December 6, 2021

Asinof: What role do politically-connected consultants play in state funding?

“What role did McKinsey & Company play as a pro bono consultant to the state of Rhode...

December 6, 2021

Ruggerio Opponent: Senate President is gerrymandering his re-election

“The maps released by the redistricting commission are gerrymandered in favor of those still in power, like...

Law students launch boycott of law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
December 3, 2021

Law students launch boycott of law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

“Gibson Dunn has crossed every red line imaginable in their weaponization of the American judicial system to...

December 1, 2021

RI Coalition for Repro Freedom: Now is the time to end the state’s abortion bans

“Health disparities have never been more apparent than in the past year, given the dual health and...

Ahlquist: Are lawyers morally culpable for the terrible acts they help their clients to perform?
May 4, 2022

Ahlquist: Are lawyers morally culpable for the terrible acts they help their clients to perform?

There is “something quite seductive” about “being able to turn aside so many ostensibly difficult moral dilemmas...

November 27, 2021

Diana Gray: Celebrate Native heroes in Providence

Who wouldn’t want people to know the truth about the Natives in this area? Who would want...

November 23, 2021

Travelers Beware: Flying Southwest Airlines Can Have Severe Consequences

Southwest Airlines can and will delay or cancel your flight at any time for any reason and...

November 22, 2021

David Oppenheimer: Pressure Senator Reed on 2022 National Defense Authorization Act

Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed can put an end to United States complicity in the Saudi war...

November 12, 2021

Senator Bell: RICAS Scores are so preposterously bad because the standards are very high

“So what happened? Did Rhode Island schools totally implode? How can we have numbers that are so...

November 8, 2021

Governor McKee continues the failed economic policies that ruined us

Governor McKee, like Governor Gina Raimondo before him, continues to flog the dead horse of trickle-down economics...

November 8, 2021

Michael Niemeyer: My Baby’s Healthcare Can’t Wait

If you are fed up with our legislators sitting on our money and not doing their job,...

October 29, 2021

More misadventures in economic development…

“The obsession with growing the economy for the wealthiest is what is killing the planet, and driving...

The Scam of Capitalism: How We Get Duped Every Day
October 25, 2021

The Scam of Capitalism: How We Get Duped Every Day

In the quest for never-ending profit at any cost, capitalism has invaded nearly every aspect of life...

October 14, 2021

It ends with a dark money whimper: The failed recall effort in North Kingstown

“How does the story end? With a dark money whimper,” writes Tom Sgouros. “Tuesday was the deadline...

December 27, 2023

Phil Eil: Lazy arguments and unexplored privilege are not the worst things about RI’s ‘historian laureate’

“…as a rich, old, reactionary white guy with an outsized platform and an influential position that he...