The Public’s Radio staged a panel discussion, The Public’s Vote, at the Providence Athenaeum on October 11. Political reporter Ian Donnis moderated the discussion between RI GOP National Committeewoman Lee Ann Sennick; Kevin Olasanoye, executive director of the RI Democratic Party; and Valerie Endress, professor of political communication at Rhode Island College. The topics included […]
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Researchers Try To Build A Better Life Jacket To Keep Lobstermen Alive
Commercial fishermen in New England are required to have life jackets on their boats — but they’re rarely, if ever, worn. That’s a dangerous practice for lobstermen. In Massachusetts, falls into the water are the leading cause of death on the job. Now,, a research team is trying to change that by changing the life jackets — not the fishermen.
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Children Feel The Emotional Consequences When A Parent Is Deported
More than 7% of children in public and private schools in the US live with a parent who is undocumented. That’s according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. These children live with insecurity – and the emotional consequences when a parent is deported. Reporter Diane Orson spoke with a Connecticut family after the mom’s recent deportation.
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Theatre Review: The Gamm Theater Opens Season With “The Night Of The Iguana”
The Gamm Theatre, now in Warwick, has chosen Tennessee Williams’ final hit show, “The Night of the Iguana” to begin its new season. For The Public’s Radio theater critic Bill Gale says there’s lots to like in a tough-to-do play.
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Poll: Most Rhode Islanders Support Codifying Abortion Access In State Law
Most residents say they support a bill to protect abortion access in Rhode Island law. That’s the finding of a new poll from The Public’s Radio, The Providence Journal, and ABC 6. Abortion is already legal in Rhode Island. It’s legal across the country in large part because of the 1973 Supreme Court ruling Roe […]
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Theater Review: Trinity Rep’s ‘Pride And Prejudice’ Isn’t Your Grandmother’s Jane Austen
Trinity Rep opens its theater season with a rollicking, all out version of “Pride and Prejudice.” The Public Radio’s Bill Gale says once you get by all the wacko stuff, you just might go for this all-out production.
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Fall River Mayor Charged With Using Investor Money In His Company To Fund ‘Lavish Lifestyle’
Jasiel Correia II, the 26-year-old Democratic mayor of Fall River, was charged Thursday with defrauding investors in his company of hundreds of thousands of dollars in order to finance a “lavish lifestyle” that included a Mercedes-Benz, designer clothing and adult entertainment. “This fraud was committed by an elected official who was supposed to be a […]
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Possibly: This Cold House
Can we heat our homes without cooking the planet?
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Political Roundtable: Trillo On His Independent Run For Governor & The Kavanaugh Confirmation Fight
Independent candidate for Rhode Island governor Joe Trillo joins Political Roundtable to discuss his campaign and the fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s U.S. Supreme Court nomination.
