At this time of fighting police violence and reckoning with our racist past, it’s worth noting that said past is not about the South, not exclusively nor primarily. It’s about every state
The other day, I noted how the argument that the environmentalists cost jobs in the Pacific Northwest timber industry was completely bogus. But it’s not as if workers themselves don’t beli
As much as I dislike the governance of Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island’s Wall Street Democratic governor, I think she has done a very good job on COVID-19. Some of this is personal–while the f
This post is a conversation between myself and Patrick Crowley, Secretary-Treasurer of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO and staffer for the National Education Association-Rhode Island, about organized labor a
As I’ve written on occasion in the past, the Rhode Island Democratic Party is a grotesque hive of scum and villainy. There are some good people in there, but the leadership in the state party ar
I found this highly telling. Over the years, I've received thousands of letters from kids from every state in the nation, except for one! I'd love to change that. If you know someone who lives
When people debate how bad their state Democratic Party is and they come up with answers such as Illinois and New York, I just laugh. Because Rhode Island, that’s where the true insanity is. See
Donald Trump weaponizing the Census against immigrants is going to be a complete, horrifying disaster. The Census does practice runs. For whatever reason, it’s choice for 2020 is Providence Coun