In the aftermath of allegations of past sexual abuse of students by employees at St. George’s School in Middletown, the school has been accused of…
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Roger Williams Hosts Symposium On Black Activism, As Racial Tensions Simmer On College Campuses
As racial tensions continue to make headlines on college campuses across the country, Roger Williams University will host a symposium on current and…
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Teaching Strategies For Using Listenwise In The Classroom
Teaching Strategies from Listenwise Using a story from Rhode Island Public Radio can engage students in current, local topics that relate to content you…
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Providence Native Tom Donilon to Helm Obama Cybersecurity Panel
President Obama intends to appoint Providence native Tom Donilon, the president’s former National Security Advisor, to be chairman of the federal Commis…
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New Public Health ‘Dashboard’ Coming To Providence
Providence will be one of a handful of cities to pilot a new online tool to help monitor public health. It’s a project of the federal National Resources…
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Providence College Protests End With Compromise
After 9 o’clock Tuesday night, several dozen Providence College students left the office of President Reverend Brian Shanley, after protesting there for…
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This I Believe Rhode Island: Identity
The famed writer and poet Gertrude Stein once said, ”Growing has no connection with audience. Audience has no connection with identity.” Stein’s claim…
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It’s The Providence Newspaper Guild’s Follies Time!
It’s that time of the year again – As the song trills: It’s Follies Time at The Veeeenus De Milo! Longtime Rhode Islanders know what that means. So for…
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Departure of Scalia Will Likely Affect Public Employee Union Rights
As the nation pays its final respects to Antonin Scalia, the brilliant legal scholar and conservative U.S. Supreme Court justice, one interest group…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Time For R.I. To Legalize Pot
Rhode Island’s New England neighbors are moving aggressively forward with legalizing marijuana. RIPR political analyst says the Ocean State shouldn’t b…
