Gina Talks Progressive Politics, But Not With RI
One of the most interesting aspects of the Washington Post op/ed about Gina Raimondo is not that another fiscal conservative has lauded the pension-cutting treasurer for taking benefits away from...
View ArticleProgress Report: Rent, Wages and Econ 101; Community Foreclosure Study, EG...
Greenwich Cove (Photo by Bob Plain) You don’t need to a degree in economics to understand why rent is skyrocketing while wages are stagnant. As the middle class is squeezed, fewer can afford the...
View ArticleThis Just In: Media Can’t Steal From Social Networks
Bill Rappleye, Stephanie Mandeville DaSilva and Bill Fischer are engrossed in the campaign via their smart phones. (Photo by Bob Plain) In what Reuters calls “one of the first big tests of intellectual...
View ArticleWaPost Investigates RI SNAP Benefits Too
The big story on the front page of the Washington Post this morning is the same one we’ve been talking about all week locally: the SNAP program. But instead of looking into the couple dozen poor people...
View ArticleFontaine On Fox News: Blames SNAP Not CVS
“Is this America the one we want? One and a quarter million immigrants getting food stamps, one-third of the people in your town.” – Fox “News” to Woonsocket Mayor Leo Fontaine about the Washington...
View ArticleFox “News” And The War On Woonsocket’s Poor
If you didn’t know that local conservatives were going to take to Fox “News” to exploit Ken Block’s food stamp fraud report, I would like to bet you that the sun will rise tomorrow morning. Then, maybe...
View ArticleSatellites and thermometers: Ed Achorn on truth, science and reason
It’s bad enough that Providence Journal editor Ed Achorn regularly runs op/eds from climate change deniers but its worse that he responds to those who question his decision to do so by accusing them of...
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