38 Studios Writes Rubber Check to RI
It just keeps getting better. From the Boston Globe: Curt Schilling firm to make $1.1m payment, may miss payroll..
38 Studios and the ‘Job Creator’ Logic
The news is not good for the $75 million dollar gamble that Governor Carcieri talked the state of RI into taking. It looks like 38 Studios is already looking for a bailout. From Bob Plain at the RIFUTURE blog: 38 Studios and the ‘Job Creator’ Logic.
American Education: Brought to You by Corporate Giant Pearson
Here’s a telling quote from an article by Gail Collins: An American child could go to a public school run by Pearson, studying from books produced by Pearson, while his or her progress is evaluated by Pearson standardized tests. The only public participant in the show would be the taxpayer. via A Very Pricey Pineapple [...]
Support Elizabeth Warren for US Senate, and Send Kiersten to Netroots Nation!
‘Tis the season to get all political. So I’ve decided to devote what little optimism I have for US politics to helping Elizabeth Warren get elected. I am running a fan fundraiser page for Elizabeth Warren for all the obvious reasons: she is a class act with tons of great experience, she is a progressive [...]
Occupy at House of Compassion
I’m sitting here now resting my back from helping to haul an especially heavy dead water heater up some ancient stone steps. The guys had to reach consensus at points in the process, and– what I really appreciated– no one told me I couldn’t help because I’m a girl. We got it out of the [...]
Honor a Social Worker in Rhode Island Today!
It’s National Social Work Month. For that reason, I would like to honor some of the amazing social workers in the state of Rhode Island including Kate Coynemccoy, Kate Brewster, Maria Cimini, and Pamela Lischko Lowell. There are many other great social workers in Rhode Island. If you happen to know of one, please add them to this post.
Book Sale in East Greenwich for St. Cecilia Choir
There will be a book sale on February 3rd from 9 am to 3 pm at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Greenwich. Proceeds from the sale will go to support the St. Cecilia’s children’s choir, of which my daughter is a proud member. While the rest of the world is obsessing over what snacks [...]
Providence and the Non-profits
Reblogged from On Politics: Once again, Providence politicians are looking to the city’s private colleges for money to help shore up the city’s poor finances. RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay says these non-profit institutions shouldn’t be seen as cash cows for the city. There has been more rhetoric than reality in the latest dispute [...]
Occupy Providence Setting up More Permanent Camp in Burnside
From the notes posted on the Occupy Providence community page on Facebook, it appears that the movement is building an encampment that they hope will last the winter. Hopefully their legal defense will hold up as long as their physical encampment, as they have reportedly hired Miriam Weizenbaum (of DeLuca and Weizenbaum,the firm where Taveras [...]
Amend the Constitution Now, Before Elections Get Even More Distorted by Corporate Money
Senator Whitehouse and others have introduced legislation to amend the constitution so that corporations can not qualify as people who can give unlimited cash to campaigns. From Whitehouse’s press release: In 2010, the Supreme Court concluded in a highly contentious 5-4 ruling that corporations deserve the same free speech protections as individual Americans, enabling them [...]
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