Richard Southwell is a member of the Parents Union, and the lead plaintiff in Southwell v. McKee, a lawsuit brought against the State of Rhode Island for their execution of a Student Mask Mandate. Mr. Southwell contributes to The Coalition Radio Network on both Covid related issues, as well as video content dedicated to improving math understanding in Middle School[Read More…]
A Rhode Island Superior Court found today in favor today, of the Barrington 3, Barrington School Department Teachers fired for their refusal to comply with a local, Barrington only vaccination mandate. More to come! justice.” Check Out Our Tee Shirt Fundraiser For Doctors Without Borders In The Ukraine! Join The Coalition Radio Network In Supporting The People[Read More…]
Truck Tolls Are Back. And while some will point out accurately that they have been inflicted on Rhode Island Consumers for years, (yes, consumers actually pay truck tolls in the form of increased prices for consumer goods, levied by the distribution companies who actually drove through the toll gantry) a trial years in the making begins this week in Federal[Read More…]
A sunny Friday afternoon at the downtown Providence Michael S. Van Leesten Memorial Bridge, usually the province of newly married couples, was punctuated by the sounds of “speechifying politicians” as Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza signed into law the budget documents integrating American Rescue Plan Funds into the Providence City Budget. Featured speakers included Mayor Elorza, Providence City Council President Igliozzi,[Read More…]
Yesterday marked 30 days from June 18, 2022, when the Poor People’s Campaign, a National Call for Moral Revival, will be holding its Mass Poor People and Low Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls. Following in the footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King, the campaign has identified five interlocking injustices: Systemic racism; Poverty[Read More…]
John Marion of Common Cause gloated … The Rhode Island Republican Party cried foul. In other words, it was a typical week in Lil Rhody, as the Democratic Party, and their supporting cast (Common Cause) reveled in their dirty tricks, ’cause, well, if you aren’t cheating, you aren’t trying hard enough. Where have you gone Phil West? Rhode Island cries[Read More…]
BLM RI PAC Statement on the Rhode Island Cannabis Act The proposed Rhode Island Cannabis Act (SB #2430 and HB #7593) is an important step toward cannabis legalization, and we are happy to see that the immediate expungement of cannabis-related charges has been included, as well as the prioritization of those who have been directly affected by the failed War[Read More…]
BLM RI PAC Statement on Buffalo Massacre On the afternoon of May 14, 2022, 18-year-old white supremacist Payton Gendron carried out a racially motivated attack at Tops Market in Buffalo, New York, killing ten people and injuring three others. Of the victims, eleven of them were Black. The suspect detailed his white supremacist ideologies in a 180-page-manifesto often referencing the[Read More…]
With the release of a WPRI Channel 12/Roger Williams University Poll indicating a virtual tie among “Decided” Democratic Primary Voters … just a two point differential between Governor McKee & Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea … reactions from across the political spectrum have begun to roll in. Nellie Gorbea for Governor Campaign Manager Dana Walton issued the[Read More…]
From The US Federal Food & Drug Administration (FDA.Gov) Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, authorizing the use of a single booster dose for administration to individuals 5 through 11 years of age at least five months after completion of a primary series with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19[Read More…]
Cranston Mayor Schedules Presser to Challenge City Council Chair … Retribution? or Good Governance? He’s baaaack! Although, truth be told, did he ever really go away? Now Former Woonsocket City Council Chair John Ward made good on his promise to stay involved in Woonsocket affairs … albeit as a private citizen, today, with the release of his formal objection to the “reclassification” of Woonsocket’s RISE Academy from Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. Citing,[Read More…]
In a scheduling move that has even the most cynical Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) observer shaking their head, the Agenda for the influential Council on Elementary & Secondary Education was posted on 5:20 this evening (Friday) to include a review of the controversial application to transition Woonsocket based RISE Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. The Hearing will[Read More…]
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should make clear that those responsible for ongoing atrocities and other[Read More…]
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