David Segal, one of six Democrats running for an open seat in Rhode Island’s Second Congressional District, is the guest this week on Political Roundtable.

Segal served four years each as a city councilor and a state rep before helping to establish the activist group Demand Progress.

Topics covered in the interview include:

— Why Segal is running and his plan for winning the September 13 primary;

— His approach to fighting inflation and improving the economy;

— Segal’s thoughts on how to combat the mainstreaming of hate online.

One of the state’s top political reporters, Ian Donnis joined The Public’s Radio in 2009. Ian has reported on Rhode Island politics since 1999, arriving in the state just two weeks before the FBI...