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Labor Day Address
1934 was a tumultuous year for the Labor Movement in the United States, as the country continued to struggle its way out of the Great Depression. The Labor battles that raged in 1934 were preceded a...
View ArticleWhy you can’t simply can’t trust Education Reformers with the facts
Because they leave most of the real facts out: from today’s POLITIFACT: But the mayors’ statement leaves out an important fact: The DRA is a test that very few students take because it is given only in...
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State Representative Dan Gordon arrested by RI State Police
The esteemed (sic) Representative from the East Bay was arrested over the weekend on multiple charges. Included in these were driving with a suspended license and evading police. He had a warrant out...
View ArticleOccupy: The Action is the Demand
THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT ESSAY! SEE DISCLAIMER BELOW! On Sunday across the US in various publications opinion-setting writers lamented (1) /attacked (2) the lack of a coherent set of demands from the...
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Occupy Providence begins @ 5pm on Oct 15: Burnside Park
Date: Saturday, October 15th Event: Gathering/Rally & March Against Corporate Greed/Assembly/Occupation Time: 5pm to (indefinitely) On Saturday, October 15th, at 5pm, Rhode Islanders will gather...
View ArticleAT&T/T-Mobile Merger is about jobs. What’s wrong with that?
Last week, the pretend defenders of private sector unions on Fountain Street bought the line that the AT&T/T-Mobile merger was a bad idea. Typical double speak. Here is a good counter argument...
View ArticleFor the very first time since 2009, Social Security benefits to increase
Social Security benefits will go up by 3.6 percent in 2012 to adjust for the living costs. Social Security benefits have not increased since 2009. The increase is welcome news for retirees in this...
View ArticleFormer Employer of Treasurer’s Chief of Staff Wins
This will probably get lost since it was passed the day before Thanksgiving. But it does not look right when Fidelity Investments who used to employ Joseph Pratt, Treasurer Raimondo’s Chief of Staff,...
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David Sirota goes after Raimondo on hedge funds with new allegations
Gina Raimondo It’s a new year, so there’s a new piece by International Business Times‘ senior editor for investigations, David Sirota, taking on Gina Raimondo‘s dismal record in pension reform. This...
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Wingmen talk Trump and Sanders
RI Future’s Bob Plain was on Wingmen discussing the Presidential race with John Brien and Bill Rappleye. Plain says Donald Trump sounds like a fourth grader and that if everyone who likes Bernie...
View ArticleWingmen tackle reproductive rights
The Wingmen tackle abortion, and it doesn’t go well for John Brien. Brien was all over the place, and having a tough time coming to terms with his “small government except for abortion” views. Guess...
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Reps Regunberg and Metts seek to curb solitary confinement
Rep. Aaron Regunberg and Sen. Harold M. Metts have introduced legislation to reform the controversial use of solitary or “segregated” confinement in the Rhode Island prison system, saying the practice...
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Colorado generates over $135 million in revenue in marijuana sales in 2015
Tomorrow a bill to tax and regulate marijuana will be introduced in the Rhode Island House. In the meantime, says Jared Moffat, Director of Regulate Rhode Island, the following press release from the...
View ArticleWingmen debate the hows, not the whys, of taxing and regulating marijuana
Bob Plain and Jon Brien go head to head over marijuana legalization on Wingmen, or they would have, had they actually disagreed. The discussion centered on how to execute the regulation and taxation,...
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Democracy Now! covers anti-Syrian refugee rally via RI Future footage
The February 24 episode of Democracy Now! covered the anti-Syrian refugee rally that was countered and overwhelmed by hundreds of Syrian refugee supporters at the RI State House using footage from RI...
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Bernie Sanders tops RI primary signature count; supporters plan further events
Bernie Sanders in Worcester After successfully getting the most signatures of any presidential primary candidate, Bernie Sanders’ Rhode Island campaign will now focus on getting a slate of delegates...
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Warwick Progressive Democrats start new book discussion club
The Warwick Progressive Democrats started a new book discussion group about social & economic justice. The group meets on the fourth Thursday of the month in the small meeting room at the Warwick...
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Pete Hoekstra: Profane hatred blossoms on campus
[Editor: Pete Hoekstra, who found himself un-welcomed at the Rhode Island Island State House last Monday, had an op-ed in today's Washington Times. We reprint it here with permission.] [Comments and...
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