In Depth
John and Justin talk about who is woke, awake, asleep, and awakening in Rhode Island politics.
Harrison Tuttle of Black Lives Matter Rhode Island PAC speaks with Richard August about his organization and possible his own possible campaign for office.
John and Justin cover the controversial topics in Rhode Island politics today.
Rather than focusing on racial differences and calling each other names, we should be working together to spread the wealth around naturally, through our ingenuity and hard work. All of us would benefit. Oh, well. Maybe in 2022.
To understand racial differences in wealth, blaming “systemic racism” is a simplistic way to ignore the harm of radical policies.
A local musician asks Governor McKee to find another way to address the pandemic, one that doesn’t force him and others to choose between making a living, living according to their values, and leaving the state that they love.
NPR caters to the narrative that the unvaccinated are destroying hospitals while the occupant of the White House does his best “to help,” but even a superficial investigation changes the picture fundamentally.
John and Justin wrap up 2021 with discussion of how COVID politics have been going in RI and some predictions for Ocean State politics in the year to come.
Progressive Senator Sam Bell’s housing report is impressive as a sophomore’s research project, but it’d be nice if professional journalists would give readers some sense of what the academic exercise would look like in the real world.
Governor McKee’s commands will not help hospitals, schools, businesses, or the people of Rhode Island, but a different approach is possible.