Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Taking climate change to the streets - and into boardrooms

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A young marcher in Sunday's People's March in New York City. As marchers on Monday continued to call for more action to address th...

Flounder Filching

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Illegal Fishing Takes Chunk Out of Future Catches By PETER BAKER/ ecoRI News contributor We’ve seen a rash of  stories recently  on ...

It’s not just the NFL that has a domestic violence problem, we all do

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Dr. Jen Gunter by Dr. Jen Gunter If I were punched by an unknown man in an elevator there would be little doubt that my assailant wou...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Compassion, empathy more significant than economic views

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What it means to be progressive? By  Steve Ahlquist   in Rhode Island’s Future A while back, Mark Gray and Bob Plain were discussi...

Coming soon to Charlestown

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The existential threat By Tom Tomorrow Click here to see how a ragtag group of maybe 20,000 crazies with guns welded onto truck beds t...

VIDEO: Bring back the basic bargain

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Teachers and Mayor Taveras heading for another show-down

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Providence Teachers Reject Contract By Diane Ravitch By an overwhelming margin, the Providence Teachers Union rejected a contract th...

The Next Round of an Unwinnable War Beckons

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Bombing raids on Islamic State targets in Iraq may just make things worse. By  Amanda Ufheil-Somers Once again, a U.S. president vo...

"Non-preferred" insurance company scam

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A New Way Insurers are Shifting Costs to the Sick by Charles Ornstein , ProPublica This story was co-published with The New York Times'...
Monday, September 22, 2014

Lies, damned lies and mining in Charlestown, Part Two

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Charlestown Town Council paralyzed by misinformation and fear By Will Collette Click here for Part One Current or old mine sites ...

Ready to eat

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

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M27: The Dumbbell Nebula  From NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day The first hint of what will become of our  Sun  was discovered i...

It’s not jobs versus the environment

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The Greening of the Labor Movement B y   Gregory N. Heires Thousands of union members participated in Sunday’s People’s Climate ...

Companion animals of the week

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Meet Isabelle and Puff! Animal Rescue League of Southern RI Puff and his twin sister Isabelle are a fun, silly, energetic pair that...

Don't worry, be happy!

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Liberal countries have more satisfied citizens while conservatives are happier individuals Science Daily People living in more libe...