Opinion
Editorial pieces from contributors and staff
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 with the reply that my job is not to judge my client's cause, but to represent his or her interest."
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 to erase the story, tragic as it is, of what happens to real brave, innocent people when colonization is allowed? Who wouldn’t want statues in every major park in Providence to celebrate historical Native figures?
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 you will be left completely on your own to figure out what to do once this happens. You will be offered no compensation of any kind, and there are no federal laws to protect you.
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 on Yemen by supporting Senator Bernie Sanders’ amendment to the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. He also has the choice to support a toothless amendment like the one proposed in the House by Congressman Gregory Meeks of New York. To prevent the latter, please call 202-899-8938 to tell Senator Reed to support the Sanders amendment and give it a floor vote in the Senate.
Why is Pawtucket's William Blackstone monument a bad idea?
"A monument communicates more about the community who decided to erect it than it does about the people, events, or ideas being memorialized," writes Mack H. Scott III. "And the Blackstone monument reveals our continued preference for celebrating the deeds and experiences of Euro-Americans."
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 unbelievably bad?" asks State Senator Samuel Bell. "The truth is simple. They just raised the standards. A lot."
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 not because it works, but because it benefits key members of the donor class that support their careers.
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, sign our petition and join us on Saturday, November 13th at the State House to demand that the General Assembly and Governor Dan McKee make a plan to spend our full $1.13 billion, call a special session to start spending it now, and spend it rescuing our communities.
More misadventures in economic development...
"The obsession with growing the economy for the wealthiest is what is killing the planet, and driving death and displacement around the world," writes Greg Gerritt.
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 here in the US. Yet, it benefits only the capital class (those with the money) at the expense of everyone else.