November 25, 2019

The Rhode Island Democratic Party needs new leadership

“The whole event was an embarrassing, shameful display of abuse of power. The incompetence was staggering. It’s...

November 22, 2019

The Uprising! November 22, 2019

“With great power comes great responsibility,” wrote the great philosopher Stan Lee in 1962, a lesson seemingly...

November 21, 2019

Lobbyist members of the RI Democratic State Committee vote in the interests of their clients, not the party

The Rhode Island Democratic Party State Committee held a vote Monday night to adopt new bylaws that...

November 19, 2019

An open letter from District 40 Committeewoman Lauren Niedel-Gresh on last night’s RI Democratic Party meeting

“The best thing that can happen right now is for the whole shameful process to blow up...

November 17, 2019

The Uprising! November 15, 2019

Welcome to The Uprising! 1a. Gina Raimondo and Climate Change “I’m as worried about climate change as...

November 9, 2019

The Uprising! November 8, 2019

One thing I’ve learned over time is that the Empire always strikes back. Nothing that good, hard...

November 3, 2019

Peace activists pressuring Reed ahead of National Defense Authorization Act renewal

“As ranking minority member on the Armed Services Committee, Senator Reed can play an integral part in...

November 2, 2019

The Uprising! November 2, 2019

Welcome to The Uprising!, and to a whole new look to UpriseRI! As you can see, we’ve...

December 15, 2020

My Tour of Achievement First

“The teachers spewed a stream of punishments, and I often couldn’t even see what the students were...

October 25, 2019

The Uprising! October 25, 2019

Since April, over 500 people suspected of being undocumented immigrants have been imprisoned at the Wyatt. “Some...

October 31, 2019

Remember That Time the General Assembly Considered Allowing Motorists to Run over Protesters?

“It’s really a safety issue,” said State Representative Justin Price. “During this protest I was stuck in...

March 25, 2025

Bypassing Peer Review is Bad Medicine

Conventional and unconventional innovations in medicine are frequent, and welcome, but they must be scientifically sound and...

October 18, 2019

The Uprising! October 18, 2019

Governor Gina Raimondo agreed to sign legislation, should the General Assembly craft and pass it, banning for...

October 11, 2019

The Uprising! October 11, 2019

So I totally missed doing my weekly Uprising! update last week because of the TEDx Talk I...

January 19, 2020

Senator Samuel Bell: Rhode Island’s SAT proficiency levels are preposterously high

“Just because the bureaucrats who set the levels are bad at math doesn’t mean you are.” If...