R.I. Ethics Commission will investigate complaint against former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi. The commission voted 6 to 1 to probe whether he violated the “revolving door” provision of the ethics code by applying for a seat on the state Supreme Court. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/02/m...

“I think the public ought to know if the police department is routinely arresting people and holding them, and letting them go without charges, but this opinion is that it’s perfectly all right to do that and keep it secret.” – ACLU of RI exec. director Steven Brown

With all that privilege, but, she was still just a woman

11/ But on the other end of the line, an aide asked, “What is it you expect the governor’s office to do?” The sisters tried to explain the dire situation. They had language prepared about the abortion ban’s exception for emergencies. None of it worked.

Wow! This new podcast is so cool!!! Check it out via @ProPublica podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Engineered stone is banned in Australia. www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/safety-topic...

Over 550 men in California have fallen ill after cutting natural or factory-made stone countertops. But epidemiologists say this isn't just a California problem. n.pr/4tRh1O0

Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.

“The Reflecting Pools in Washington, D.C. were designed for one purpose: reflection. They are supposed to mirror the beauty, dignity, and symbolism of the monuments around them. They were never intended to look like a chlorinated Olympic swimming pool where you can count pennies on the bottom.”

Did landlords’ campaign contributions change a city councilor’s vote? via @OceanstateMedia Reporter Ben Berke #Providence #rentcontrol www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/bef...

A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.” share.inquirer.com/THMiUZ

The workers at Rhode Island's NPR and PBS stations are unionizing! Will the bosses listen? @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social @npr.org @sagaftra.org www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/04/b...

Detainees in ICE custody report being transferred without notice, complicating their immigration cases and leaving lawyers scrambling. Learn more: www.oceanstatemedia.org/immigration/...

Beauty in motion

Friday’s federal appeals decision on the abortion pill mifepristone sends a clear message, Jill Filipovic writes: “No woman in America, no matter where she lives, has total control over whether to continue or end a pregnancy.”

For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it's everywhere, and a new book argues it's key to understanding today's inequality. n.pr/4e0RHRi

Last night, after an hours-long public hearing, Monterey Park became the first city in California to pass an ordinance permanently banning data centers. The city council voted unanimously to declare data centers a public nuisance, and to "prohibit all data centers within city limits." My story:

Sen. Jack Reed to Warsh as he dodges questions about divesting his assets: "Excuse me. I must commend you on the way you can circularly go around questions and not answer them. It's a skill. Unfortunately it's not a good skill for the chairman of the Fed."

ICYMI: #measles www.wpri.com/health/measl...

Meanwhile inside Providence City Hall:

Thought-provoking article on the #IrynaZarutska mural by @antoniafarzan.bsky.social

Why not in Rhode Island? @RIHealth www.npr.org/2026/04/08/n...

IT'S TIIIIIIMMMMMMEEEEEEEE!! Drastic times call for drastic measures. If you can stay home, AWESOME. If you can't, please consider NOT BUYING anything that day. The POINT is the pressure of OUR POWER. #MAYDay #May1st #GeneralStrike #NOBusinessAsUSUAL www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...

Why can’t we have this in Providence? #compostable #evironmdnt

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson broke with her two fellow liberal justices Tuesday as she dissented alone from the Supreme Court’s decision backing a challenge to Colorado’s “conversion therapy” ban.

I’m setting up 9 am - noon tomorrow (April 1) at Coffee Depot in Warren if you’d like to chat

Exercising fathers and metabolic health of offspring, summarized nature.com/articles/s41... www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

No Kings Rally on Boston Common

Florida understood the job today. The turnout. The chants. The solidarity. This is what it looks like when working people refuse to stay quiet. #NoKings

Thanks to fellow Rhode Islanders standing up for a free press at #NoKings protest! @pvdstreets.bsky.social #pressfreedom

Listen to @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social during All Things Considered today or Morning Edition tom'w for the radio excerpt of my One on One interview with Col. Oscar Perez of the Providence Police Dept. We talk mass shootings, ICE, soccer + more

“.. Google Searches for ‘Help With Mortgage’ have soared to the highest level in history, surpassing even the peak of the Global Financial Crisis.” (via @barchart.com)

The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S. Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them. (Published Nov. 2025)

Heartbreaking & infuriating #uninsured #ACA tinyurl.com/bdhc4wvx

This is a recurrent fiasco. Health care companies that know the serious risk of their device or drug but keep selling it and do not acknowledge the hazard. Until so many people are harmed. Today's front page @nytimes.com Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...

ICE's presence in the town of Burlington, Mass., has brought protests and division. @wbur.org's @simonfrios.bsky.social takes you there on a local listen - landlords, SUVs and a cafe www.wbur.org/news/2026/03...

Another reason to support us!! @npr.org @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social #PublicRadio #NPR #Podcast tinyurl.com/8sb5448p

Rhode Island made the largest cuts in its public transit system's history last fall, saving taxpayers about $4.4 million. We rode along with four riders to hear how it's impacted them: youtu.be/WUCtF8G_U7g

Each week in Mass., dozens of children are called to federal immigration court. Often they're alone, or in a lawyer's office on video. @wbur.org's @rachellss.bsky.social reports from numerous court visits - judges rule on deporting kids almost entirely out of public view www.wbur.org/news/2026/03...

Engineered quartz countertops have surged in popularity. That's triggered an increase in silicosis, an irreversible disease that was once associated with older miners. It’s now prevalent among workers in the industry, often men in their 30s and 40s. @celinegounder.com reports ⤵️

Markets need rules. And when they fail to protect patients, policy should step in. New piece in the Boston Globe with Dr. Irene Papanicolas — part 4 of my Cost Cures series. You can read it for free on my substack: amomentinhealth.substack.com/p/when-marke...

Same surgery. Same city. One hospital charges $22K. The other charges $11K. The difference often isn't about quality but market power This is what happens when healthcare markets fail to function My newest piece on what to do in this instance out in @bostonglobe.com with Irene Papanicolas

New data show impact of loss of federal subidies on Rhode Islanders #ACA #health #insurance tinyurl.com/4z4xntmu

R.I. man trying to keep his in-laws from his daughter says they ‘manipulated’ his late wife -- my latest from the grandparents visitation rights trial www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/03/m...

Investigation finds R.I. Catholic Diocese concealed child sexual abuse through ‘culture of secrecy’ www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/m...

Rümeysa Öztürk, who was swept off the streets of Somerville last year by masked immigration agents, announced she completed her doctorate. “I would like to be called Dr. Öztürk, not Miss Öztürk, from now on," she wrote in a social media post.

The 2nd annual ✨Recovery and Harm Reduction Film Festival✨ will bring together @brown.edu and local community members Feb 27 & 28 to reduce stigma around addiction, recovery and harm reduction through film and art.🎥 Learn more at the link! #harmreductionsaveslives

NEW: We just submitted over 80 new declarations from people reporting on, documenting, and protesting ICE abuses in Minnesota. These statements further detail the widespread government retaliation and violence communities are facing for exercising their First Amendment rights.

In the two months since a deadly shooting claimed the lives of two students, Brown University has received an outpouring of love and support from the Providence community. Now, campus officials say it’s time to reciprocate.

“Alcoholism, and drug addiction, is like a record playing in your mind,” said Dr. Steven Klein, who prescribes the GLP-1s for the women. “What these medications do is lift the needle off that record long enough that we can teach you another song.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/12/m...