Taveras to deliver State of the City speech tonight
Everyone knows what the state of the city is. Providence Mayor Angel Taveras has already sounded the alarm loudly. But nonetheless, he’ll still deliver the annual speech tonight at 7 p.m. in the...
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RI Progress Report: Taveras, Homelessness, Class Warfare
Happy May Day. Find out what’s happening locally here and across the country here. Learn about the history of the holiday here. Providence Mayor Angel Taveras will announce a deal with Brown today for...
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Chafee Helped Brown, Providence Behind Scenes
It’s a huge day for Providence which, among other bits of good news, announced today that Brown University will pay the city $31 million over the next 11 years. While Mayor Angel Taveras and Brown...
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Taubman Center Picks Biased Pension Panel
First Brown University’s Taubman Center put out this push poll on pensions, then it stacked its panel discussion on the subject with some of the most conservative voices on pension politics available....
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Teach-In at Brown on Why Divest from Coal Industry
One of the reasons Brown University has such a a huge endowment is it invests in some pretty shady areas of the economy, one of which is the resource extraction sector. But a teach-in at Brown today...
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Brown May Cost More But Grads Have Less Debt
All else being equal, if a URI and a Brown grad both apply for the same job, the kid with the Ivy League degree is probably going to get the gig. That Brown diploma ought to be more valuable; at...
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Brown Professor Mark Blythe Explains Austerity
“Austerity confuses virtue with vice,” says professor Mark Blyth, an international political economist at Brown University, who stars in this this video that it makes it really easy to understand why...
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Debate at Brown today: should marijuana be legal
While local legislators debate marriage equality on Smith Hill today, two national experts on drug policy will be debating another progressive issue on College Hill: legalizing marijuana. Dr. Kevin...
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School secrecy bills would stifle public information
The General Assembly is poised to pass a series of very troubling bills that will keep parents, teachers and the public in total darkness when it comes to issues surrounding school safety. The proposed...
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Do cellphone-less polls have a conservative bias?
Gina Raimondo and Angel Taveras supporting payday loan reform. (Bob Plain 5/18/12 Click on image for larger version) A new Brown poll has the quarterback of pension politics football team leading...
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Meet Janet Yellen: Keynesian economist, Brown grad
Not only should progressives be happy with President Obama’s choice of Janet Yellen to chair the Federal Reserve, so should all Rhode Islanders. She’s not only a Keynesian economist, she’s also a 1967...
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PVD mulls divesting $10 million from fossil fuel co’s
Even though Brown University has decided not to divest from the coal industry, the Capital City is still considering taking its pension investments out of companies that profit from fossil fuels. While...
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Shout down at Brown: what would John Lewis do?
Speaking of civil disobedience, Congressman John Lewis will be in Providence on Friday and I can hardly wait to ask the this living legend of the struggle for civil rights what he thinks of the...
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Wingmen: When is civil disobedience worthwhile?
It’s well worth noting that I, for one, was really looking forward to hearing Ray “Stop and Frisk” Kelly defend his deplorable practice of what he calls “proactive policing” earlier this week and I...
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Neoliberal myths and why Ray Kelly protestors did the right thing
Every few years, protestors shout down a conservative speaker at an American University. Every few years, rancorous debate ensues. Yet every few years, the warring sides simply yell past one another;...
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Brown, Paxson create ‘Committee on the Events of Oct. 29′
The shout down at Brown has led to the creation of the “Committee on the Events of October 29,” said Brown President Christine Paxson today. The committee will “identify issues that may have...
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PSU, Ray Kelly and the nature of protest
Recent organizing efforts and protests in Providence, most recently, the protest of New York City police commissioner Ray Kelly at Brown University, have not only received the ire of reactionary...
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Providence gets $300,000 ArtPlace America grant
With the intention of helping to spruce up the Upper South Providence neighborhood, the Creative Capital recently won a $300,000 ArtPlace America grant. The project, ‘Illuminating Trinity’, will focus...
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Brown poll shows Hillary leading, PPP has Sanders ahead
Polling show it’s a close race to win the Democratic presidential primary in Rhode Island. A local poll from Brown University’s Taubman Center for Politics and Policy indicates a slight lead for...
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Polls show climate change and cannabis are important to Rhode Island
Lost in last week’s primary election were some other promising poll numbers for progressives. A Public Policy Polling survey found 3 of 4 Rhode Islanders would be more likely to support a candidate who...
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