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Why Wasn’t ‘Django Unchained’ Set In RI?
Soon Black History Month (Feb) will be here, and if the past is truly prologue, we should expect the typical, mediocre and depoliticized historical trivia that gets passed off as “Black History.”...
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Join me for a neighborhood conversation next week
Next week, I am coming home to host the first two of several neighborhood conversations about the challenges we face across this great state, and I wanted to make sure RI Future readers knew about next...
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After 125 years, RI veterans will finally get a director
It only took about 5-years (or 125 years1), but Rhode Island veterans are finally getting a director for the Division of Veterans Affairs! Thank you, Governor Raimondo. Applications are due November...
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Lunch shaming in RI: Suburban schools say let students eat cheese sandwiches
It happened to Gina Catalano’s daughter twice. The Bristol/Warren School District refused the third grader a hot lunch and instead served her a cheese sandwich. Catalano – who is single, raises two...
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Pokanoket Tribe occupies Bristol land, say it belongs to them not Brown
More than 50 Native Americans and their allies occupied waterfront land in Bristol on Sunday for what they called “a long term encampment,” saying the gorgeous spot overlooking Mt. Hope Bay belongs to...
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Pokanoket Nation isn’t federally recognized, says Brown indigenous group
The steering committee for Brown University’s Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative is advising people dig deeper into the Pokanoket encampment/protest in Bristol, saying the Pokanoket...
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Laufton Ascencao on how progressives can win campaigns
Laufton Ascencao, running for state representative in Bristol and Warren. He may not have the Democratic Party’s endorsement, but Laufton Ascencao, running for state representative in District 68...
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