Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Bad air in South County

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American Lung Association gives South County an "F" for high ozone levels during warm months By Will Collette During the summer, ...

Trump plays "chicken" with food contamination

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USDA withdraws proposed rule meant to reduce Salmonella in poultry products Shannon Kelleher Federal regulators withdrew a propo...

Doctors Without Borders Says Trump Aid Cuts 'Are a Human-Made Disaster' for Millions

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Aid cuts will lead to preventable disease and death Brett Wilkins  for Common Dreams As the Trump administration, spearheaded by Elon Mu...
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

The Trump Administration’s War on Children

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From Mississippi to Gaza, just about every Musk-Trump action hurts kids By Eli Hager ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative ne...

Ending MAGA depends on YOU

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May 4, take a stand in Richmond

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Congratulations to Loren Spears

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Tomaquag Museum’s Lorén Spears to Be Inducted into R.I. Heritage Hall of Fame By Colleen Cronin  / ecoRI News staff Lorén Spears will be...

Measles Misinformation Is on the Rise — And Americans Are Hearing It, Survey Finds

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RFK Jr.'s lies will cause pointless deaths. They are already. Arthur Allen   While the most serious measles epidemic in a decade has...

New AFL-CIO Report Finds Worker Deaths on the Job Continue, Will Worsen Under Trump Administration Policies

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Rhode Island has the lowest workplace fatality rate, but for how long?   AFL-CIO Workers are dying and being injured on the job, and the Tru...
Monday, April 28, 2025

Editor's Choice of 100 terrible things in 100 days

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This is why Trump’s polls are in the toilet By Will Collette I have been trying to come up with my own approach to mark the first 100 da...

Amen

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Donald Trump respectfully falls asleep at Pope Francis' funeral

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When it's not enough to demand a front row seat, violate the Vatican request to wear a black suit and black tie, and to leave after only...

Appliance efficiency standards save consumers billions, reduce pollution and fight climate change

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But Donald Trump thinks they're bad and wants to end them David J. Vogel , University of California, Berkeley Donald Trump ...

RFK Jr. gets something right; also even a broken clock (non-digital) gives the right time twice a day

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FDA moves to phase out petroleum-based food dyes Brian Bienkowski   Federal health officials announced plans to phase out syntheti...

The Bird Flu Virus Is Mutating Fast – And Scientists Say Our Vaccines May Not Be Enough

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H5N1’s Rapid Evolution Poses a Growing Threat By University of North Carolina at Charlotte A research team at the University of North Caro...