Last week a judge sided with coastal property owners, saying Rhode Island’s new shoreline access law amounts to an unconstitutional taking of private property. We’ll talk with a law expert about where this fight could go next. Also, a few months after the merger of The Public’s Radio and Rhode Island PBS, the board has announced a new CEO. We’ll get to know Pam Johnston, the former head of news at GBH in Boston. And a new book features the long-lost story of John Jacobs. Originally published in 1855, he gave a unique account of his life under enslavement in the U.S. and a scathing criticism of the systems that allowed slavery to persist. That and more on this week’s show.
Links:
- Judge sides with property owners in blow to new shoreline access law
- TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for July 19, 2024
- GBH, Frontline veteran named CEO for public media in RI
- ‘I had five different owners in 18 years’: New book features the story of John Jacobs, who fled slavery and denounced American tyranny
- Newport Dance Festival (through July 21)
- 2024 Manning Street Music Festival (July 21)
- “Twelfth Night” at the Contemporary Theater Company (through Aug. 18)
Guests:
- Sean Lyness, assistant professor, New England Law – Boston
- Ian Donnis, The Public’s Radio political reporter
- Pam Johnston, incoming CEO of The Public’s Radio and Rhode Island PBS
- Jonathan Schroeder, editor of “The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery”
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