Saturday, July 25, 2015

Poor-Shaming 2.0

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Republicans want to humiliate low-income households that qualify for aid to access the Internet. By  Jim Hightower Being poor means ...
Friday, July 24, 2015

Mark Twain would have hated high stakes testing

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What Would Mark Twain Have Thought of the Common Core Tests? By Diane Ravitch It is always risky to imagine what some long-dead figur...

It's not just URI studying the ocean ecology

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RIC Professor Studying Impact of Toxins and Climate Change on Marine Environments By ecoRI News staff Rhode Island College associate ...

Family planning is key to women;s health

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Bring Back Public Health Standards for Women's Reproductive Health By Joycelyn Elders  As Americans, we strive for safety -- the saf...

Trump’s Badmouthing Deportment

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The presidential candidate’s rants have galvanized Latinos of all ages, backgrounds, and political affiliations. By  Raul A. Reyes Th...

Jade Helm paranoid can’t wait to kill “thousands”

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Texas Jade Helm Leader: ‘Liberals Are Useless – Can’t Wait To Kill Thousands Of These F*cks’ By Antiphon Freeman Pete Lanteri , the n...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Coalition says warm water discharges must stop

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Pilgrim Power Plant Operating with Expired Permit By FRANK CARINI/ ecoRI News staff The town of Plymouth, on Cape Cod Bay, has been...

So you think dolphins are SO smart?

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Upcoming events

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From the Mystic Aquarium. Join us on  Wednesday, July 29th  from  10am-2pm  for  Ocean Science and Technology Day  at Mystic Aquarium! C...

Mapping shoreline loss

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URI researchers map submerged areas of Fire Island National Seashore to monitor changing habitats Todd McLeish NARRAGANSETT, R.I. –A...

Chemical safety is good business

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How Stricter Chemical Regulations Will Be Good for the Industry By Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks  Most people probably don't check the l...

Border security, Texas-style

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Mass Graves Discovered In Texas – State Claims Nothing To See Here By Nathaniel Downes The Killing Fields, the Holocaust, the tra...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Corporate and environmental criminals rarely go to jail. Why is that?

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Getting Tough with El Corpo By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest As part of my summer reading I’ve been taking another look at som...

Why is that, dude?

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Why hemp and marijuana are different University of Minnesota G enetic differences between hemp and marijuana determine whether Cannab...

A Luxury Vacation with No Modern Conveniences

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The wonders of nature should be accessible to all, not a privileged few. By  Jill Richardson When you read this, I’ll probably be o...