Caregivers at Women & Infants picket in response to staffing and funding concerns
November 3, 2022

Caregivers at Women & Infants picket in response to staffing and funding concerns

Hospital caregivers are demanding Care New England sit down with themto discuss how best to invest ARPA...

Pallet shelters offer solution to homelessness, but space is needed
November 7, 2022

Pallet shelters offer solution to homelessness, but space is needed

The pallet shelters have heat and electricity, and would be erected in groups where additional shelters with...

Fine & Landekic: Dan McKee’s public health failure cost many lives
September 9, 2022

Fine & Landekic: Dan McKee’s public health failure cost many lives

“Sometimes, leadership means making unpopular choices in the service of the common good. Some people may argue...

Essential healthcare workers hold State House rally to demand investment now, not later
June 9, 2022

Essential healthcare workers hold State House rally to demand investment now, not later

“At the same time demand has spiked, staffing is the worst I have ever seen,” said Ian...

Registered Nurse: Governor McKee’s executive order leads to suffering and death in nursing homes
March 3, 2022

Registered Nurse: Governor McKee’s executive order leads to suffering and death in nursing homes

“If Governor McKee doesn’t change course and allow the safe staffing law to proceed, the quality of...

Dessert Served First
May 4, 2022

Dessert Served First

This week, Moira and Jen had a lot of political dessert to catch up on so we...

Majority of PVD City Council supports unvaccinated police officers
January 18, 2022

Majority of PVD City Council supports unvaccinated police officers

“Part of ‘serving and protecting’ means following evidence-based public health guidance. Anything less is a betrayal of...

Education justice groups call for “equitable and safe schooling” during covid surge
January 8, 2022

Education justice groups call for “equitable and safe schooling” during covid surge

“We face unique challenges as a society in these times. We must rise to these challenges by...

Fa La La La F*cked Up
May 4, 2022

Fa La La La F*cked Up

Welcome to Moira and Jenn’s drunken holiday spectacular! It was as much of a shit-show for us...

Dr. Fine: What’s Coming at Us – COVID, Omicron, Division, and Democracy
December 21, 2021

Dr. Fine: What’s Coming at Us – COVID, Omicron, Division, and Democracy

“This will happen because two governors valued commerce over human life and because two governors tried to...

Governor McKee takes helter-skelter approach to combatting homelessness
December 16, 2021

Governor McKee takes helter-skelter approach to combatting homelessness

“Even with the resources announced today there will still be Rhode Islanders experiencing homelessness,” said Jennifer Barrera,...

Healthy, Wealthy, and LIES
May 4, 2022

Healthy, Wealthy, and LIES

In this week’s episode we talk about the elephant in the room: covid burnout. With many Americans...

Race, politics and Covid collide at Barrington Zoning Board of Review
October 19, 2021

Race, politics and Covid collide at Barrington Zoning Board of Review

“To be honest with you, and we’ve had discussions about this – I’m not happy about going...

2021 Housing Fact Book looks at the relationship of housing and health
October 16, 2021

2021 Housing Fact Book looks at the relationship of housing and health

“In Rhode Island, the primary driver of the health risks posed by the state’s housing is the...

Today’s Culture War: Playing With People’s Lives for Sport
September 28, 2021

Today’s Culture War: Playing With People’s Lives for Sport

Over the past few years the culture war has devolved into what seems more like a sporting...

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