Progressive Charlestown
a fresh, sharp look at news, life and politics in Charlestown, Rhode Island
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Brain food
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Nutrition has benefits for brain network organization University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Nutrition has been linked to cognit...
Business bad guys are often recidivists
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A great tool to ID repeat corporate offenders By Phil Mattera for the Dirt Diggers Digest EDITOR’S NOTE: If Charlestown ever smarte...
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Trump stonewalls improved silica regulation
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When Lives Don’t Matter By Jordan Barab, Confined Space EDITOR’S NOTE: Regulating silica dust has been a prime concern of local Wester...
Help!
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$19 million to URI for coastal ecology
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National Science Foundation counters Trump efforts to defund climate change science Todd McLeish The National Science Foundation has a...
American citizens left to suffer and die
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Trump just refused to provide immediate aid for Puerto Rico BY BENJAMIN LOCKE For more cartoons by Mike Luckovich, CLICK HERE . ...
Pyramid scammers like Amway, Herbalife, Avon get a little help from their Republican friends
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Lawmakers want to blur the lines between legal and illegal marketing schemes BY JILLIAN S. AMBROZ Republican members of Congress want to ...
Sometimes the Poor Make It Big. Usually They Stay Poor.
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Why? The game is rigged. By Jill Richardson We all want to live in a country where all it takes is hard work and some talent for a...
Monday, September 25, 2017
The politics of cancer
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We need prevention and a cure more than “awareness” By Will Collette That's Flip on the far right, as is fitting. On October ...
Trump and his own brand of flag etiquette
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Magaziner applauds new “Transparent Treasury” law
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Investment Transparency Policy Codified by RI Lawmakers Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner applauded the General Assembly's pass...
Talking points or an actual plan? You be the judge.
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Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know about the Trump-Republican Tax Plan By Robert Reich Have you noticed that there’s no Trump tax...
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Republicans aim to prove that no lives matter – except the rich
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New Health Repeal Shows GOP’s Reckless Disregard for Our Lives Julie Chinitz How cruel and inhumane can a piece of legislation get? ...
The labor market
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For more cartoons by Ted Rall, CLICK HERE .
Week 35 in review
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