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Diana Franchitto

The troubling rise of for-profit hospice care

We have grown numb to headlines about inadequate care and the challenges in our health care system. Patients and communities are forced to suffer...
Koray ­Özpolat

After pager explosions, supply chain security matters more than ever

Supply chain professionals woke up to a new world on Sept. 17 after the synchronized explosions of thousands of pagers in Lebanon killed numerous...
Michelle Wilcox

Now is the time R.I. must invest in housing, communities

Unsheltered homelessness in Rhode Island has surged nearly 400% over the last five years. In my 30 years of working in housing and homeless...

Equitable digital access key for health care

At the end of May, a critical lifeline for 23 million low-income American households was cut when the American Connectivity Program expired. This $14.2...

Women are still underrepresented in local government

Kamala Harris is at the top of a major party ticket running for president. Some people have celebrated her candidacy, hoping that it will...
Elizabeth M. Tanner

The facts about R.I.’s historic broadband investment

It’s a historic time for broadband investment in the Ocean State. The Biden-Harris administration has provided our state with unprecedented levels of federal funding...
Thomas ­Tzitzouris

Price controls are a recipe for big problems

One topic in economics where theory and experience are in complete agreement is that price controls don’t work at lowering inflation. In fact, theory...
Wändi ­Bruine de Bruin

Want people to pay attention to climate change? Just call it...

You probably have been hearing phrases such as “climate crisis,” “climate emergency” or “climate justice” more often lately as people try to get across...
Lindsay Mark Lewis

Let’s keep our eyes on prize in broadband adoption

Just days before President Joe Biden signed the landmark bipartisan infrastructure law in 2021, with a historic $65 billion investment in broadband, U.S. Commerce...
­Christopher Decker

This is what a soft landing should look like

What a difference a job report makes. Earlier in the summer, people were worried that the economy was too hot. But then – in...
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