hours of research, study and practice have sharpened the the people of Burrillville into a spear aimed at the heart of Invenergy’s plans to build a $1...
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RI delegation chides Trump for administrative dismantling of Obamacare
Rather than dismantling Obamacare through executive orders, Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation urged President Donald Trump and Republicans to work with Democrats to fix the Affordable Care Act....
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RI reacts to Trump decision to keep EPA from presenting local climate findings
The authors and supporters of a new report called The State of Narragansett Bay and Its Watershed hoped the new report would help call attention to the dire effects of climate change on coastal Rhode...
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Sheldon Whitehouse grills Facebook, Twitter, Google on Russian hacking
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse co-chaired a subcommittee hearing yesterday that shed new light on the extent to which Russian operatives used social media to turn American voters against one another in the...
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Nancy Pelosi dodges on Donna Brazile book but dis’ed superdelegates
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi doesn’t want to talk about Donna Brazile’s new book. “Today we are very close to one year from last year’s election and one year from next year’s election,” said...
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Berniecrats feel vindicated by Brazile’s book
In December 2015 I wrote an article about why I believed Debbie Wasserman Schultz was impeding democracy. At that point the focus was on the debate schedule, The Sanders’ campaign Van access denial and...
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RI House delegation doesn’t follow Pelosi’s lead on superdelegates
Superdelegates aren’t sacrosanct to the Democrats’ presidential nominating process, as evidenced by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s willingness to rail against their role yesterday at the...
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Who’s been accused of sexual misconduct, in seven charts
Long gone are the days when Harvey Weinstein was best known as the producer of “Pulp Fiction.” The disgraced movie executive may not even be best remembered for sexually preying on aspiring young...
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Christiane Amanpour, new PBS talk show host, first studied journalism at URI
Rhode Islander Alexandra Lewis with Christiane Amanpour, the new host of PBS late night talk show, and Adam Roth director of URI’s Harrington School. When Christiane Amanpour takes over from Charlie...
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Doug Jones won, but it was the Washington Post that beat Roy Moore
By many Americans’ standards, Roy Moore is the worst congressional candidate in a long, long time. He thinks America was better during slavery, he thinks homosexual relationships should be illegal, and...
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Ninth Circuit rules in favor of youth plaintiffs in constitutional climate trial
Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas, writing for a unanimous three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, rejected the Trump administration’s “drastic and extraordinary” petition for a court order...
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Date set for climate lawsuit brought by kids against U.S. government
On Thursday, April 12, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon set October 29, 2018, as the first day of trial in the landmark constitutional climate lawsuit brought by 21 American...
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Reed, Whitehouse counter forced separation of undocumented families
Sen. Reed and Sen. Whitehouse announced their support of the Keep Families Together Act on Monday at Dorcas International. Picture courtesy of spokesman for Sen. Reed Chip Unruh. Sen. Jack Reed and...
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Cicilline describes life inside, and politics behind, tender age detention...
“It’s horrific,” said Congressman David Cicilline. “It’s barbaric.” The Rhode Island Democrat was describing what he saw after visiting immigration detention centers on the Texas/Mexico border this...
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Graduate workers at Brown dodge Trump’s labor board in historic agreement
Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees (SUGSE). Courtesy of their website. Graduate workers at Brown University announced a landmark agreement with the university Thursday afternoon, paving the way...
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Stage set for progressives to take over Rhode Island
Gubernatorial candidate Matt Brown addresses state convention. As the deadline to run for elected office came and went Wednesday afternoon, there are more than a few political newcomers—many young, and...
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Spicer claims Cohen doesn’t have info against Trump during sparse book-signing
Sean Spicer at a book signing for his new memoir at a Middletown Barnes and Noble Friday. I had time to ask Sean Spicer, the former press secretary under President Trump for six months last year,...
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